NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 (match rating scale is out of 5 stars)
“(c)” = incumbent champions

IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Catch 22 (TJP, Francesco Akira) def. Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors) (c)

MY PREDICTION: Bullet Club War Dogs (0-1)

★★★


NJPW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Zack Sabre Jr. (c)

MY PREDICTION: Tanahashi (1-1)

★★★½


SINGLES MATCH
Yuya Uemura def. Yota Tsuji

MY PREDICTION: Tsuji (1-2)

★★★½


TAG TEAM MATCH
Evil & Ren Narita def. Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Umino

MY PREDICTION: Kiyomiya & Umino (1-3)

★★


NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Tama Tonga def. Shingo Takagi (c)

MY PREDICTION: Takagi (1-4)

★★★★½


IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP & NJPW STRONG OPENWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo, Hikuleo) (c) def. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi) (c)

MY PREDICTION: GoD (2-4)

★★½


IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
El Desperado def. Hiromu Takahashi (c)

MY PREDICTION: El Desperado (3-4)

★★★★


IWGP GLOBAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP 3-WAY MATCH
David Finlay def. Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay

MY PREDICTION: David Finlay (4-4)

★★★★½


SINGLES MATCH
Kazuchika Okada def. Bryan Danielson

MY PREDICTION: Okada (5-4)

★★★★½


IWGP WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Tetsuya Naito def. Sanada (c)

MY PREDICTION: Naito (6-4)

★★★★


Recommended matches: NEVER Openweight Championship match and Okada v. Danielson

PPV RATING: B+

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