Summary: The first big event for 2018 popped off and New Japan never disappoints. Finishing the show with two 35 minute matches Wrestle Kingdom lived up to all the hype. Keith and Keshia breakdown the event along with the week in wrestling. <br><br>Show Notes 01/05/18<br>Open Show <br><br>Wrestle Kingdom 12 Recap <br>-Masahito Kakihara wins New Japan Rumble <br>-Young Bucks (Champs) def Roppongi 3K \ Regain IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Titles<br>-Chaos (Champs) def Bullet Club, Mike Elgin and War Machine, Suzuki-gun and Taguchi Japan \ New Openweight 6-Man Tag Titles <br>-Kota Ibushi def Cody Rhodes + <br>-Los Ingobernables de Japan (Evil and Sanada) (Champs) def Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr / IWGP Tag Titles (physical match)<br>-Hirooki Goto (Champ) def Minoro Suzuki \ Hair vs Hair \ Never Openweight Title <br>-Will Ospreay (Champ) def Marty Scurll, Hiromu Takahashi and Kushida\ IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title <br>-Hiroshi Tanahashi (Champ) def Jay White \ IWGP IC Title <br>-Kenny Omega (Champ) def Chris Jericho \ IWGP US Title <br>-Kazuchika Okada (Champ) def Tetsuya Naito \ IWGP Heavyweight Title <br><br>RAW Recap <br>-The Bar request rematch for Tag Titles. Leads to Jason Jordan vs Cesaro<br>-Jason Jordan def Cesaro <br>-Bray Wyatt def Apollo Crews<br>-Asuka def Alexa Bliss (Champ) \ Non-title match<br>-Braun Strowman def Heath Slater and Rhyno \ destroys them both<br>-Roman Reigns (Champ) def Samoa Joe \ Retains IC Title <br>-Cedric Alexander and Goldust def Drew Gulak and Davari <br>-Finn Balor, Gallows and Anderson def Elias and Miztourage <br>-Kane attacks Brock Lesnar <br>Wrestling Birthdays <br>Wrestling News <br>-Enzo Amore hospitalized <br>-Ring of Honor unveils new title belts<br>-GLOW Legend Mt Fiji passes away <br>-The WWE Mixed Match Challenge <br>SmackDown Recap <br>-The Usos (Champs) def Gable and Benjamin <br>-The Bludgeon Brothers def Breezdango <br>-Xavier Woods def Aiden English \ 1st Round of US Title Tournament <br>-The Riott Squad def Natalya, Carmella and Tamina <br>-Sami Zayn def AJ Styles \ Chaos ensures <br><br>Online shopping from the earth's biggest selection of books, magazines, music... <a href="http://amzn.to/2m5fQv4" rel="noopener">http://amzn.to/2m5fQv4</a> via @amazon<br><br>Follow on Twitter <br>@RingTimePodcast <br>@Kholtjr <br>@ReallyNoKesh<br><br><a href="http://www.ringtimeprowrestling.com" rel="noopener">www.ringtimeprowrestling.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.kindoflikesports.com" rel="noopener">www.kindoflikesports.com</a><br><br>Audible Audiobooks Free 30 Day Trial <br><a href="http://www.audibletrial.com/RingTimeProWrestling" rel="noopener">http://www.audibletrial.com/RingTimeProWrestling</a>
