Wrestle Kingdom 9 took place on January 4th, 2015. The event was headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. The event also featured Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibusha 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 Wrestle Kingdom 9
New Japan Rumble
- 1.5 stars
ReDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) vs. Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) vs. The Young Bucks
- 4 stars
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Jeff Jarrett & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojimo & Tomoaki Honma
- 2.25 stars
Suzukigun (Shelton X Benjamin, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr, & Takashi Iizuka) vs. Mikey Nicholls, Naomichi Marufuji, Shane Haste & Toru Yano
- 2 stars
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Minoru Suzuki
- 3.75 stars
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe
- 4.5 stars
Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kenny Omega
- 3.75 stars
Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) vs. Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata)
- 3.5 stars
AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito
- 4.25 stars
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibusha
- 5 stars
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
- 4.75 stars
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