NJPW Unable To Book Several AEW Talents For Wrestle Dynasty Due To Collision Taping

The first ever Wrestle Dynasty PPV event is fast approaching, taking place on January 5 at the Tokyo Dome just one night after NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 19 PPV. The show will see a collaboration between AEW, NJPW, Stardom, ROH and CMLL, offering up a big supercard featuring stars from all those promotions.

When it comes to the AEW and ROH cohort, the likes of Willow Nightingale, Ricochet, Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Konosuke Takeshita, Jack Perry, Claudio Castagnoli, Brody King, Kenny Omega, Mercedes Mone, and The Young Bucks will all be competing on the card. However, Fightful Select are reporting that NJPW were interested in a number of other AEW talents. 

Wrestle Dynasty takes place on a Sunday, just one day after AEW’s weekly Collision show. There were several talents that NJPW wanted but were unable to procure due to them being booked for Collision the night prior at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Due to time differences, there is no way those select wrestlers would be able to make both shows. 

The card for Wrestle Dynasty 2025 is as follows:

• Great-O-Khan & ??? vs. The Young Bucks - IWGP World Tag Team Championships
• Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd 
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet
• Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa (c) - Strong Women’s Championship & Undisputed British Women’s Championship 
• Konosuke Takeshita or Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii - AEW International Championship & NJPW Openweight Championship 
• Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry 
• Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli 
• David Finlay vs. Brody King 
• Eight-Man Lucha Gauntlet 
• Pre-Show: Willow Nightingale vs. Athena vs. Persephone vs. Momo Watanabe - International Women’s Cup
• Pre-Show: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara (c) vs. House Of Torture (Sho & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) - ROH World Tag Team Championship

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