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Full card set for NJPW 47th Anniversary Show

Posted on by Joseph Currier

New Japan Pro Wrestling has revealed the full card for their 47th Anniversary Show.

In the main event, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White will face NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay in a non-title champion vs. champion match. The match was set up during Ospreay’s post-match comments at last week’s Takashi Iizuka retirement show, with Ospreay issuing the challenge to White.

Kazuchika Okada defeated Ospreay in the main event of last year’s Anniversary event. Okada held the IWGP Heavyweight title at the time, while Ospreay was IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.

Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto will team against Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA in the semi-main event of this year’s Anniversary Show.

Two title matches had already been announced for the Anniversary Show. Jushin Thunder Liger will challenge for Taiji Ishimori’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shingo Takagi & BUSHI are defending their titles against SHO & YOH.

The 47th Anniversary event is taking place at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo on Wednesday, March 6 and will air live on New Japan World. Here’s the full card:

  • IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay in a non-title match
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori defending against Jushin Thunder Liger
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shingo Takagi & BUSHI defending against SHO & YOH
  • Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taka Michinoku
  • Yuji Nagata & Toa Henare vs. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
  • Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Ayato Yoshida, Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Chase Owens & Hikuleo

Two title matches set for NJPW anniversary event

Posted on by Joseph Currier

After they were set up at the New Beginning in Osaka on Monday morning, New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced two title matches for this year’s anniversary show.

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori will defend his title against Jushin Thunder Liger at the anniversary event, and SHO & YOH will challenge for Shingo Takagi & BUSHI’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight titles.

Ishimori called out Liger (who was on commentary) after retaining his title against Ryusuke Taguchi at the New Beginning in Osaka. Liger said he’d accept Ishimori’s challenge at any place or time.

SHO & YOH attacked Takagi & BUSHI and grabbed their title belts after Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Takagi & BUSHI) defeated Suzuki-gun (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) in a six-man tag match. Takagi & BUSHI took the belts back after both teams got on the microphone and set up their title match.

This year marks NJPW’s 47th anniversary. The anniversary show is taking place at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo on Wednesday, March 6 and will air live on New Japan World.