Full Match Line-Ups For All Four NJPW Road To King Of Pro-Wrestling 2025 Events

By: Lewis Carlan

New Japan Pro-Wrestling is set to hold it’s King Of Pro-Wrestling 2025 event at Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo on Oct. 13th with the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. making his third defense against the winner of the G1 Climax 35 tournament, Konosuke Takeshita.

Before we get to Oct. 13th, NJPW will present a series of events aptly named Road To King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 which kicks off on Oct. 4th. Two title matches will be featured on the Road To King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 mini tour.

The IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship will be defended on Oct. 6th at Korakuen Hall as the current champion El Desperado will make his ninth defense against former champion HOUSE OF TORTURE’s DOUKI. Desperado defeated DOUKI back on Jan. 4th for the title after the referee stopped the match due to DOUKI suffering a dislocated shoulder. DOUKI has called Desperado a “fake champion” and will be looking to regain the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship on Oct. 6th.

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On Oct. 11th, which is the final Road To King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 event, El Desperado & DOUKI will be involved in another title bout. The IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Titles will be on the line as the champions DOUKI & SHO will face the challenge of El Desperado & KUUKAI. This will be the third defense of the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Titles by the HOUSE OF TORTURE duo of DOUKI & SHO since winning the belts back in June 2025.

KUUKAI is a graduate of Michinoku Pro Wrestling and will be making his NJPW debut on the Road To King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 tour.

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Here are the full match line-ups for all four Road To King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 events courtesy of purolove.com:

Oct. 4th 2025 
Tokkei Security Hiratsuka General Gymnasium

• Katsuya Murashima & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Masatora Yasuda & Zane Jay
• Shota Umino vs. Daiki Nagai
• Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors vs. SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• El Phantasmo & Jado vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shoma Kato
• Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano, El Desperado, KUUKAI & Tiger Mask vs. “King of Darkness” EVIL, Don Fale, SHO, DOUKI & Dick Togo
• Yuya Uemura & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & Titan  vs. David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo

Oct. 6th 2025
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

• Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Masatora Yasuda & Zane Jay
• El Phantasmo & Jado vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuya Murashima
• Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors vs. SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano, KUUKAI & Tiger Mask vs. “King of Darkness” EVIL, Don Fale, SHO & Dick Togo
• Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & Titan vs. David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
• Special Singles Match: Shota Umino vs. OSKAR
• Special Singles Match: Yuya Uemura vs. Yuto-Ice
• IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: El Desperado (c) vs. DOUKI

Oct. 9th 2025
Komatsu General Gymnasium

•  Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Katsuya Murashima & Zane Jay
• Shota Umino vs. Daiki Nagai
• Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors vs. SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• El Phantasmo & Jado vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Masatora Yasuda
• Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano, El Desperado, KUUKAI & Tiger Mask vs. “King of Darkness” EVIL, Don Fale, SHO, DOUKI & Dick Togo
• Yuya Uemura & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & Titan  vs. David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo

Oct. 11th 2025
Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium

• Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Masatora Yasuda & Zane Jay
• Shota Umino vs. Katsuya Murashima
• Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors vs. SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano & Tiger Mask vs. “King of Darkness” EVIL, Don Fale & Dick Togo
• Yuya Uemura & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
• Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Titan & Daiki Nagai vs. David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
• IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: SHO & DOUKI (c) vs. El Desperado & KUUKAI

All NJPW Road To King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 will air live on NJPW World subscription streaming service.