NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9

300 mins | Action | Jan. 4, 2015

Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2015. It was the 24th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the first event on the 2015 NJPW schedule. The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match, six of which were for championships. In the double main event, Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada. The appearance of Pro Wrestling Noah wrestlers led to a storyline in which NJPW's Suzuki-gun group began wrestling at Noah events starting the week after Wrestle Kingdom 9. Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was broadcast with English commentary as a GFW event.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9

300 mins | Action | Jan. 4, 2015

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2015. It was the 24th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the first event on the 2015 NJPW schedule. The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match, six of which were for championships. In the double main event, Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada. The appearance of Pro Wrestling Noah wrestlers led to a storyline in which NJPW's Suzuki-gun group began wrestling at Noah events starting the week after Wrestle Kingdom 9. Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was broadcast with English commentary as a GFW event.
Producers New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Original title NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
Directors
Writers

Cast

Hiroshi Tanahashi

as Himself

Kazuchika Okada

as Himself

Shinsuke Nakamura

as Himself

Kota Ibushi

as Himself

Allen Jones

as Himself

Tetsuya Naito

as Himself

Hirooki Goto

as Himself

Katsuyori Shibata

as Himself

Andrew Hankinson

as Doc Gallows

Chad Allegra

as Himself

Ryusuke Taguchi

as Himself

Tyson Smith

as Kenny Omega

Tomohiro Ishii

as Himself

Togi Makabe

as Himself

Minoru Suzuki

as Himself

Kazushi Sakuraba

as Himself

Toru Yano

as Himself

Harry Smith

as Davey Boy Smith, Jr.

Lance Vance Hoyt

as Lance Archer

Shelton Benjamin

as Himself

Takayuki Iizuka

as Himself

Hiroyoshi Yamamoto

as Himself

Satoshi Kojima

as Himself

Tomoaki Honma

as Himself

Jeffrey Jarrett

as Himself

Patrick Martin

as Alex Shelley

Jim Ross

as Himself (Commentary)

Matthew Kaye

as Matt Striker (Commentary)

Naomichi Marufuji

as Himself

Shane Veryzer

as Shane Haste

Michael Nicholls

as Himself

Robert Anthony Fish

as Himself

Kyle Greenwood

as Kyle O'Reilly

John R. Rivera

as Rocky Romero

Alex Sherman

as Alex Koslov

Matthew Massie Jr.

as Matt Jackson

Nicholas Lee Massie

as Nick Jackson

Yujiro Kushida

as KUSHIDA

Yujiro Takahashi

as Himself

Fale Simitaitoko

as Bad Luck Fale

Karen Jarrett

as Karen Jarrett