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Wrestle Dynasty

Wrestle Dynasty is an upcoming 2025 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the Japanese promotions New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom, the American promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), and the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). It will take place on January 5, 2025, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, the night after NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 19.

Wrestle Dynasty
PromotionNew Japan Pro-Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Ring of Honor
World Wonder Ring Stardom
DateJanuary 5, 2025
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueTokyo Dome
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous
NJPW:
Wrestle Kingdom 19
AEW:
Worlds End
CMLL:
TBA
ROH:
TBA
Stardom
New Year Dream 		Next →
NJPW:
New Year Dash!!
AEW:
Grand Slam Australia
CMLL:
TBA
ROH:
TBA
Stardom
TBA

Production

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Background

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The event will be held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Since 1992, the Japanese professional wrestling promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) has held an annual show on January 4 at the Tokyo Dome, a professional baseball stadium in Tokyo, Japan; since 2007, the event has been known as Wrestle Kingdom, and has since become the largest professional wrestling event in Japan.[1] Between 2019 and 2022, NJPW also held a second Wrestle Kingdom show at the Tokyo Dome on January 5. In 2025, the January 5 Tokyo Dome show will be branded as "Wrestle Dynasty". NJPW also holds the New Year Dash!! event in Tokyo on the day after Wrestle Kingdom; in 2025, New Year Dash!! will be held on January 6, the day after Wrestle Dynasty.[2]

In February 2021, the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) started a partnership with NJPW.[3] Since then, both AEW and NJPW have had their wrestlers appear at each other's events.[4] The working relationship resulted in the creation of AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, an annual co-promoted pay-per-view (PPV) event held in North America.[5] AEW and NJPW also have working partnerships with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL): CMLL and NJPW have had a working relationship since 2009 and have co-produced the Fantastica Mania series of events since 2011;[6] and CMLL and AEW entered into a working relationship in October 2023.[7]

In 2019, NJPW's parent company Bushiroad acquired the joshi promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom);[8] Stardom would later become a fully-fledged subsidiary of NJPW in 2024.[9] In 2022, AEW owner Tony Khan acquired Ring of Honor (ROH) from their previous owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group;[10] prior to the acquisition, ROH also had a long working relationship with NJPW, including co-producing the War of the Worlds and Global Wars events in North America and Honor Rising events in Japan.

On August 22, 2020, NJPW planned to hold an event under the name of Wrestle Dynasty at Madison Square Garden in New York City; due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was postponed to 2021, and later cancelled.[11] After the 2022 Forbidden Door event, then NJPW President Takami Ohbari expressed interest in the next event being held in Japan; Tony Khan said that he was open to the idea of AEW wrestlers performing in Japan, but said that such an event would not be titled "Forbidden Door".[12] Prior to the 2024 Forbidden Door event, Khan expressed interest in a co-promoted show in Japan, but was non-committal over whether the event would be an iteration of Forbidden Door or a new event entirely.[13]

On June 30, 2024, during Forbidden Door, Wrestle Dynasty was announced for January 5, 2025, in the Tokyo Dome, to be co-produced by AEW, NJPW, CMLL, ROH, and Stardom.[14][15] Wrestle Dynasty will mark the first AEW PPV event to be held in Japan, the third AEW PPV event held outside North America (following the 2023 and 2024 All In events, which were both held at Wembley Stadium in London, England), and AEW's first event to be held in a professional baseball stadium.

Storylines

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Wrestle Dynasty will feature professional wrestling matches that are the result of pre-existing feuds and storylines, with results being predetermined by the bookers of the co-producing promotions.[16] Storylines are produced on the weekly television programs, Dynamite, Collision, Rampage, Honor Club TV, and Super Viernes; as well as at other AEW, CMLL, NJPW, ROH, and Stardom events.

Matches

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No.Matches*Stipulations
1The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) vs. TBATag team match[17]
2Zack Sabre Jr. vs. RicochetSingles match[18]
3Shingo Takagi (c) or Konosuke Takeshita vs. Tomohiro IshiiSingles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship[19]
If the NEVER Openweight Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 19 becomes a Winner Takes All match also with Takeshita's AEW International Championship, this match will also be for both titles.
4Yota Tsuji vs. Jack PerrySingles match[19]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Martin, Garrett (January 16, 2015). "Japanese Wrestling's Golden Age Comes to America". Paste. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "NJPW & Stardom reveal Wrestle Kingdom Week schedule for January 2025". F4W/WON. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling Established Working Relationship". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. February 4, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "Update on joint AEW/NJPW show rumor". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Barrasso, Justin (April 20, 2022). "Tony Khan Announces First-Ever AEW, NJPW Joint Pay-Per View Event". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  6. ^ "NJPW and CMLL issue statement reaffirming working relationship". F4W/WON. February 26, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "AEW, CMLL excited for future opportunities to work together". F4W/WON. October 14, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  8. ^ reserved, Copyright (c) 2014株式会社スターダム, All rights. "スターダムがブシロードグループ「キックスロード」と事業譲渡契約記者会見".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Jordan, Pual (April 23, 2024). "Stardom Now A Subsidiary Of New Japan Pro Wrestling". PWInsider. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  10. ^ "AEW's Tony Khan purchases Ring of Honor from Sinclair Broadcast Group". F4W/WON. March 3, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  11. ^ "Wrestle Dynasty postponed to 2021 【NJoA】【WD1】". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. May 7, 2020. Archived from the original on May 10, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  12. ^ Lambert, Jeremy. "Tony Khan: Doing An Event With AEW Stars In Japan Is Interesting, But It Won't Be 'Forbidden Door'". Fightful. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  13. ^ Lambert, Jeremy; Russell, Skylar. "Tony Khan: We Could Do Forbidden Door Internationally, You Never Know". Fightful. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  14. ^ Powell, Jason (June 30, 2024). "AEW Forbidden Door results: Powell's live review of Swerve Strickland vs. Will Ospreay for the AEW World Championship, Jon Moxley vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  15. ^ "NJPW announces Forbidden Door-esque Wrestle Dynasty event with AEW, CMLL & ROH". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. June 30, 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  16. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  17. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (October 14, 2024). "The Young Bucks To Compete At NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty". Fightful. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  18. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (November 6, 2024). "Ricochet To Face Zack Sabre Jr At AEW x NJPW Wrestle Dynasty". Fightful. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Two matches added to Wrestle Dynasty January 5". New Japan Pro-Wrestling. November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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