NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
8.5
300 minutes
1/4/2015
Overview
Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2015. It was the 24th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the first event on the 2015 NJPW schedule. The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match, six of which were for championships. In the double main event, Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada. The appearance of Pro Wrestling Noah wrestlers led to a storyline in which NJPW's Suzuki-gun group began wrestling at Noah events starting the week after Wrestle Kingdom 9. Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was broadcast with English commentary as a GFW event.
Cast List
Hiroshi Tanahashi
as Hiroshi Tanahashi
Kazuchika Okada
as Kazuchika Okada
Shinsuke Nakamura
as Shinsuke Nakamura
Kota Ibushi
as Kota Ibushi
Allen Jones
as AJ Styles
Tetsuya Naito
as Tetsuya Naito
Hirooki Goto
as Hirooki Goto
Katsuyori Shibata
as Katsuyori Shibata
Drew Hankinson
as Doc Gallows
Chad Allegra
as Karl Anderson
Ryusuke Taguchi
as Ryusuke Taguchi
Tyson Smith
as Kenny Omega
Tomohiro Ishii
as Tomohiro Ishii
Togi Makabe
as Togi Makabe
Minoru Suzuki
as Minoru Suzuki
Kazushi Sakuraba
as Kazushi Sakuraba
Toru Yano
as Toru Yano
Harry Smith
as Davey Boy Smith, Jr.
Lance Hoyt
as Lance Archer
Shelton Benjamin
as Shelton Benjamin
Takashi Iizuka
as Takashi Iizuka
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
as Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Satoshi Kojima
as Satoshi Kojima
Tomoaki Honma
as Tomoaki Honma
Jeffrey Jarrett
as Jeff Jarrett
Patrick Martin
as Alex Shelley
Jim Ross
as Himself (Commentary)
Matthew Kaye
as Matt Striker (Commentary)
Naomichi Marufuji
as Naomichi Marufuji
Shane Veryzer
as Shane Haste
Michael Nicholls
as Mikey Nicholls
Robert Anthony Fish
as Bobby Fish
Kyle Greenwood
as Kyle O'Reilly
John R. Rivera
as Rocky Romero
Alex Sherman
as Alex Koslov
Matthew Massie
as Matt Jackson
Nicholas Massie
as Nick Jackson
Yujiro Kushida
as KUSHIDA
Yujiro Takahashi
as Yujiro Takahashi
Fale Simitaitoko
as Bad Luck Fale
Karen Jarrett
as Karen Jarrett