Wrestle Kingdom 13: 5 best matches from the PPV

Modified Jan 05, 2019 11:00 IST

WK13 had an attendance of 38,162 spectators, the best of NJPW in 16 years

#2 Chris Jericho vs. Tetsuya Naito

In a No Disqualification match, Tetsuta Naito defeated Chris Jericho and became the new IGWP Intercontinental Champion. The two met again after their previous encounter at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-Jo Hall where Y2J defeated the leader of Los Ingobernables de Japón.

It was a great match from the beginning to the end. The match had not officially begun and Naito was already attacking his rival. The first big moment of this fight was a DDT from Jericho to Naito on the commentators' table.

The action continued with many chairs introduced to the ring by Jericho, who was punished with a Powerbomb on the chairs and then received a surprising Codebreaker from Naito.

Naito executed Destino and was within a second of winning the pin. Then, he grabbed and hit Jericho with the championship. He re-applied Destino and finally got the pin.

With this match, the rivalry between Naito and Jericho has come to an end for now. Was this Jericho's last match at NJPW or will we still see him in 2019 facing other great New Japan superstars.

Edited by Gabby Duran