In what should not come as a surprise after WWE announced Shinsuke Nakamura’s debut last night, the departing New Japan Pro Wrestling star is off their 14th Anniversary Show pay-per-view event on February 26th in Las Vegas. His replacement will be someone else from NJPW, but who exactly that is hasn’t been announced as of yet. Here’s the official announcement:
NAKAMURA OUT FOR VEGAS
Thanks to the Best Fans on the Planet, 2015 was Ring of Honor’s BIGGEST year to date! With our sights set on an EVEN BIGGER 2016, ROH heads to Las Vegas to celebrate our 14th ANNIVERSARY for two GIANT events emanating from Sam’s Town Casino!
Limited tickets still remain for the hard-hitting, fast-paced, Best Wrestling on the Planet when it returns to Sin City with the STARS OF NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING for the 14th Anniversary Pay Per View on Friday February 26 and our national television taping on Saturday February 27! Our pay per view main event is set: ROH World Champion JAY LETHAL with TRUTH MARTINI will defend against top challengers ADAM COLE and KYLE O’REILLY in a triple threat match! Keep ROH Wrestling tuned in on your Sinclair Broadcasting affiliates and Comet for more match announcements involving the stars of ROH and NJPW!
Many Ring of Honor fans were looking forward to “The King of Strong Style” SHINSUKE NAKAMURA appearing throughout Ring of Honor’s 14th Anniversary Weekend. It is with great regret that we must inform our fans that Nakamura will no longer be competing the weekend of ROH’s 14th Anniversary.
While Nakamura is unable to compete, a New Japan Pro Wrestling star has already signed to take “The King of Strong Style’s” place! Will it be a star making his first journey to the US? Will it be a star returning to ROH? Keep your browsers locked on ROHWrestling.com in the coming days to see which New Japan star will be replacing Nakamura in Sin City!
Limited tickets still remain for the 14th Anniversary Pay Per View extravaganza as well as our GIGANTIC NATIONAL TELEVISION TAPING the following night featuring the stars of New Japan Pro Wrestling! Click HERE to purchase tickets for the 14th Anniversary Pay Per View and HERE to purchase tickets for our national television taping the following night!
Here’s an updated preview for the show:
TRIPLE THREAT ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Jay Lethal (c) w/ Truth Martini vs Adam Cole vs Kyle O’Reilly
SIGNED TO APPEAR
ROH WORLD TV CHAMPION RODERICK STRONG
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS WAR MACHINE
NEW JAPAN STARS
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION KAZUCHIKA OKADA W/ GEDO
HIROSHI TANAHASHI
IWGP JR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION KUSHIDA
TOMOHIRO ISHII