Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2009. It was the 18th January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the third held under the “Wrestle Kingdom” name. The event featured eleven matches (including one dark match), five of which were contested for championships. For the second year in a row, the show featured wrestlers from the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In addition, the show also featured wrestlers from the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as part of a new relationship between NJPW and CMLL. Wrestlers from other Japanese promotions also took part in the show, including All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1, whose top title, the World Heavyweight Championship, was defended during the show.
Length 258 minutes
Hiroshi Tanahashi | Keiji Mutoh | Brandon Silvestry | Shinsuke Nakamura | Hirooki Goto | Yoshihiro Yamazaki | Mitsuharu Misawa | Takashi Sugiura | Mark LoMonaco | Devon Hughes | Toru Yano | Shinya Makabe | Jun Akiyama | Manabu Nakanishi | Masato Tanaka | Yuji Nagata | Masahiro Chôno | Riki Choshu | Kurt Angle | Kevin Nash | Matt Bloom | Chad Allegra | Takayuki Iizuka | Tomohiro Ishii | Tetsuya Naito | Patrick Martin | Josh Harter | Yujiro Takahashi | Keiichi Yamada | Naoki Sano | Koji Kanemoto | Wataru Inoue | Keiji Takayama | Shoji Akiyoshi | Fergal Devitt | Ryusuke Taguchi | Luis Urive