King of Pro-Wrestling (2018)
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Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling | ||
Date | October 8, 2018 | ||
City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Venue | Ryōgoku Kokugikan | ||
Attendance | 9,152[1] | ||
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King of Pro-Wrestling was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling.[2] The event took place on October 8, 2018 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. This was the seventh event under the King of Pro-Wrestling branding.
Storylines
King of Pro-Wrestling will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
The main event of King of Pro-Wrestling will be a three-way match for the
At the 2018 G1 Climax, Hiroshi Tanahashi won the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate for the right to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 13. Tanahashi successfully defended the certificate against Kazuchika Okada at Destruction in Kobe. However, Chaos stablemate Jay White with the help of Okada's former manager Gedo, attacked both Tanahashi and Okada after the match; turning heel. Gedo claimed that the certificate belongs to White not Tanahashi nor Okada as White defeated both of them at the G1 Climax, setting up a match between Tanahasi and White for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate at King of Pro-Wrestling. On October 2, Chaos member Will Ospreay, tweeted the names of current Chaos members; White and Gedo's names were not included, indicating that they have left the stable.
At
. Kushida and Scurll will now face off at King of Pro-Wrestling for the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.On October 1,
Other matches at King of Pro-Wrestling include an
Results
No. | Results | ||||
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8 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Jay White (with Gedo) | Singles match for the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate | 20:40 | ||
9 | Kenny Omega (c) defeated Cody and Kota Ibushi | Three-way match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 34:13 | ||
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References
- ^ "CAGEMATCH » Events Database » NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling 2018". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "King of Pro-Wrestling Schedule".
- Discovery Communications. Archived from the originalon November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Huge IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match Set for NJPW King of Pro Wrestling".
- ^ "Report: Hiromu Takahashi Hospitalized After Finishing Match with Injured Neck".
- ^ "New Japan announce full cards for Destruction tour, first matches for Fighting Spirit Unleashed".
- ^ "Tetsuya Naito's shocking new announcement".
- ^ "KING OF PRO-WRESTLING".
- ^ Renner, Ethan (October 8, 2018). "NJPW King of Pro Wrestling live results: Omega vs. Cody vs. Ibushi". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- ^ "King of Pro-Wrestling". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved October 8, 2018.