Will Ospreay, Jon Moxley and David Finlay will square-off in a three-way match at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 on January 4, to crown the first-ever IWGP Global Champion.
During the NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 press conference on Wednesday, Ospreay and Moxley agreed to ‘a ceasefire’ in the opening five minutes of the three-way title match to take out Finlay, so then they can give the fans what they really want to see, which is a singles match between Ospreay and Moxley. Ospreay even gave Moxley non-alcoholic beer as part of the deal.
Ospreay signed a multi-year contract with AEW at the Full Gear PPV back in November and is set to start with the company next month.
You can watch the full NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 press conference below:
Also at the press conference, the current IWGP Junior Tag Team Champions – Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney unveiled newly designed tag title belts at the press conference. They are set to defend the tag team titles at Wrestle Kingdom 18 against TJP and Francesco Akira.
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 will stream live on Thursday January 4 via NJPW World with both English and Japanese commentary. The event will again take place from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.