New Japan Pro Wrestling held the Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 15 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, in whose Main Event, Kota Ibushi won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship after beating Tetsuya Naito. Tomorrow, Kota Ibushi will defend the titles against Jay White at the night 2.
KENTA defeated Satoshi Kojima and won a title shot for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.
Prior to this match, Jon Moxley appeared in a video announcing his return to NJPW to defend the title without a defined date.
Guerrillas of Destiny won the IWGP Tag Team Championship after beating Dangerous Tekkers.
Hiromu Takahashi defeated El Phantasmo in a IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match. In the night 2, Taiji Ishimori will defend the title against Hiromu Takahashi.
Results:
Main Event Match: Kota Ibushi defeated Tetsuya Naito (C) (IWGP Heavyweight Championship / IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match)
Fifth Match: Kazuchika Okada defeated Will Ospreay (Single Match)
Fourth Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Great-O-Khan (Single Match)
Third Match: KENTA defeated Satoshi Kojima (IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Briefcase Match)
Second Match: Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) (C) (IWGP Tag Team Championship Match)
First Match: Hiromu Takahashi defeated El Phantasmo (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match)
Pre-Show Match: Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, BUSHI & Toru Yano won the 21-Man New Japan Rambo Match to advanced to the 4-Way Match for the Provisional KOPW 2021 Trophy on night 2.
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