Hiroshi Tanahashi successfully kept his career in-tact against EVIL at New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 19. Scoring the win with a roll-up, Tanahashi was then beaten down by EVIL and the heel lumberjacks.
That was until Katsuyori Shibata came out to run them off. After that, though, Shibata grabbed a microphone and challenged Tanahashi to a match for Wrestle Dynasty.
Tanahashi took a moment to catch his breath, but accepted, and with that, the Wrestle Dynasty card expands to a full dozen matches.
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Here is the updated lineup for the Wrestle Dynasty card at the timing of this posting:
- [Pre-Show] International Women’s Cup Final Four-Way Match: Willow Nightingale (AEW) vs. Persephone (CMLL) vs. Athena (ROH) vs. Momo Watanabe (Stardom)
- [Pre-Show] Tag Team Match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship: The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) (c) vs. House of Torture (Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
- Singles Match for the NEVER Openweight Championship and the AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry
- Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd
- Eight-Man Lucha Gauntlet Match: TBA (4 NJPW wrestlers and 4 CMLL wrestlers)
- Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli
- David Finlay vs. Brody King
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata
- Tag Team Match for the Vacant IWGP Tag Team Championship: Great-O-Khan and TBA vs. The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson)
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet
- Winner Takes All Match for the Strong Women’s Championship and the Undisputed British Women’s Championship: Mercedes Moné (c – Strong) vs. Mina Shirakawa (c – British)
Who do you think will win? Drop your thoughts in the comments below!
