Young Lion Tag Team Match Set For NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 Pre-Show

A new Kickoff bout is set.

January 4th is the date of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 20 at the Tokyo Dome. The match card is rounded out, and before the main show starts, there is going to be an additional match on the pre-show featuring Young Lions.

The Kickoff match will see Shoma Kato and Tatsuya Matsumoto take on Katsuya Murashima and Masatora Yasuda.

As of this writing, here is the updated lineup for Wrestle Kingdom 20:

• Pre-Show: Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Katsuya Murashima & Masatora Yasuda
• Pre-Show — 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