 All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) performer Keiji Mutoh wrestled his first NJPW match under his masked alter ego "The Great Muta" in seven years and eight months, defeating NJPW's Hirooki Goto.In addition, wrestlers from Dradition and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max took part in a ten-man tag team match, where veteran wrestler Tatsumi Fujinami picked up the win.Following Wrestle Kingdom II, Dave Meltzer of the "Wrestling Observer Newsletter" saw NJPW's annual January 4 Tokyo Dome show "hovering on extinction".