New Japan has announced that they will be returning to the United States in 2019. The company will be hitting Los Angeles, CA and Charlotte, NC on January 30, 2019 and February 1, 2019.
NJPW has already put on four events in the States previously. This started with the “G1 Special in USA” which was followed up with three shows in March, July and September of 2018. New Japan has touted the success of their ‘US expansion’ thus far, mentioning amongst other things their LA Dojo. NJPW1972 put a press release for this new tour mentioning the dojo, stating “In March 2018, we established the LA Dojo with Katsuyori Shibata as the head coach. Three young lions have debuted in the US so far.”
The company has described the New Beginning USA tour as the “third pillar of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s US expansion plan, along with big match production and new talent development.” There are no matches currently confirmed for the tour.
The times and venues for the two events are as follows:
- January 30 (Wed) 8:30PM in Los Angeles, CA at the Globe Theatre
- February 1 (Fri) 7:30PM in Charlotte, NC at the Grady Cole Center
Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, December 22nd at 10:00AM (PST). More information will be available on NJPW1972.com.