Wrestle Kingdom 14: The Two-Night Double Gold Dash Delivers a Historic Peak

Arisa Hoshiki & Mayu Iwatani defeats Giulia & Hana Kimura in 09:04 as match 1. The bout sits in a dark or pre-show segment, and its 6.5 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Toa Henare, Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors & Alex Coughlin defeats Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura in 07:36 as match 2. The bout sits in a dark or pre-show segment, and its 6.5 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima defeats Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi in 05:47 as match 3. The bout sits in a dark or pre-show segment, and its 6.5 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Naoki Sano, Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Ryusuke Taguchi defeats Jushin Thunder Liger, Tatsumi Fujinami, The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask in 08:52 as match 4. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.2 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & El Desperado) defeats LIJ (SANADA, EVIL, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI) in 08:39 as match 5. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.2 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) defeats Bullet Club (KENTA, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens) in 08:17 as match 6. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.2 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

FinJuice (Juice Robinson & David Finlay) defeats Guerrillas of Destiny (c) in 13:25 as match 7. The IWGP Tag Team Championship is at stake. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.8 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Jon Moxley defeats Lance Archer (c) in 14:26 as match 8. The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship is at stake. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.8 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Hiromu Takahashi defeats Will Ospreay (c) in 24:33 as match 9. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship is at stake. The bout sits in the main card, and its 8.2 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Tetsuya Naito defeats Jay White (c) in 33:54 as match 10. The IWGP Intercontinental Championship is at stake. The bout sits in the main card, and its 8.4 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Kazuchika Okada (c) defeats Kota Ibushi in 39:16 as match 11. The IWGP Heavyweight Championship is at stake. The bout sits in the main card, and its 8.1 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

LIJ (BUSHI, EVIL & Shingo Takagi) defeats Bullet Club, CHAOS, Taguchi/Makabe/Yano (c) and Suzuki-gun in 19:34 as match 12. The NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship is at stake. The bout sits in a dark or pre-show segment, and its 7.1 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Hiromu Takahashi & Ryu Lee defeats Jushin Thunder Liger & Naoki Sano in 12:16 as match 13. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.2 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Roppongi 3K defeats El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori (c) in 14:08 as match 14. The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship is at stake. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.8 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Zack Sabre Jr. (c) defeats SANADA in 12:32 as match 15. The RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship is at stake. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.5 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Jon Moxley (c) defeats Juice Robinson in 12:48 as match 16. The IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship is at stake. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.5 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Hirooki Goto defeats KENTA (c) in 16:12 as match 17. The NEVER Openweight Championship is at stake. The bout sits in the main card, and its 7.8 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Jay White defeats Kota Ibushi in 24:58 as match 18. The bout sits in the closing stretch, and its 7.9 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Chris Jericho defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi in 22:24 as match 19. The bout sits in the closing stretch, and its 7.9 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.

Tetsuya Naito (c - IC) defeats Kazuchika Okada (c - Heavyweight) in 35:37 as match 20. The IWGP Heavyweight + IWGP Intercontinental Championships is at stake. The bout sits in the closing stretch, and its 9.2 score comes from how effectively the finish, time and stakes serve that position. WrestleFile does not inflate the grade because the match later became famous or because a championship is present; the question is how complete the bout feels inside this specific Wrestle Kingdom. Longer upper-card matches receive room to create escalation, while shorter supporting matches are judged by whether they establish a division, change a title picture or hand useful momentum to the next segment. That keeps the match verdict tied to the source-backed running order.