Wrestle Dynasty Results 1/5 - Kenny Omega Takes On Gabe Kidd, Several Titles On The Line & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for Wrestle Dynasty on January 5, 2025, coming to you live from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan at a special start time of 11 PM ET on January 4, featuring stars from AEW, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Stardom, and CMLL!

Kenny Omega will be competing in his first match since defeating Ethan Page on the December 9, 2023 episode of "AEW Collision" as he goes one-on-one with Gabe Kidd. The issues between the former AEW World Champion and the current NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion have meteorically been on the rise over the course of the past several weeks, culminating on January 3 when they met in a tense confrontation with each other at the Wrestle Dynasty press conference.

One night after successfully retaining the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Shota Umino at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19, Zack Sabre Jr. will be putting his title on the line once again tonight as he defends against Ricochet. Sabre Jr. has held the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship for over 80 days, dethroning Tetsuya Naito at NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling on October 14 to become the titleholder.

New IWGP Tag Team Champions are set to be crowned tonight, as AEW stars Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson will be competing in their first match since the October 30 episode of "Dynamite" when they take on United Empire's Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan, and Hiromu Takahashi and the aforementioned Naito of Los Ingobernables de Japon in a Three-Way Match. Great-O-Khan previously held the IWGP Tag Team Championship with HENARE, but were forced to relinquish the title after the latter suffered an injury last month.

Konosuke Takeshita will be putting both the AEW International Championship and NEVER Openweight Championships on the line against Tomohiro Ishii. Takeshita both retained his International Championship against Shingo Takagi and dethroned him as NEVER Openweight Champion at Wrestle Kingdom 19. Another multi-reigning champion will also be crowned tonight, as Mercedes Mone and Mina Shirakawa put their respective NJPW STRONG Women's Championship and RevPro Undisputed British Women's Championship on the line in a Winner Take All Match.

Another title will also be up for grabs tonight, as Jack Perry challenges Yota Tsuji for the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship in the latter's first defense since he dethroned David Finlay as titleholder at Wrestle Kingdom 19. Elsewhere, an Eight Man Gauntlet Match is also set for tonight as four stars from NJPW and four stars from CMLL are set to take part in it. The first competitor in the match to pin one of their opponents will emerge victorious in the match, each entering one minute apart from each other. Hiroshi Tanahashi will also be going head-to-head with Katsuyori Shibata in a Grappling Match, while Claudio Castagnoli of The Death Riders squares off with the aforementioned Umino, and House of Black's Brody King collides with Finlay.

Additionally, Sammy Guevara and Dustin Rhodes of The Sons of Texas will be defending the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the first time since retaining against The Righteous at ROH Final Battle on December 20 as they square off with House of Torture's Yoshinobu Kanemaru and SHO on the pre-show beginning at 10 PM ET on January 4. Willow Nightingale of AEW will also be taking on Stardom's Momo Wantanabe, ROH's Athena, and Persephone of CMLL in a Four-Way Match for the International Women's Cup on the pre-show. The winner will receive a shot at any women's championship in the four different companies of their choosing.

We are live on the pre-show! Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton greet audiences at home as Momo Wantanabe, Thekla, Willow Nightingale, Persephone, and Athena all make their way out to the ring.

The bell rings and the four women begin to brawl with one another. Wantanabe goes after Nightingale, but Nightingale delivers a Hip Attack to her in the corner and levels her with a boot. Persephone lands a Fallaway Slam on Nightingale, but Athena levels Persephone with a suplex and follows it up with a handspring forearm to her in the corner. She connects with a kick on her chest, and delivers a superkick to Nightingale. Nightingale gets Athena up for a delayed vertical suplex, but levels Persephone and Wantanabe with kicks to their chest. This opens the door for Athena to escape.

Nightingale levels Persephone and Watanabe with double suplexes and pins then, but Athena breaks the fall. Athena then flies off the apron to level Nightingale and Wantanabe on the outside. Nightingale and Persephone get back inside the ring and Nightingale looks to land a cannonball on Persephone in the corner, but Persephone avoids the maneuver and delivers a Tope Con Hilo on Nightingale on the outside. She lands a Northern Lights suplex on her back in the ring.

Wantanabe pins Nightingale, but Athena breaks the fall. Athena and Wantanabe then shove each other before Nightingale brawls with Athena as Persephone goes after Wantanabe. Nightingale levels Wantanabe with a spinebuster, but Athena levels Nightingale and Persephone with a double dropkick off the ropes. Nightingale runs Athena over with a shoulder pounce, then connects with forearms on Persephone and Wantanabe.

Persephone delivers another Northern Lights suplex to Nightingale and pins her, but Nightingale kicks out. Persephone rains down forearms on Nightingale, but Athena sends Persephone crashing into the apron spine first. Nightingale then gets Wantanabe up on her shoulders and sends her crashing into the corner with a Death Valley Driver, but Athena levels Nightingale with The Eclipse. She goes for a pin, but Thekla pulls the referee out of the ring. As the referee is distracted by Thekla, Wantanabe hits Athena with a bat and pins her for the win.

Winner: Momo Wantanabe

House of Torture then make their way down to the ring. The Sons of Texas follow.

Dustin Rhodes and SHO begin the action. The bell rings and Yoshinobu Kanemaru blindsides Rhodes from behind. SHO and Kanemaru double team on Rhodes, but Rhodes levels both of them and tags in Sammy Guevara. Guevara delivers a chop to SHO in the corner, then connects with a double suplex on him with Rhodes and follows it up with a standing moonsault. Rhodes then delivers a sliding kick to SHO. Guevara ascends to the top rope and delivers a crossbody to SHO, then low bridges an interfering Kanemaru out of the ring.

Guevara lands an enzuigiri on SHO from the apron, then flies off it to level Kanemaru on the outside with a moonsault. SHO dumps Guevara over the top rope, and Kanemaru sends Guevara crashing into the barricade. SHO exposes the turnbuckles while the referee is distracted, then sends Rhodes crashing into it with Kanemaru and levels Guevara with a back body drop.

Kanemaru takes down Guevara with a suplex, then follows it up with a bodyslam and tags SHO back in. SHO then pins Guevara twice, but Guevara kicks out both times. He whips Guevara into the exposed turnbuckle, then tags in Kanemaru. Kanemaru locks in a Boston Crab on Guevara, but Guevara makes it to the bottom rope to break the hold. SHO tags in and stomps on one of the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship belts. Guevara levels him with an enzuigiri and clocks Kanemaru on the apron, then low bridges SHO out of the ring over the top rope.

Rhodes tags in and levels SHO with a pair of clotheslines. SHO responds with a spear to Rhodes and tags Kanemaru back in. Kanemaru looks to spit his Suntory Toki in Rhodes' face, but Rhodes avoids it. Kanemaru then spits his Suntory Toki in Rhodes' face when looking to do so a second time, but Rhodes takes a swig of it and spits it in Kanemaru's face. Guevara rocks Kanemaru with a superkick, and Rhodes follows it up with The Final Reckoning. Guevara then flies off the top rope, and Rhodes pins Kanemaru for the win.

Winners (and still): The Sons of Texas

We are live on the main show! Walker Stewart and Chris Charlton greet audiences at home once again as Hechicero and Kosei Fujita make their way out to the ring.

The bell rings and Hechicero locks in a submission on Fujita. The two continue going back and forth with one another as the next entrant, Soberano makes his way down the ramp. He ascends to the top and levels Fujita with a crossbody, then takes down Hechicero with a hurricanrana. Hechicero locks in a submission on Fujita, but Soberano breaks the hold. He then flies off the apron to level Hechicero on the outside.

Master Wato is next up in the match, and he exchanges chops with Soberano. Soberano intercepts Wato with a dropkick, but Wato responds with a hurricanrana to him. Mascara Dorada is in the match next, and he delivers a chop to Wato. He connects with a hurricanrana on Soberano as Tajii Ishimori makes his way out as the next entrant. Ishimori fires off right hands on Dorada, then levels him with a springboard cutter. He connects with a shoulderbreaker on Dorada, then sends him crashing into the face first.

Titan is up next, and delivers a crossbody off the top to Ishimori. He levels him with a kick and follows it up with a dropkick off the top rope, then sends Dorada crashing into the mat face first and rocks him with a superkick.

El Desperado is the final entrant in the match, and everyone else meets him on the entrance ramp. They all dump him inside the ring, and Dorada levels him with a vertical suplex. Hechicero gets Desperado up on his shoulders and sends him crashing into the mat, and Wato delivers a slam to him. Titan drives Desperado into the mat, and Soberano follows suit. Ishimori then gets Desperado up on his shoulders and sends him crashing into the mat, and Fujita delivers a bodyslam to him.

After all teaming up in an effort to take down Desperado, the seven other competitors begin brawling with each other. Hechicero sends Desperado crashing into the mat with a spinning slam and pins him, but Fujita breaks the fall and brawls with Hechicero. He flies over the top to level Hechicero on the outside, but Ishimori flies off the ropes to level Fujita. Soberano connects with a Tornillo to level Ishimori and Fujita, and Titan takes flight to level Hechicero and Soberano using the ropes. Wato and Dorada follows suit. Fujita locks in a modified Bow and Arrow submission on Desperado, but Ishimori breaks the hold and pins Desperado for the win.

Winner: Taiji Ishimori

Katsuyori Shibata then makes his way down to the ring. Hiroshi Tanahashi follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. They exchange several chops with one another and tangle each other up in the ropes before exchanging rapid fire chops with one another in the corner. They continue lighting each other up with chops as the bell rings to signal the end of the match.

After the match, Tanahashi and Shibata stare each other down. Shibata offers his hand to Tanahashi, and Tanahashi shakes it.

Mina Shirakawa then makes her way out to the ring. Mercedes Mone follows.

The bell rings and Shirakawa delivers a dropkick to Mone's leg. Mone responds with an arm drag and cinches in a crossface on Shirakawa, but Shirakawa gets her foot onto the bottom rope to break the hold. Mone then dropkicks Shirakawa out of the ring, but Shirakawa sends her leg bouncing off the ring post and cinches in a Figure Four Leg Lock on her using it.

Shirakawa charges at Mone, but Mone catches her with a back elbow and follows it up with a meteora. She delivers a second one to her, then ascends to the middle rope and delivers a third meteora. Shirakawa sees Mone coming and repeatedly sends her knee crashing into the mat. She looks to cinch in a Figure Four Leg Lock on her, but Mone rolls over to the bottom rope before she can do too much damage.

Mone sends Shirakawa crashing into the mat, and the two exchange forearms with one another. Shirakawa sends Mone crashing into the mat with a Tornado DDT, but Mone responds with The Three Amigos to her. Shirakawa lands a back fist on Mone, and the two teeter on the ropes until Shirakawa sends Mone crashing into the mat with a DDT.

Shirakawa gets Mone up in an Electric Chair position and sends her crashing into the mat, then cinches in a Figure Four Leg Lock on her. Mone grabs the bottom rope to break the hold, but Shirakawa sends her crashing into the mat and gets fired up. She follows it up with a Falcon Arrow and goes for a pin, but Mone kicks out. Mone connects with a Codebreaker on Shirakawa, but Shirakawa sends Mone crashing into the mat face first. Mone responds with the Mone Maker for the win.

Winner (and still/and new): Mercedes Mone

After the match, Mone offers her hand to Shirakawa. Shirakawa pushes it away and is helped to the back.

Brody King then makes his way down to the ring. David Finlay and Gedo follow.

The bell rings and the two lock up. King levels Finlay and connects with a boot on him, then sends him crashing into the mat with an arm drag and follows it up with a back body drop. King then levels Finlay with a chop and the action spills out of the ring. Finlay looks to fly over the top, but King catches him. Finlay then sends King crashing into the ring post, but King sends him crashing into the barricade.

King and Finlay get back inside the ring, and King continues wearing down Finlay. He lands a chop on his chest, then delivers a second one to him in the corner and whips him into the opposite one. King and Finlay then exchange forearms with one another on the apron, but Finlay rakes King's eyes and charges at him. He sends him crashing into one of the barricades with a shoulder pounce variation, then flies off the apron to level him with a flying knee. Finlay dumps King back inside the ring, then delivers a strike to him in the corner and ascends up the ropes. King trips him and sends him crashing into the mat with a Death Valley Driver.

King fires off right hands on Finlay, but Finlay fires off forearms on King. King turns Finlay inside out with a clothesline and pins him, but Finlay kicks out. King then sends Finlay crashing into the mat with a piledriver, but Finlay intercepts him with a spear and goes for a pin. King kicks out.

Finlay delivers a basement clothesline to the back of King's neck and goes for another pin, but King kicks out once again. King sends Finlay crashing into the bottom turnbuckle with another Death Valley Driver, then follows it up with a cannonball and sits Finlay on the top rope. He delivers a chop to him and joins him up there, but Finlay pulls him off and sends him crashing into the top turnbuckle face first. Finlay then delivers a powerbomb and a knee to King's face for the win.

Winner: David Finlay

Shota Umino then makes his way out to the ring. 

Castagnoli blindsides Umino on the entrance ramp and continues beating him down it. He dumps him inside the ring and the bell sounds. Umino fires off strikes on Castagnoli, then levels him with a dropkick. Castagnoli sends Umino crashing into one of the barricades on the outside, then sends him crashing into another one and dumps him into the ringside area.

The pair get back inside the ring, and Castagnoli lands a leg drop on Umino. He sends him crashing into the mat, then locks in a crossface on him. Castagnoli targets Umino's jaw, then fires off uppercuts on him and levels him with a big boot.

The action spills back out of the ring, and Umino sends Castagnoli crashing into the floor with a hanging DDT off one of the barricades. Umino dumps Castagnoli back inside the ring and delivers a dropkick to him off the top rope. He sends him crashing into the mat with a Sidewalk Slam and goes for a pin, but Castagnoli kicks out. Castagnoli then delivers The Swing to Umino and goes for a pin, but Umino kicks out.

Castagnoli locks in a Sharpshooter on Umino, but Umino escapes. Castagnoli charges at him in the corner, but Umino gets his boot up and sends Castagnoli crashing into the mat with a Tornado DDT. Umino then sends Castagnoli crashing into the mat with a double underhook DDT for the win.

Winner: Shota Umino

Tomohiro Ishii then makes his way down to the ring. Konosuke Takeshita and Don Callis follow.

The bell rings and the two trade strikes with one another. Takeshita delivers a stomp to Ishii's spine, but Ishii responds with chops to Takeshita. Takeshita looks to land a senton on Ishii off the middle rope, but Ishii avoids it. Takeshita lands a German suplex on Ishii and follows it up with a sliding knee, then delivers a Michinoku Driver off the middle rope and goes for a pin. Ishii kicks out.

Takeshita runs over Ishii with the Takeshita Line, and the two then teeter on the ropes. Ishii sends Takeshita crashing into the mat, then lands a headbutt on him and levels him with a pair of clotheslines. Takeshita sends Ishii crashing into the mat with a vertical suplex, but Ishii runs him over with a clothesline. Takeshita then delivers a poisonrana to Ishii and rocks him with a jumping knee, but Ishii responds with an enzuigiri. Takeshita rocks with a Falcon Arrow for the win.

Winner (and still): Konosuke Takeshita

Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan then make their way out to the ring. Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, and The Young Bucks follow.

The bell rings and Cobb delivers a shoulder tackle to Takahashi. The Bucks send Takahashi crashing into the ring apron, then level Cobb and fly out opposite sides of the ring to level the four other men. The Bucks dump Takahashi back inside the ring and double team on him, but Cobb sends Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson crashing into one another and mocks them. He looks to fly through the ropes to level them on the outside, but The Bucks level him with a double superkick. Matthew then assists Nicholas in landing a hurricanrana on Cobb, but Naito and Takahashi level Nicholas with a double clothesline Takahashi delivers a crossbody to Nicholas, but Great-O-Khan delivers a belly-to-belly suplex to Takahashi.

Nicholas flies over the top rope from the apron to send Cobb crashing into the mat face first, then delivers a splash to him as Matthew delivers a standing moonsault. Matthew pins Cobb, but Cobb kicks out. Matthew then calls for a Superkick Party, and Nicholas looks to land a superkick on Cobb. Cobb intercepts it and levels Matthew using Nicholas' foot. Matthew then delivers a series of suplexes to Takahashi and delivers a double suplex to him and Naito, then holds Takahashi in place for Nicholas to deliver a senton off the top rope.

Takahashi sends Nicholas crashing into the mat before Great-O-Khan sends Naito, Takahashi, and both The Bucks into the mat with belly-to-belly suplexes. Cobb then delivers German suplexes to all four men.

Takahashi and Matthew send Cobb crashing into the mat with a double suplex off the ropes, and The Bucks look to land The TK Driver on Naito. Takahashi helps out his tag partner and sends Nicholas crashing into Cobb. Naito then hits an enzuigiri on Great-O-Khan, and The Bucks deliver The TK Driver to Great-O-Khan for the win.

Winners (and new): The Young Bucks

Jack Perry then makes his way down to the ring. Yota Tsuji follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Tsuji runs over Perry with a shoulder tackle, but Perry delivers a tope suicida to Tsuji on the outside and whips him into one of the barricades spine first. The two get back inside the ring, and Perry connects with a dropkick to the side of Tsuji's head. He connects with a suplex on him, but Tsuji sends Perry crashing into the mat and delivers a splash to him in the corner.

Perry drapes Tsuji by his knees off the top rope and delivers a kick to him, then lands a German suplex on him and goes for a pin. Tsuji kicks out, then pulls Perry off the ropes to send him crashing into the mat and fires off right hands on him. The pair then exchange strikes with one another, but Tsuji connects with as uperkick on Perry. Perry shoves the referee and low blows Tsuji, then sends him crashing into the mat and goes for a pin. Tsuji kicks out. Tsuji then connects with a spear on Perry for the win.

Winner (and still): Yota Tsuji

Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, and Drilla Moloney then make their way out to the ring. Kenny Omega follows.

The bell rings and the two go back and forth. Kidd levels Omega with a boot, but Omega responds with a chop. Kidd lands one of his own on Omega, and the two continue to exchange them. Omega gets Kidd up on his shoulders and sends him crashing into the mat, then connects with a chop on him.

The action spills out of the ring, and Kidd sends Omega crashing into one of the barricades. He sends him crashing into another one and lands an open palm strike on him, then places one of the tables that the announcers are sitting at next to another. Omega sends Kidd's head bouncing off the ring apron, and the two continue to brawl on the outside. Omega sends Kidd crashing into one of the barricades and through the two tables Kidd had set up next to one another.

Kidd grabs another table from under the ring and sets it up on the outside. He sends Omega crashing through it, then grabs a piece of it and cracks it across Omega's head. He then bites Omega's head and dumps him back inside the ring before sending him crashing into a pile of chairs.

Omega ascends up the ropes, but Kidd meets him up there and superplexes him through the pile of chairs. Omega delivers a Snap Dragon suplex to Kidd, then grabs a chair. Kidd grabs one of his own, and the two clock each other in the head with the chairs. They then trade forearm strikes with one another, but Omega delivers a pair of V-Triggers to Kidd and connects with a hurricanrana on him, then flies over the top rope to level Kidd on the outside. He dumps him back inside the ring and ascends to the top, then lands a dropkick on him and follows it up with a jumping knee to the back of Kidd's neck in the corner.

Omega sits Kidd on the top turnbuckle and connects with a Snap Dragon suplex to him off the top rope. He sets up for the One Winged Angle on Kidd, but Kidd escapes and locks in an Abdominal Stretch on Omega as he jams his elbow into his oblique. Kidd then levels Omega with a knee and sends him crashing into the mat with a piledriver, then goes for a pin. Omega kicks out.

Kidd sends Omega crashing into the mat with a powerbomb, then lands a second piledriver on him and goes for a pin. Omega gets his foot on the bottom rope to break the fall, then delivers a running knee to Kidd and powerbombs him. He follows it up with a jumping knee and pins Kidd, but Kidd quickly kicks out. Omega then delivers the V-Trigger and the One Winged Angel to Kidd for the win.

Winner: Kenny Omega

Ricochet then makes his way out to the ring. TMDK follows.

Ricochet delivers a tope suicida to Sabre on the apron and flies over the top rope to level him on the outside. He delivers a 450 Splash to him and goes for a pin, but Sabre kicks out as the match is officially underway. Sabre connects with a neck crank on Ricochet on the apron, then wears him down with a pair of submissions. Ricochet levels Sabre with a springboard back elbow, then follows it up with a clothesline and a springboard moonsault.

Sabre locks in a Sleeper on Ricochet, but Sabre sends Ricochet crashing into the corner. Ricochet then levels Sabre and connects with a clothesline on him, but Sabre looks to cinch in an Ankle Lock on Ricochet. Ricochet avoids and sends Sabre crashing into the mat, but Sabre catches Ricochet with a pair of Snap Dragon suplexes and pins him. Ricochet kicks out, then delivers a knee to Sabre's chest.

Ricochet delivers a pair of suplexes to Sabre on the ring apron and on the floor. The pair get back inside the ring and exchange open palm strikes before Sabre rocks Ricochet with an enzuigiri. Ricochet delivers a pair of kicks of his own to Sabre and sends him crashing into the mat with a Falcon Arrow. He sends him crashing into the mat and ascends to the top, then looks to land a 450 Splash. Sabre rolls out of the way and delivers a running knee to Ricochet, then sends him crashing into the mat with a spinning Michinoku Driver. Sabre then locks in a shoulder submission on Ricochet, and Ricochet verbally quits the match.

Winner (and still): Zack Sabre Jr.

After the match, Sabre grabs a mic and thanks Ricochet. He calls NJPW the best wrestling promotion in the world and says while the future of NJPW is bright, it's currently orange because TMDK is at the top of the company.