The 2018 King of Pro Wrestling event took place on October 8th. The show was headlined by the triple threat match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Cody vs Kenny Omega vs Kota Ibushi. The show also featured Marty Scurll vs. KUSHIDA and more.
Here are the match ratings for the show according to Dave Meltzer. Ratings are from his Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here). He rates them on a 5-star scale [here are all of the five-star ratings that he has ever given out].
Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling 2018
Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs. Toa Henare & Juice Robinson
- Rating: 2.75 stars
The Elite (Chase Owens, Adam Page & The Young Bucks) vs. Bullet Club OG’s (Taiji Ishimori, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale)
- Rating: 3.25 stars
Will Ospreay, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Takashi Iizuka, Taichi & Minoru Suzuki
- Rating: 3.5 stars
SHO, YOH, Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon
- Rating: 3.25 stars
EVIL vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Rating:
Tiger Mask & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
- Rating: 3 stars
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White
- Rating: 4.5 stars
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Marty Scurll vs. KUSHIDA – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Finals
- Rating: 4.25 stars
Kenny Omega vs. Cody vs. Kota Ibushi – IWGP Heavyweight Championship
- Rating: 4.25 stars
How did you rate the matches? Let us know in the comment section below.
