Results for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
Pre-Show Match – New Japan Rumble: Masahito Kakihara won the opening battle royal.
Match 1 – IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Young Bucks vs. c-Roppongi 3000: Yoh took a Meltzer Driver and Nick followed up with a Sharpshooter. Yoh tapped out seconds later, giving the Bucks the titles.
Match 2 - NEVER Openweight 6-Man Championship Gauntlet, Zack Sabre, Jr., Taichi & Azuka started off against Michael Elgin & War Machine: Sabre put a triangle choke on Rowe, and the big man tapped out, eliminating his team. Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & Trent Berreta came out next, and they took out the Suzuki-Gun members when Yano low-blowed Taichi and pinned him. Juice Robinson, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Togi Makabe walked out next, but were quickly eliminated when Yano rolled up Taguchi and held him for the three-count. The defending champs came out last, and they were none other than Bullet Club members Tonga Loa, Tama Tonga, & Bad Luck Fale. However, they lost their titles due to Beretta hitting the Dudebuster on Tama and scoring the pinfall.
Match 3 – Cody Rhodes vs. Kota Ibushi: Rhodes lost to Ibushi when he got hit by a Phoenix Splash and was covered for the pinfall.
Match 4 – IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Evil & Sanada vs. (c) Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith, Jr.): Evil and Sanada captured the titles when Sanada hit Smith with a moonsault and covered him for the three-count.
Match 5 – NEVER Openweight Championship, Hirooki Goto vs. c-Minoru Suzuki: Goto was able to win the Openweight Title by hitting Suzuki with a second GTR and pinning him for the three-count.
Match 6 – Fatal 4-Way IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, Takahashi Hiromu vs. KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay vs. c-Marty Scurll: Ospreay hit Scurll with the Oz Cutter and then pinned him to win the belt.
Match 7 – IWGP Intercontinental Championship, Jay White vs. c-Tanahashi Hiroshi: Tanahashi was able to retain his belt after hitting White with a second High Fly Flow and covering him for the pinfall.
Match 8 – No Disqualifications for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, Chris Jericho vs. c-Kenny Omega: I haven’t seen or heard anyone else’s reaction to this match, but in my yes, it was a damn good one. I don’t know if anyone out there was actually disappointed, but I know I wasn’t. Plenty of high and hardcore spots, but there was also a good amount of ring work. Of course there would be, it’s Jericho and Omega we’re talking about here. Things came to a conclusion when Omega hit “Y2J” with the One Winged Angel on a chair and scored the pinfall.
Main Event – IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Tetsuya Naito vs. c-Kazuchika Okada: This match was a worthy main event. Okada retained his title by hitting Naito with a spinning tombstone piledriver, which was followed by his fourth Rainmaker, and ultimately the pinfall.