Several top TNA stars including Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy and Beer Money are in Tokyo, Japan for today’s annual New Japan Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome show. Here is the official press release for the event:

TNA WRESTLING VS. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING TO ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHT NEW JAPAN’S ANNUAL “WRESTLEKINGDOM” EVENT AT THE TOKYO DOME ON JANUARY 4

On January 4, New Japan Pro Wrestling will present the annual “Wrestle Kingdom” event, their biggest show of the year held at the world famous Tokyo Dome.

TNA Wrestling and New Japan are happy to announce that superstars from both organizations will once again face off in battle at the event. The TNA vs. New Japan international bouts have been a part of Wrestle Kingdom since 2008.

The footage from past events has been released at ShopTNA.com as part of the “Global iMPACT!” DVD series, and is also available for viewing at TNAONDEMAND.COM

This year for the first time ever at Wrestle Kingdom, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line as Jeff Hardy will defend the title! The bouts featuring Hardy as well as Rob Van Dam and Beer Money are listed below! Beer Money also has a chance to become IWGP Tag Team Champions!

TNAwrestling.com will have updates on the event as it draws closer. For more information, visit New Japan’s website at www.njpw.co.jp

Featured TNA Wrestling vs. New Japan Pro Wrestling matches at the January 4 “Wrestle Kingdom” Tokyo Dome event:

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Jeff Hardy defends vs. Tetsuya Naito of No Limit

Rob Van Dam vs. Toru Yano

IWGP World Tag Team Championship Match
Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson vs. Beer Money vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man

The complete match lineup is below:

Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) (c) vs. Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) vs. Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man)
Three way tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship

Jushin Liger and Hector Garza vs. Máscara Dorada and La Sombra
Tag team match

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Takashi Iizuka
Sleeper hold match

Rob Van Dam vs. Toru Yano
Hardcore match

Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki
Singles match

Prince Devitt (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Hirooki Goto and Kazuchika Okada vs. Takashi Sugiura and Yoshihiro Takayama
Tag team match

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Go Shiozaki
Singles match

Togi Makabe vs. Masato Tanaka
Singles match

Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Tetsuya Naita
Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

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