AUDIO: A Look At Wrestle Kingdom 18 and NJPW's 2023

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s (NJPW) Wrestle Kingdom card always represents the culmination of a year’s worth of wrestling. All of the tournaments, title bouts, and tours build to one specific date on the calendar: January 4th.

We’re just hours away from Wrestle Kingdom 18 from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It’s the perfect time to look back on 2023 one last time, while also looking forward to the wrestling that will take place over the next day. To do this, Time Limit is presenting a special audio issue today.

Today, we’re speaking with Slam Wrestling’s Joseph Casciaro. Joseph, a friend of mine, has covered many different topics in wrestling since joining Slam in late 2022. However, he arguably hasn’t covered any beat closer than NJPW. He’s been getting up bright and early to watch both the big and small shows that the promotion airs. It’s these reasons (on top of the fact that he’s cool) that he made him a perfect guest.

If you want to hear a brief discussion on 2023 for NJPW and the Wrestle Kingdom 18 card, this pod is for you!

If you enjoyed the podcast, let me know! I’m open to doing more audio issues in the future as well.

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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 Card

1. Pre-Show NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling Championship 2024 Right To Challenge Rambo Match

2. Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney vs. Francesco Akira & TJP (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships)

3. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW World Television Championship)

4. Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura

5. Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Uminmo vs. EVIL & Ren Narita

6. Shingo Takagi vs. Tama Tonga (NEVER Openweight Championship)

7. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo (IWGP Tag Team Championships & NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships)

8. Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship)

9. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay vs. Will Ospreay (Vacant IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship) (Three-Way Match)

10. Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada

11. SANADA vs. Tetsuya Naito (IWGP World Heavyweight Championship)