NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8

Jan. 4, 2014

Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2014. It was the 23rd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the eighth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. Like the previous year, the event aired worldwide on internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event featured ten matches, six of which were contested for championships. For the first time in twenty years, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship was defended during the event with NWA representative Rob Conway defending against Satoshi Kojima. The event was headlined by a double main event; Shinsuke Nakamura defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8

Jan. 4, 2014

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2014. It was the 23rd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the eighth held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name. Like the previous year, the event aired worldwide on internet pay-per-view (iPPV). The event featured ten matches, six of which were contested for championships. For the first time in twenty years, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship was defended during the event with NWA representative Rob Conway defending against Satoshi Kojima. The event was headlined by a double main event; Shinsuke Nakamura defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito.
Producers New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Original title NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome
Directors
Writers

Cast

Fergal Devitt

as Prince Devitt

Fale Simitaitoko

as Bad Luck Fale

Shelton Benjamin

as Shelton X Benjamin

Keiji Mutoh

as The Great Muta

Andrew Hankinson

as Doc Gallows

Lance Vance Hoyt

as Lance Archer

Harry Smith

as Davey Boy Smith, Jr.

Yujiro Kushida

as Kushida

Patrick Martin

as Alex Shelley

Takao Yoshida

as Taka Michinoku

Alex Sherman

as Alex Koslov

John R. Rivera

as Rocky Romero

Nicholas Lee Massie

as Nick Jackson

Matthew Massie Jr.

as Matt Jackson

Chad Allegra

as Karl Anderson

Shinya Makabe

as Togi Makabe

Taichiro Maki

as Taichi