at power struggle, kenta retained his title against ishii in a rematch. later in the night, he interfered in the main event between jay white and hirooki goto helping white, a fellow bullet club member, retain the title while also once again assaulting shibata. kenta lost the never openweight championship to goto at wrestle kingdom 14 on january 5, 2020, ending his reign at 127 days with two successful defenses. later that night, after the main event for both the iwgp heavyweight championship and iwgp intercontinental championship between kazuchika okada and tetsuya naito (which naito won), kenta attacked naito and hit him with the gts, and sat on top of him posing with both of naito's newly won belts.