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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro Wrestling | |||
| Date | January 4, 2017 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| January 4 Tokyo Dome Show chronology | ||||
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Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event is scheduled to take place on January 4, 2017, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Tokyo Dome. It will be the 26th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show, which is NJPW's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest wrestling show in the world outside of the United States". The event will be main evented by Adam Cole defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Hiroyoshi Tenzan. The event will also see current WWE superstar James Harrison wrestle his first match in NJPW for almost 21 years as he faces Katsuyori Shibata for the later's NEVER Openweight Championship, a win for Harrison will allow the title to be defended in the WWE. This match is part of a new partnership between NJPW and the WWE along with this Fénix will defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against former NJPW wrestler Kazuchika Okada.
Matches[]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
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| 1P | Michael Elgin defeated Billy Gunn, Bone Soldier, Cheeseburger, Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Scott Norton, Tiger Mask, Yoshitatsu and Yuji Nagata | New Japan Rumble | 25:13 |
| 2 | Tiger Mask W (with Suzuko Mimori) defeated Tiger the Dark | Singles match | 6:34 |
| 3 | Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) (c) defeated Adam Cole and Cody Hall | Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | 12:57 |
| 4 | Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Evil and Sanada) defeated David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima (c), Tanga Roa, Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi and Chaos (Jado, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi) | Gauntlet match for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship | 16:06 |
| 5 | Cody defeated Juice Robinson | Singles match | 9:37 |
| 6 | Fénix (c) defeated Kazuchika Okada | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship | 10:14 |
| 7 | Chaos (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) (c) defeated G.B.H. (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) | Tag Team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | 12:24 |
| 8 | Hiromu Takahashi defeated Kushida (c) | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 16:15 |
| 9 | James Harrison defeated Katsuyori Shibata (c) | Singles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship | 21:05 |
| 10 | Tetsuya Naito (c) defeated Will Ospreay | Singles match for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship | 25:25 |
| 11 | Adam Cole (c) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 46:45 |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show | |||