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+