One of the biggest weeks in professional wrestling is coming up with multiple events from Japan and AEW beginning to simulcast its programming.
Below is a guide to the major shows over the next week with match and viewing information and the coverage provided by POST Wrestling.
Sunday, December 29
Show: STARDOM Dream Queendom
Start time: 3 a.m. ET
Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan
Outlet: Stagecrowd (PPV) with English commentary
Coverage: Report by Karen Peterson
Matches:
*World of Stardom Championship: Tam Nakano © vs. Saya Kamitani
*Wonder of Stardom Championship: Natsupoi © vs. Starlight Kid
*Goddesses of Stardom Championship: Momo Watanabe & Thekla © vs. Hanan & Saya Iida
*No Disqualification Match: Natsuko Tora vs. Maika
*Saori Anou vs. Mika Iwata
*Syuri vs. Konami
*HANAKO, Mina Shirakawa, Rian & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Azusa Inaba, Fukigen Death, Ruaka & Rina vs. Hina, Lady C, Saki Kashima & Tomoka Inaba
*AZM, Mei Seira, Miyu Amasaki & Suzu Suzuki vs. Hazuki, Koguma, Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo
*Aya Sakura & Mizmori vs. Chi Chi & Hamabe Matoi
*Sayaka Kurara vs. Ranna Yagami
Monday, December 30
Show: WWE Raw
Start time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Toyota Center in Houston, Texas
Outlet: USA Network / Sportsnet 360
Coverage: Rewind-A-Raw with John Pollock & Wai Ting
Matches:
*Intercontinental Tournament – Semi-Final: Dakota Kai vs. Zoey Stark
*Intercontinental Tournament – Semi-Final: Lyra Valkyria vs. IYO SKY
*Damian Priest & War Raiders vs. Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh
*Chad Gable vs. Otis
*R-Truth vs. Pete Dunne
Show: AJPW Carnival of Champions 2024
Start time: 11 p.m. ET
Outlet: AJPW.tv
Location: Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium #2
Coverage: Website updates
Matches:
*Triple Crown: Davey Boy Smith Jr. © vs. Jun Saito
*All Asia Tag Titles: Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai © vs. Kento Miyahara & Ryo Inoue
*Yuma Aoyagi & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe
*Rei Saito, Naruki Doi & Senor Saito vs. Hokuto Omori, Cyrus & Jack Kennedy
*Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Dan Tamura
*New Year’s Rumble – Announced: Suwama, Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato, Shotaro Ashino, Kuma Arashi, Ultimo Dragon, Minoru Suzuki, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Hartley Jackson, Aizawa Number One & Kumagoro Hokkai
*MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Taishin Nagao vs. Fuminori Abe, Yuko Miyamoto & Seigo Tachibana
Wednesday, January 1
Show: NOAH The New Year
Start time: Late Tuesday / Early Wednesday at 1 a.m. ET
Outlet: Abema (PPV) only available outside Japan for those in the U.S., South Korea, Thailand & Philippines
Location: Nippon Budokan
Coverage: Report by Karen Peterson
Matches:
*GHC Heavyweight Championship: Kaito Kiyomiya © vs. Taishi Ozawa
*Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ulka Sasaki
*GHC Tag Team Titles: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura © vs. Jack Morris & Omos
*GHC National Championship: Manabu Soya © vs. Masa Kitamiya
*GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Daga © vs. Eita
*KENTA vs. Kenoh
*El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Galeno del Mal
*Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Black Menso-re
*GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles: HAYATA & YO-HEY © vs. AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki vs. Kai Fujimura & Alejandro
*Battle Royal – Announced: Shuhei Taniguchi, Harutoki, Yu Owada, Daiki Odashima, Tadasuke & Yuto Kikuchi
Show: AEW Fight for the Fallen
Start time: 8 p.m.
Outlet: TBS/TSN 2 and Max in U.S.
Location: Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina
Coverage: Rewind-A-Dynamite with John Pollock & Wai Ting
Matches:
*Jamie Hayter vs. Julia Hart
Show: STARDOM New Year Dream
Start time:
Outlet: PPV (Details TBA)
Location: Tokyo Garden Theatre
Coverage: Website updates
Matches:
*Athena & Thekla vs. Tay Melo & Mina Shirakawa
*Sendai Girls World Junior Championship: Chi Chi (c) vs Aya Sakura
*Tam Nakano vs. Sayaka Unagi
*Maika & HANAKO vs. Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu
*Dump Matsumoto, Zap & Natsuko Tora vs. Saori Anou, Natsupoi & Sayaka Kurara
*Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma vs. AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki
Saturday, January 4
Show: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
Start time: 3 a.m. ET
Outlet: New Japan World
Location: Tokyo Dome
Coverage: Free show Karen Peterson & Bruce Lord
Matches:
*IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. © vs. Shota Umino
*Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiromu Takahashi
*IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: David Finlay © vs. Yota Tsuji
*IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: DOUKI © vs. El Desperado
*AEW Int’l Championship vs. NEVER Openweight Championship: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shingo Takagi
*Lumberjack Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL
*NJPW World Television Championship: Ren Narita © vs. Jeff Cobb vs. El Phantasmo vs. Ryohei Oiwa
*IWGP Women’s Championship: Mayu Iwatani © vs. AZM
*IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles – Ladder Match: Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA © vs. Catch 2/2 vs. Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney vs. Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
*Pre-Show: New Japan Ranbo
Show: Wrestle Dynasty
Start time: 11 p.m. ET (pre-show at 10 p.m.)
Outlet: New Japan World
Location: Tokyo Dome
Coverage: POST Wrestling Café show with John Pollock & Wai Ting
Matches:
*IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. © vs. Ricochet
*Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli
*Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd
*IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: David Finlay © vs. Brody King
*Yota Tsuji vs. Jack Perry
*NJPW STRONG Women’s Title vs. RevPro British Women’s Title: Mercedes Mone vs. Mina Shirakawa
*IWGP Tag Team Titles (vacant): Young Bucks vs. Great O-Khan & TBA
*NEVER Openweight Championship: Shingo Takagi OR Konosuke Takeshita © vs. Tomohiro Ishii
*ROH World Tag Team Titles: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara © vs. SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
*International Women’s Cup: Athena vs. Willow Nightingale vs. Persephone vs. Momo Watanabe
*Lucha Gauntlet Match: Participants from NJPW & CMLL to be announced