King of Pro-Wrestling (2019)

King of Pro-Wrestling (2018) is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), which will take place on October 14, 2019, in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. It is NJPW's biggest show between August's G1 Climax and January's Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome. The main event will featured Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against SANADA. This was the seventh event under the King of Pro-Wrestling name.

Storylines
|thumb|Kazuchika Okada, who will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in the main event|234x234px]] King of Pro-Wrestling featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

King of Pro-Wrestling will be main evented by Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against SANADA. On March 24, 2019, Okada defeated SANADA in the finals to win the 2019 New Japan Cup and earn the right to face Jay White at the main event of the G1 Supercard on April 6. After winning the tournament, Okada promised that after he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship he would give SANADA a rematch. At the event on April 6, Okada defeated White to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the fifth time. On May 4 at Wrestling Dontaku, Okada successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against SANADA. Later that year, Okada and SANADA took part in the 2019 G1 Climax, with both wrestling in block A. Despite neither of them managed to advance into the finals, SANADA defeated Okada in their head-to-head match. On August 31 at Royal Quest, after Okada successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki, SANADA challenged Okada to a match for his title, which he accepted.