| Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro Wrestling | |||
| Date | 02007-01-04January 4, 2007 | |||
| Attendance | 18,000 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome was the title of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)'s annual start of the year show that takes place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome each year. Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome was the sixteenth January 4 Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 18,000 spectators, the lowest amount of any of the January 4 Dome Shows. This was the first show that was billed as being co–promoted with NJPW's old rival All Japan Pro Wrestling, indicating that relationship between the former rivals had turned amicable after former NJPW main eventer Keiji Mutoh had taken over as president of AJPW. The multi–man tag team match on the card featured mixted teams with NJPW and AJPW wrestlers teaming with each other, showing that it was a collaboration and not a "rivalry" between the two promotions. The semi–main events featured successful defenses of both the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship while the main event reunited the teams of Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh as well as Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan, both multiple time holders of the IWGP Tag Team Championship. At the end of the card, Chono and Mutoh paid tribute to their fallen Musketeer, Shinya Hashimoto.
- Match results
| # | Result | Stipulation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 !1 | Masanobu Fuchi, El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Nobutaka Araya, Kikutaro and Akira Raijin – Taguchi pinned Kikutaro | Six–man tag team match | 08:20 |
| 02 !2 | Gedo and Jado defeated MAZADA and NOSAWA Rongai – Gedo pinned NOSAWA | Tag team match | 13:06 |
| 03 !3 | Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano defeated D'Lo Brown, Buchanan and Travis Tomko – Makabe pinned Buchanan | Six-man tag team match | 09:36 |
| 04 !4 | Giant Bernard, RO'Z, Suwama and TARU defeated Riki Chōshū, Takashi Iizuka, Manabu Nakanishi and Naofumi Yamamoto – Suwama pinned Yamamoto | Eight–man tag team match | 15:38 |
| 05 !5 | Kaz Hayashi, Wataru Inoue, Koji Kanemoto, Taka Michinoku and Tiger Mask IV defeated Shuji Kondo, Jushin Liger, Milano Collection A.T., Minoru and "brother" YASSHI – Tiger Mask IV pinned "brother" YASSHI | Ten–man tag team match | 13:01 |
| 06 !6 | Toshiaki Kawada defeated Shinsuke Nakamura | Singles match | 19:02 |
| 07 !7 | Minoru Suzuki (c) defeated Yuji Nagata via referee stoppage | Singles match for the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship | 17:22 |
| 08 !8 | Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Taiyo Kea | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 17:09 |
| 09 !9 | Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh defeated Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan – Chono submitted Tenzan | Tag team match | 18:43 |
| (c) Refers to the champion going into the match | |||
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