{"id":81820,"date":"2020-11-09T09:09:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=81820"},"modified":"2020-11-09T09:09:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:09:02","slug":"njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1784514581\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><i>New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the following matches for the Wrestle Kingdom 15 events that will be held January 4-5 in Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo Dome.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship.<\/p>\n<p>-Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay.<\/p>\n<p>-The winner of Naito vs. Ibushi vs. Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> The Naito vs. Ibushi and Okada vs. Ospreay matches will be held on the January 4 show, and White will challenge for the titles on January 5. White holds the right to challenge contract that Ibushi earned from winning the G1 Climax Tournament. White won the contract, but Naito agreed to give Ibushi the first shot. Read the official announcement via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/84605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPW1972.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1894697146\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,2324],"tags":[210,2466,3735,128],"class_list":["post-81820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-njpw-news","tag-njpw","tag-njpw-wrestle-kingdom","tag-njpw-wrestle-kingdom-15","tag-pro-wrestling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Pro Wrestling Dot Net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-09T15:09:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jason Powell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jason Powell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jason Powell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a\"},\"headline\":\"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-09T15:09:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":144,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"njpw\",\"njpw wrestle kingdom\",\"njpw wrestle kingdom 15\",\"pro wrestling\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS TICKER\",\"NJPW News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/\",\"name\":\"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Pro Wrestling Dot Net\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-09T15:09:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/09\\\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pro Wrestling Dot Net\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a\",\"name\":\"Jason Powell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jason Powell\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.prowrestling.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/author\\\/jasonpowell\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Pro Wrestling Dot Net","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Pro Wrestling Dot Net","og_description":"By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor...","og_url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/","og_site_name":"Pro Wrestling Dot Net","article_published_time":"2020-11-09T15:09:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jason Powell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jason Powell","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/"},"author":{"name":"Jason Powell","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a"},"headline":"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15","datePublished":"2020-11-09T15:09:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/"},"wordCount":144,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","keywords":["njpw","njpw wrestle kingdom","njpw wrestle kingdom 15","pro wrestling"],"articleSection":["NEWS TICKER","NJPW News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/","url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/","name":"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Pro Wrestling Dot Net","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","datePublished":"2020-11-09T15:09:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/11\/09\/njpw-announces-three-matches-for-the-two-night-wrestle-kingdom-15\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NJPW announces three matches for the two-night Wrestle Kingdom 15"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/","name":"Pro Wrestling Dot Net","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/#\/schema\/person\/ff3b4e448549ff94ff694c757fddb15a","name":"Jason Powell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55404fadaa69294c803ac04b96567c09dd489324349001f369a73654f363280d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jason Powell"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.prowrestling.net"],"url":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/author\/jasonpowell\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_NewJapan_dn.png?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81821,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81820\/revisions\/81821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}