I came out of Wrestle Kingdom 20 with a mixed bag of feelings. What needed to be a show of new beginnings, fresh directions, and the launch of a new era instead went off the air feeling like we were still heading toward more of the same. There were some notable highlights, enough to string
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January 4, 2026 – Tokyo Dome I’m writing this opening section about 30 minutes before the pre-show is scheduled to start. I wanted to get some last-minute thoughts down before the show begins. Throughout the day, I’ve been watching and listening to previews and breakdowns of this card. It’s not that I wasn’t excited for
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Wrestle Kingdom.
This one event, phrase, or (shudders) brand may be the most revered or excitement-inducing thing someone can say around a certain type of wrestling fan. In recent years, that reverence has even broken into the wider wrestling audience, with Wrestle Kingdom being known as Japan’s biggest event, or even the greatest in-ring show of the year.
But is that still the case?
