Change To Wrestle Kingdom 13 Pre-Show Match (UPDATED CARD)

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Michael Elgin will not be competing at Wrestle Kingdom 13, due to injury. Elgin was originally set to team with David Finlay & Jeff Cobb, as part of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Number One Contender Gauntlet. Elgin will be replaced by former-IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata.

Author Chris Charlton took to Twitter to highlight the importance of Nagata’s substitution. Nagata has been a staple of NJPW Tokyo Dome cards.

Nagata substituting in for Elgin at #njwk13 means he maintains a 25 year January 4 appearance streak, and will appear on his 31st consecutive New Japan Tokyo Dome card, more than anyone in history.

— chris charlton (@reasonjp) December 21, 2018

Wrestle Kingdom 13, 1/4, 2am EST

-NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6-MAN TAG CHAMPIONSHIP NUMBER ONE CONTENDER MATCH: Yuji Nagata, Jeff Cobb & David Finlay vs. Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe & Toru Yano) & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. CHAOS (Chuckie T, Beretta & Hirooki Goto) vs. The Elite (Hangman Page, Yujiro Takahashi & Marty Scurll) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer)

-NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Will Ospreay

-IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) (c) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi & BUSHI) vs. Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH)

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-BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

-IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Guerrillas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) (c) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)

-IWGP UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Cody (c) vs. Juice Robinson

-IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: KUSHIDA (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori

-Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White

-IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Chris Jericho (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito

-IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi