| Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | New Japan Pro Wrestling | |||
| Date | 02009-01-04January 4, 2009 | |||
| Attendance | 27,500 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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Wrestle Kingdom III 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 III in Tokyo Dome was the eighteenth January 4 Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 27,500 spectators. 2009 was the second year in a row in which Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestlers competed at NJPW's January 4 Dome Show, and like the previous year's matches those matches were shown in the United States under the title Global Impact and released on DVD later on. The show was the first time in several years that featured Luchadors from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). In addition the show featured several wrestlers working for NJPW rivals Pro Wrestling Noah, Pro Wrestling Zero1 and All Japan Pro Wrestling. The show featured 10 matches in total, including four title changes and the successful defense of the Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship.
- Match results
| # | Result | Stipulation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00.1 !Dark match | Milano Collection A.T., Minoru and Taichi Ishikari defeated Mitsuhide Hirasawa, Kazuchika Okada and Nobuo Yoshihashi – Milano pinned Yoshihashi | Six–man tag team match | 06:24 |
| 01 !1 | Místico, Ryusuke Taguchi and Prince Devitt defeated Averno, Jado and Gedo – Mistico submitted Averno | Six–man tag team match | (9:50) |
| 02 !2 | Jushin Liger and Takuma Sano defeated Wataru Inoue and Koji Kanemoto – Liger pinned Kanemoto | Tag team match | 08:47 |
| 03 !3 | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) defeated No Limit (Yujiro and Tetsuya Naitō) (c) – Sabin pinned Naitō | Tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | 13:21 |
| 04 !4 | Tiger Mask IV defeated Low-Ki (c) | Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship | 08:48 |
| 05 !5 | Riki Chōshū, Masahiro Chono, Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash defeated Giant Bernard, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii and Karl Anderson – Angle submitted Anderson | Eight–man tag team match | 07:09 |
| 06 !6 | Yuji Nagata (c) defeated Masato Tanaka | Singles match for the Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship | 11:41 |
| 07 !7 | Jun Akiyama defeated Manabu Nakanishi | Singles match | 10:27 |
| 08 !8 | Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated The Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe and Toru Yano) (c) – Brother Ray pinned Makabe | Tag team Hardcore match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship | 15:34 |
| 09 !9 | Shinsuke Nakamura and Hirooki Goto defeated Mitsuharu Misawa and Takashi Sugiura | Tag team match | 15:17 |
| 10 !10 | Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Keiji Mutoh (c) | Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship | 30:32 |
| (c) Refers to the champion going into the match | |||
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