10 Best NJPW Matches Of The Year

It feels bizarre to have an entry featuring two wrestlers who are now key players in WWE's present and future.

Even fans whose only exposure to wrestling is through the WWE Network would see this as a dream match, and that was exactly how New Japan promoted it going into Wrestle Kingdom. Both had failed to secure places in the main event as either champion or challenger, but Nakamura still held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and decided to lay down a challenge to Styles.

With both wrestlers set to leave the promotion they held nothing back, showing the true nature of strong style. Nakamura hit two earth-shattering bomaye knees, while Styles delivered a 450 along with his own knockout knee strike, and after Nakamura retained the two gave a display of respect to one another and to the company as a whole.