If you have been living underneath a rock over the last few months, or you're just one of those jaded WWE marks who don't care nor want to bother watching anything other than their product, then you may not have heard that Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion is bringing New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom 9 event to a WORLDWIDE audience for the first time ever tonight on PPV.
I bet you're possibly asking yourself, "Why should I care about this event?" The folks at 411Mania have written an excellent article about why EVERY wrestling fan should check this event out tonight.
Match Card:
IWGP Heavyweight ChampionshipHiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Kota Ibusha
AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) (c) vs. Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Ryusuke Taguchi (c) vs. Kenny Omega
NEVER Openweight Championship
Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Togi Makabe
Match Can Only End By KO Or Submission
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Minoru Suzuki
8-Man Tag
Suzukigun (Shelton X Benjamin, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr, & Takashi Iizuka) vs. Mikey Nicholls, Naomichi Marufuji, Shane Haste & Toru Yano
Six-Man Tag
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Jeff Jarrett & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojimo & Tomoaki Honma
Four-Way Tag Team Match
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
ReDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) (c) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) vs. Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) vs. The Young Bucks
Pre-Show Match
15-Man New Japan Rumble
Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask, Yuji Nagata as confirmed participants
How to Watch:
Now because of the time zone differences, here is how you can watch the event from your provider.
Satellite
Dish Network2:00am ET/11:00pm PT
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT
Replay schedule TBD
Directv
2:00am ET/11:00pm PT
Replays with Directv All Day Ticket on the following dates:
January 8
January 16
January 19
January 27
Cable TV
United States
Available on all cable systems
ATT UVerse
Verizon FIOS
2:00am ET/11:00pm PT – Due to the replay of the UFC event some systems will not be offering Wrestle Kingdom 9 Live
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT – All cable systems will be offering the Prime Time airing of Wrestle Kingdom 9
Canada
Available on:
Bell TV
Rogers
Shaw
Sasktel
2:00am ET/11:00pm PT Live
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT Prime Time
Flipps app
Available world wide with the exception of Japan.
Download the app via iTunes or Google Play.
Order Wrestle Kingdom 9 through the Flipps app. Your iTunes or Google Play account will be charged.
Through the Flipps app Wrestle Kingdom 9 can be viewed on your mobile phone, tablet or
Internet-connected TVs by Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, LG, Philips & Sharp
Xbox One, Xbox 360, DISH Hopper, Apple TV, Chromecast
2:00am ET/11:00pm PT Live
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT Prime Time
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You can also order/subscribe to NJPW World for roughly $8.50 per month but it's not confirmed that it will have Jim Ross and Matt Striker providing English commentary.How to order NJPW World outside of Japan.
Either way, I'll be watching the event tonight and livetweeting my thoughts at @LetsTalkWrestle if you want to stay up late tonight for the discussion.
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