New Japan Pro Wrestling announced today that Jay Lethal will be defending his ROH World Championship on January 4th, 2016 at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo, Japan against Michael Elgin.
Lethal is scheduled to defend his title at ROH Final Battle against AJ Styles, however Styles’ status is in question as he is dealing with injuries, which also puts his match at Wrestle Kingdom 10 against Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship in doubt.
The updated card for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 is below:
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi.
ROH World Championship Match
Jay Lethal (c) vs. Michael Elgin.
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. AJ Styles.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match
Kenny Omega (c) vs. KUSHIDA.
Fatal Four Way Match IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) vs. Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs. Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Beretta) vs. The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson).
IWGP Tag Team Championship Match
BULLET CLUB (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) (c) vs. Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe).