El Phantasmo vs. Chris Brookes For NJPW World TV Title Made Official For Wrestle Kingdom 20

Chris Brookes is headed to the Tokyo Dome.

The final stop of NJPW’s Road to Tokyo Dome tour saw El Phantasmo successfully defend the NJPW World Television Championship in an open challenge against Ryusuke Taguchi.

After the bout, Phantasmo was ambushed by DDT Pro-Wrestling’s Chris Brookes, who went on to call out Phantasmo for a title match at Wrestle Kingdom on January 4th, 2026.

That bout has since been made official, and below is the updated Wrestle Kingdom card:

• NJPW World Television Championship: El Phantasmo (c) vs. Chris Brookes
• NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship — Tornado Ranbo: YOH, Master Wato & Toru Yano (c) vs. Kaisei Takechi, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura vs. Satoshi Kojima, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Oleg Boltin, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs. T.M.D.K. (Hartley Jackson, Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Tiger Mask vs. Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Clark Connors vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
• Four-Way #1 Contender’s Match For IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Shot: El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO
• 10-Man Tag Team Match: United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, HENARE, Andrade El Idolo & TBA) vs. David Finlay, Shingo Takagi, Gabe Kidd, Hiromu Takahashi & Drilla Moloney
• NEVER Openweight Championship: EVIL (c) vs. Aaron Wolf
• NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship & IWGP Women’s Championship — Winner Takes All Match: Saya Kamitani (STRONG) vs. Syuri (IWGP)
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship & IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship — Winner Takes All Match: Konosuke Takeshita (World) vs. Yota Tsuji (Global)
• Hiroshi Tanahashi’s Retirement Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada