Gauntlet Match Added To Wrestle Kingdom 13 Preshow

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that a 5-team gauntlet match will take place on the Wrestle Kingdom 13 preshow. The winners will earn a title match against the NEVER Openweight 6-Man tag-team championships.

The 5 teams NJPW has announced for the gauntlet match on the Wrestle Kingdom 13 preshow include:

• Ryusuke Taguchi, Toru Yano, & Togi Makabe
• Minoru Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr., and Lance Archer
• Jeff Cobb, Michal Elgin, & David Finlay
• Chuckie T, Beretta, and Hirooki Goto
• Marty Scurll, Hangman Page, and Yujiro Takahashi

Additionally, NJPW announced the following matches for the Fan Fest scheduled for January 3rd:

• Tiger Mask & Jushin Liger vs Yuya Uemura & Ren Narita
• Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs Toa Henare & Tomoaki Honma
• Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Shota Umino & Ayato Yoshida

Wrestle Kingdom 13 Lineup

• IWGP Heavyweight Championship
  Kenny Omega (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship
  Chris Jericho (c) vs Tetsuya Naito
• Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
  KUSHIDA (c) vs Taiji Ishimori
• IWGP United States Championship
  Cody (c) vs Juice Robinson
• RevPro British Heavyweight Championship
  Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr.
• IWGP Tag Team Championships
  Guerrillas of Destiny (c) vs The Young Bucks vs. EVIL and SANADA
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
  Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado (c) vs Roppongi 3K vs BUSHI and Shingo Takagi
• IWGP NEVER Openweight Championship
  Kota Ibushi (c) vs Will Ospreay