Overall 9.5/10
NJPW "WRESTLE KINGDOM III IN TOKYO DOME" 1-04-09
Tokyo Dome
40,000 Fans
1. Wrestle Kingdom Grand Opening VIENTO DORADO:
Mistico, Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt vs.
Averno, Jado & Gedo ***
2. Jushin Thunder Liger 20th Anniversary Match:
Jushin Thunder Liger & Takuma Sano Pro Wrestling vs.
Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto **3/4
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title ~Tread on!!~:
Yujiro & Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin ***3/4
4. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title ~Ballistic interception~:
Low Ki (c) vs. Tiger Mask **1/2
5. Fighting Holdings Competition:
Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono, Kurt Angle & Kevin Nash vs.
Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii & Karl Anderson ***
6. World Heavyweight Title ~Crusade for Justice~:
Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Masato Tanaka ***1/2
7. New Japan vs. NOAH Battle Tendencies ~the invasion~:
Manabu Nakanishi vs. Jun Akiyama ***1/4
8. IWGP Tag Team Title - Hardcore Rules:
Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (c) vs.
"Team 3D" Brother Ray & Brother Devon *1/2
9. New Japan vs. NOAH Battle Tendencies ~the encounter~:
Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto vs.
Mitsuharu Misawa & Takashi Sugiura ****1/4
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title:
Keiji Muto (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ****1/2
