Lucha Kingdom Card Set: Tsuji and Goto vs. Mistico and Guerrero
Summary: NJPW and CMLL have set 9 matches for Lucha Kingdom on Monday, Nov. 16, at Arena Mexico in Mexico City. Yota Tsuji and Hirooki Goto face Mistico and Ultimo Guerrero in the main event, and Syuri defends the IWGP Women's title against Kira.
The quick version
- Lucha Kingdom is Monday, Nov. 16, at Arena Mexico in Mexico City. NJPW lists the bell at 5 PM local, which is 6 PM ET.
- Three titles are on the card: the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, the IWGP Women's Championship and the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships.
- No U.S. broadcast or stream is confirmed, per The Rio Times.
NJPW and CMLL have finished the card for Lucha Kingdom, their co-promoted show on Monday, Nov. 16, at Arena Mexico in Mexico City. NJPW's event page lists the bell at 17:00 local time, which is 6 PM ET. Fightful reported the full lineup on Nov. 6.
The card
- Relevos Increibles: Mistico and Ultimo Guerrero vs. Yota Tsuji and Hirooki Goto
- CMLL World Heavyweight Championship: Hechicero (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Barbaro Cavernario vs. Konosuke Takeshita
- Soberano Jr. vs. Shota Umino
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships, three-way: Los Hermanos Chaves (Angel de Oro and Niebla Roja) (c) vs. Titan and Taiji Ishimori (Unbound Co.) vs. Francesco Akira and Templario (United Empire)
- IWGP Women's Championship: Syuri (c) vs. Kira
- Xelhua and Guerrero Maya Jr. vs. House of Torture (Douki and Sho)
- Zandokan Jr., Difunto, Barboza and Furia Roja vs. Kushida, Black Tiger, Yutani and Shoma Kato
- Brillante Jr., Capitan Suicida and Rey Pegasus vs. Okumura, Yoh and Master Wato
The order above is Fightful's list. NJPW's own page numbers the matches differently and puts the main event last. CMLL warns that the program can change at short notice, per The Rio Times.
Why it stands out
Syuri will make her sixth defense of the IWGP Women's title, per Monthly Puroresu. WrestlePurists reports it is the first time the belt has been defended in Mexico. Monthly Puroresu adds that Kira is fresh off a run of more than 900 days as Mexican National Women's Tag Team Champion with Skadi, and that it is Syuri's first appearance in Mexico since 2015.
Tsuji is NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Champion and is set to face Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 21 on Jan. 4. He wrestles for MLW on Nov. 7, nine days before this show.
Where to watch
The Rio Times says no U.S. broadcast or stream has been confirmed and advises checking CMLL's YouTube channel and NJPW World a few days before the show. Tickets are sold at the arena box office and through Ticketmaster Mexico.
Source: NJPW's event page, Fightful's full lineup of Nov. 6, and reports from Monthly Puroresu, WrestlePurists and The Rio Times for context. Nothing in this story is a rumor.
Sources
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling, "2026.11.16 Lucha Kingdom Arena Mexico", event card page, viewed Nov. 6, 2026. https://www.njpw1972.com/tornament/card/660980
- Fightful (Jeremy Lambert), "Full Lineup Announced For NJPW x CMLL Lucha Kingdom", Nov. 6, 2026. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/full-lineup-announced-for-njpw-x-cmll-lucha-kingdom
- The Rio Times, "Mexico City Lucha Kingdom Wrestling, 16 Nov", Nov. 2026. https://www.riotimesonline.com/lucha-kingdom-cmll-njpw-arena-mexico-city-16-november-2026
- Monthly Puroresu, "Syuri to Defend IWGP Women's Title Against Kira at CMLL x NJPW Lucha Kingdom", published before Nov. 6, 2026, date not shown on the page. https://monthlypuroresu.com/features/syuri-to-defend-iwgp-womens-title-against-kira-at-cmll-x-njpw-lucha-kingdom
- WrestlePurists, "Syuri To Defend IWGP Women's Championship Against CMLL's Kira At Lucha Kingdom", published before Nov. 6, 2026, date not shown on the page. https://wrestlepurists.com/syuri-to-defend-iwgp-womens-championship-against-cmlls-kira-at-lucha-kingdom
- WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read NJPW's event page and compared it with Fightful's list.
How we credit sources: Editorial standards.