NJPW News: IWGP US Title Match Added To Wrestle Kingdom 13, Updated Card

The IWGP United States Title will be on the line at Wrestle Kingdom!

Following the conclusion of the World Tag League on Saturday (find results here), the focus now turns to New Japan Pro Wrestling’s next large show at the Tokyo Dome on January 4th, Wrestle Kingdom 13.

The card for the show already had eight matches scheduled including the IWGP Heavyweight, Intercontinental, Tag Team and Junior Heavyweight Titles all on the line. Not to mention the NEVER Openweight Championship being defended by the new titleholder Kota Ibushi, the Rev Pro British Heavyweight Title Match and others. In fact, seven of the official matches will be for championships and now another has been added.

NJPW has announced that IWGP United States Champion Cody will be in action at Wrestle Kingdom 13, defending his title against the man he defeated for it at Fighting Spirit Unleashed, Juice Robinson. Here’s how the updated card breaks down:

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
(C) Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

IWGP Intercontinental Championship
(C) Chris Jericho vs. Tetsuya Naito

Kazuchika Okada vs. ‘Switchblade’ Jay White

IWGP United States Championship
(C) Cody vs. Juice Robinson

NEVER Openweight Championship
(C) Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
(C) KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori

Triple Threat for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
(C) The Guerrillas Of Destiny vs EVIL & SANADA vs. The Young Bucks

RevPro British Heavyweight Title
(C) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Triple Threat for the IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship
(C) El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Roppongi 3K vs. BUSHI & Shingo Takagi

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