New Japan have officially announced the full card for their Lion’s Gate Project 2 show that takes place on May 19th, the theme of the show is predominately NJPW vs NOAH and the line up is as follows:
- Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Hirai Kuwato
- Shiro Tomoyose vs. Teruaki Kanemitsu
- Hitoshi Kumano vs. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO]
- Yoshinari Ogawa vs. David Finlay
- Captain NOAH & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Muhammad Yone & Ryusuke Tagcuhi
- Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jay White
- Go Shiozaki vs. Juice Robinson
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Maybach Taniguchi, Masa Kitamiya & Quiet Storm
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NJPW have been producing more English Language content over the past year as a way to entice more subscribers to the NJPW World service and there are more shows set to have an english feed. As per the Wrestling Observer – “[the dates for] English broadcast will be the 6/7 Best of the Super Junior finals from Sendai, and 7/18 first day of the G-1 Climax tournament in Sapporo, and then back in August for the G-1 finals”
Whether or not the commentary team of Matt Striker and Kevin Kelly is again used for these shows has yet to be officially announced.
A documentary on Kenny Omega was released today on New Japan World and is available to subscribers of the service:
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— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) April 26, 2016