11/8(土) #njroad のBSコメントを #NJPWWORLD で無料公開中!#NJPW pic.twitter.com/2SEVIVYhrv

— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) November 9, 2025

【来年1月4日(日)東京ドーム大会の第3弾カードが決定！】

・「棚橋弘至引退試合」は、棚橋弘至vsオカダ・カズチカに正式決定！

・IWGPジュニア次期挑戦者決定4WAYマッチ、デスペラードvs石森vs藤田vsSHOが実現へ!!

見どころhttps://t.co/TfDprDw2Vw#njwk20 #棚橋引退 pic.twitter.com/ajHoU0pVAl

— 新日本プロレスリング株式会社 (@njpw1972) November 9, 2025

NJPW then held a press conference on November 9 to both confirm the match between Tanahashi and Okada, and promote it with both men present. Okada stated that when he walked out to his old NJPW entrance song to confront Tanahashi, that was simply a one night deal, and that while his former manager Gedo might be in his corner come Wrestle Kingdom 20 on January 4, the man Tanahashi will be wrestling will be the AEW version of Okada who wants to send everyone home in tears as he plans to make light work of what many consider to be his greatest rival.

While there had been a number of reports of WWE Superstar Shinsuke Nakamura being discussed as a potential option for Tanahashi’s final opponent, the feud between Tanahashi and Okada is one of the most celebrated in modern wrestling history. The success of the rivalry became the backbone of the success that NJPW had in the 2010s, with both men becoming household names in the process. Their last match took place at “The New Beginning In Osaka” back in February 2024 in what many fans thought would be their final match together, with their last match at the Tokyo Dome coming in 2016 at Wrestle Kingdom 10. Now they will run it back a decade on from their last Tokyo Dome main event, and this time it will be the final chapter.