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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9
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Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2015. It was the 24th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the first event on the 2015 NJPW schedule. The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match, six of which were for championships. In the double main event, Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada. The appearance of Pro Wrestling Noah wrestlers led to a storyline in which NJPW's Suzuki-gun group began wrestling at Noah events starting the week after Wrestle Kingdom 9. Through NJPW's partnership with Global Force Wrestling (GFW), the event was broadcast with English commentary as a GFW event.
Cast
![Hiroshi Tanahashi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uqy5N7LmuSOgv3TVjHbPkx3NHV2.jpg)
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi
![Kazuchika Okada](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//f2csXSGNiaMMdCKfpJMjuvof0y5.jpg)
Kazuchika Okada
Kazuchika Okada
![Shinsuke Nakamura](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//l5tY8dfwg6c3O97YRNEUQLODltz.jpg)
Shinsuke Nakamura
Shinsuke Nakamura
![Kota Ibushi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//m1dnCSlw38jBAVoAO2XQDjsWr8p.jpg)
Kota Ibushi
Kota Ibushi
![Allen Jones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qf12G6Fy7iAYXgynJG2IONnKPW5.jpg)
Allen Jones
AJ Styles
![Tetsuya Naito](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2FbOjWG5pRMSXPSzK4jgrzkl0rv.jpg)
Tetsuya Naito
Tetsuya Naito
![Hirooki Goto](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1bk8xZuwCn4rVKeIKCj5vqgUycA.jpg)
Hirooki Goto
Hirooki Goto
![Katsuyori Shibata](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//MhGDtntKrov4aLFWOWzEslgzu4.jpg)
Katsuyori Shibata
Katsuyori Shibata
![Drew Hankinson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ueGIdhEEbzKDRsuAi97HvQgf7cC.jpg)
Drew Hankinson
Doc Gallows
![Chad Allegra](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sx9L9r8oBMFUPJXf9upHQJoE9ld.jpg)
Chad Allegra
Karl Anderson
![Ryusuke Taguchi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ryusuke Taguchi
Ryusuke Taguchi
![Tyson Smith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kKNp2JUBpq3s3IxxwQsOH8nYCwz.jpg)
Tyson Smith
Kenny Omega
![Tomohiro Ishii](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bYj5aiEv5pPgnwuf8ecJy4JIao5.jpg)
Tomohiro Ishii
Tomohiro Ishii
![Shinya Makabe](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Shinya Makabe
Togi Makabe
![Minoru Suzuki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2qcpto2irpv4hk3uMXzgUbjqdy6.jpg)
Minoru Suzuki
Minoru Suzuki
![Kazushi Sakuraba](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zHzvfIJWWk97smz2yHs5gk5jzKJ.jpg)
Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba
![Toru Yano](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tdcWdQWjgnIl1v20y82Z3SGI9W5.jpg)
Toru Yano
Toru Yano
![Harry Smith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//31Q4TLBZkuRzFFVaT9RRk6QPzOl.jpg)
Harry Smith
Davey Boy Smith, Jr.
![Lance Hoyt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vbwEJg7xzzG81dnWTK7M5FsYcgx.jpg)
Lance Hoyt
Lance Archer
![Shelton Benjamin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7SEPSQdXNLUBSTtnNFPXakX0Fmg.jpg)
Shelton Benjamin
Shelton Benjamin
![Takashi Iizuka](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//61JdjQO6vOUanSVkZhComcQwRNR.jpg)
Takashi Iizuka
Takashi Iizuka
![Hiroyoshi Yamamoto](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kGgUdjPdrWyYldxGyH3HTyxXeP1.jpg)
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
![Satoshi Kojima](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Satoshi Kojima
Satoshi Kojima
![Tomoaki Honma](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//y2vdP4lk1qVemzfvP8AwxULg2qU.jpg)
Tomoaki Honma
Tomoaki Honma
![Jeffrey Jarrett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k0ExbDBpIIfiHjI9EkpwT2KPQZu.jpg)
Jeffrey Jarrett
Jeff Jarrett
![Patrick Martin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5ZdgQSWoyitsyur9hZVlJPfCll2.jpg)
Patrick Martin
Alex Shelley
![Jim Ross](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ufuTblMtz0xBknpRIQm1k0U6Qf5.jpg)
Jim Ross
Himself (Commentary)
![Matthew Kaye](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//p13yLwwJYWko5l23ZEkbYU2VqCf.jpg)
Matthew Kaye
Matt Striker (Commentary)
![Naomichi Marufuji](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pco9NhGExal2ZHDUdq8JA0vMJVl.jpg)
Naomichi Marufuji
Naomichi Marufuji
![Shane Veryzer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8WFOYcq2XyBeg4gbkR5Ff5lwLd7.jpg)
Shane Veryzer
Shane Haste
![Michael Nicholls](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sWeCvAwwG34x885vwFptCPuUsvm.jpg)
Michael Nicholls
Mikey Nicholls
![Robert Anthony Fish](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7KfgWC83iVsNEcoKVfH4iXAXXJB.jpg)
Robert Anthony Fish
Bobby Fish
![Kyle Greenwood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//th9C8udZ6cJiqg92nOMCHftTPfL.jpg)
Kyle Greenwood
Kyle O'Reilly
![John R. Rivera](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1piHTqBkYY2AlCHSTjgJFocIDPn.jpg)
John R. Rivera
Rocky Romero
![Alex Sherman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//A0xFRpkv8RvGidLXcWEtiNSjWNB.jpg)
Alex Sherman
Alex Koslov
![Matthew Massie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uz5xscEFjFS1t3xf8Pfv1ccFtoi.jpg)
Matthew Massie
Matt Jackson
![Nicholas Massie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vKx14AofXbkAHaQxZaIzRgZAA44.jpg)
Nicholas Massie
Nick Jackson
![Yujiro Kushida](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iG9WMvl3D6luiwyPGrQwVtaHc9Z.jpg)
Yujiro Kushida
KUSHIDA
![Yujiro Takahashi](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yujiro Takahashi
Yujiro Takahashi
![Fale Simitaitoko](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//38GzOBeXN1v2nkcHPhKKNNN9sQX.jpg)
Fale Simitaitoko
Bad Luck Fale
![Karen Jarrett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xIIPQzQLmjKndFOaGbORGP1cvvU.jpg)