King of Pro-Wrestling (2026) is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It will take place on October 12, 2026, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. It would the eleventh event under the King of Pro-Wrestling chronology.
Production Storylines King of Pro-Wrestling will feature professional wrestling matches that will involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. It was the tenth event under the King of Pro-Wrestling name.
On August 16, 2026, at the G1 Climax finals, Ryohei Oiwa defeated Yuya Uemura in the finals to win the G1 tournament. After the match, Oiwa announced that he would challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at King of Pro-Wrestling. At Destruction in Kobe, the IWGP Heavyweight champion Yota Tsuji would defeat Hirooki Goto to retain the title; setting the match between Tsuji and Oiwa for the title at King of Pro-Wrestling.
At Dominion 6.14 in Osaka-jo Hall, Shota Umino won the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship after defeating champion Andrade El Idolo and Drilla Moloney in a three-way match. Gabe Kidd attacked Umino after the match and would defeat him for the title weeks later. After the first day of the G1 Climax, Umino would pull out of the tournament due to injury and forfiet the rest of his matches; Umino would return during the Road to Destruction tour. At Destruction in Kobe, Kidd defeated Moloney to retain IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship and after the match, Kidd said that he wouldn't return to New Japan to defend his title until Wrestle Kingdom. Umino would come out to the ring and challenge Kidd for the title; Kidd attempted to attack him, but Umino countered his attack. NJPW made the match for King of Pro-Wrestling official soon after.
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