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Stipulation Added to Jon Moxley vs. Shingo Takagi as NJPW Makes 7 Matches Official For Wrestle Kingdom 21

November 4, 2026 | Posted by Yash Mittal
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 21 - January 2027 55th annivesary Image Credit: NJPW

As noted, New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its annual Power Struggle event on November 3, where several marquee matches for Wrestle Kingdom 21 were set up.

On November 4, NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi held a press conference and made seven matches official. Kenny Omega won a three-way match at Power Struggle to earn a shot at Yota Tsuji’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship. The match has since been made official for Wrestle Kingdom.

Additionally, Shingo Takagi challenged Jon Moxley to a singles match for the January 4 event at Power Struggle. During the press conference, it was announced that Moxley will battle Takagi in an Unbound Deathmatch.

Below is the updated card for Wrestle Kingdom 21:

-> Three-way Match for the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Mistico & TBA vs. Unbound Co. (Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori) vs. Ichiban Sweet Boys (Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita)
-> IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: YOH [c] vs. SHO. (If YOH loses, he must leave NJPW. If SHO loses, he must exit the HOUSE OF TORTURE and unite with YOH and re-form Roppongi 3K.)
-> Will Ospreay vs. Callum Newman
-> MJF vs. Ryohei Oiwa
-> IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match: Gabe Kidd [c] vs. Yuya Uemura
-> Unbound Deathmatch: Jon Moxley vs. Shingo Takagi
-> IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Yota Tsuji [c] vs. Kenny Omega