NEVER Openweight Championship
On May 7, NJPW announced the first seven matches for the event. Added was an IWGP Intercontinental Championship match between Hirooki Goto and Shinsuke Nakamura. This is a rematch from the main event of Wrestling Dontaku 2015, where Goto defeated Nakamura to capture the Intercontinental Championship. Also added was another title rematch, where Togi Makabe will defend the NEVER Openweight Championship against Tomohiro Ishii. The two had been involved in a rivalry since the previous November's Power Struggle event, where Makabe emerged as the next challenger for then NEVER Openweight Champion Ishii. On January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, Makabe defeated Ishii to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the first time, but was forced to vacate the title on February 14 after being unable to defend it in a rematch against Ishii due to influenza. Ishii then went on to defeat Makabe's G.B.H. stablemate Tomoaki Honma to reclaim the title. This led to a title match on April 29 at "Wrestling Hinokuni", where Makabe again defeated Ishii to regain the NEVER Openweight Championship.