The full lineup for NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling event has been released and headlined by Zack Sabre Jr. defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
The October 13 event will see Konosuke Takeshita challenge for the championship after winning the G1 Climax. It is the second year in a row where the G1 winner cashed in his title shot at King of Pro Wrestling, as Zack Sabre Jr. won the title from Tetsuya Naito last year.
After Destruction in Kobe, the full lineup was released, including five title matches, as Hiroshi Tanahashi will challenge El Phantasmo for the World Television Championship.
Hirooki Goto returns on this card after filming his role as E. Honda in Street Fighter.
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling – October 13
*IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. © vs. Konosuke Takeshita
*IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Gabe Kidd © vs. Yota Tsuji
*IWGP Tag Team Titles: OSKAR & Yuto-Ice © vs. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura
*NEVER Openweight Championship: Oleg Boltin © vs. EVIL
*NJPW World Television Championship: El Phantasmo © vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
*Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson
*SANADA vs. Drilla Moloney
*Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & Titan vs. David Finlay, Taiji Ishimori & Clark Connors
