New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced a ‘Lucha Gauntlet’ for NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty, which happens in the Tokyo Dome on January 5. It will include four wrestlers from NJPW and four wrestlers from CMLL.
Also set for Wrestle Dynasty is a special NJPW vs CMLL lucha gauntlet match. In this matchup, up to eight participants, four from New Japan and four from CMLL, will enter the ring at one minute intervals, and the first pinfall will end the bout. Who will be in this dramatic and high speed encounter?
Here’s the updated lineup:
* IWGP Tag Team Championship: Great-O-Khan & TBD vs. The Young Bucks
* NEVER Openweight Championship: Shingo Takagi OR Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* International Women’s Cup: Willow Nightingale (AEW) vs. Persephone (CMLL) vs. Athena (ROH) vs. TBD (STARDOM)
* NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
* Zack Sabre Jr. vs Ricochet
* Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd
* Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry
* Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli
* David Finlay vs. Brody King
* Lucha Gauntlet: Participants from NJPW & CMLL TBD
