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Mustafa Ali set for NJPW Strong Resurgence

Posted on by Josh Nason

Mustafa Ali is returning to NJPW for May’s Resurgence event.

The current TNA X-Division Champion announced on X (formerly Twitter) that he will be part of the May 11th pay-per-view in response to a report that his future in the company was in doubt.

It’s unknown who Ali will face.

Bodyslam reported Friday that Ali was set to be part of the annual Best of the Super Juniors tournament and go deep into it, but was not planned to win it which was a point of contention that resulted in him being pulled. They also reported his backstage post-match promo after this month’s Windy City Riot “rubbed people the wrong way.”

Ali did not address the specific reporting about the tournament, but simply posted the following:

We have reached out independently to Ali for comment.

NJPW wrestler and executive Rocky Romero took to X Friday to also refute any claims made in the Bodyslam story.

Ali’s victory over Hiromu Takahashi match at Windy City Riot was the 38-year-old’s first match in NJPW. Since gaining his release from WWE, Ali is 30-0 and is currently the TNA X-Division Champion.

He has also worked with Pro Wrestling Revolver, GCW, Deadlock Pro and other promotions. He will be in action Friday for Action Wrestling in Georgia, Saturday for Northeast Wrestling in Connecticut, and at the C2E2 Expo in Chicago on Sunday.

NJPW Strong Resurgence announced for Ontario, California

Posted on by Ian Carey

NJPW has announced its return to California. 

At today’s New Beginning in Osaka event, the promotion revealed that NJPW Strong Resurgence will take place at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California, on May 11. 

This will be the first time NJPW has held a show in the venue. 

WWE’s last show in the Toyota Arena was the September 25, 2023, episode of Raw, which drew just over 8100 fans. AEW last ran the building on November 15, 2023, and drew over 3400 fans for an episode of Dynamite. 

NJPW’s next show in the United States will be Windy City Riot in Chicago on April 14. The show will feature Tetsuya Naito vs. Jon Moxley and Mustafa Ali vs. Hiromu Takahashi. The show will take place at the Wintrust Arena and 4,559 tickets had been distributed to the show as of the February 4, 2024, edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 

Meltzer wrote:

They sold the new seats out immediately and are now at 4,559 seats out in a place that legit would sell out at 7,000. Why they haven’t opened it up for 7,000 when they’ve turned away people on both sale openings is beyond me. Some of this is the secondary market as there are 1,231 tickets available although the $19 tickets on the secondary market are going from $50 to $90.

Up next for NJPW in February will be the FantasticaMania tour with CMLL. The two-night New Beginning in Sapporo shows will then take place on February 23 & 24. Following the anniversary show on March 6, the promotion will then present the New Japan Cup from March 7 to 20. 

NJPW Resurgence announced for Long Beach, California

Posted on by Ethan Renner

NJPW will return to Long Beach, California in May. 

The promotion announced its Resurgence event will be held at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach on Sunday, May 21. Tickets for the show will go on sale on Wednesday, March 15, with prices ranging from $25 to $299. 

The show will air live on pay-per-view, with the event being broken up into four episodes of the NJPW Strong television show for NJPW World subscribers at a later date, under the new NJPW Strong Live and NJPW Strong On Demand model announced in January.

No talent has been announced for the show to this point. 

Walter Pyramid last hosted NJPW in 2018 for Strong Style Evolved and Fighting Spirit Unleashed.

The first Resurgence was held in August 2021 at The Torch at LA Coliseum in Los Angeles, a show headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi defeating Lance Archer for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW released a promotional video for the event on Wednesday: