New Japan Pro Wrestling takes a break from their Road To Wrestling Dontaku Tour, to present Wrestling Hi No Kuni. The first Wrestling Hi No Kuni event since 2016, the show will be headlined by two huge title matches.
First Killer Elite Squad will get a Wrestle Kingdom rematch against EVIL & SANADA of Los Ingobernables de Japon. EVIL & SANADA won the belts from KES on January 4th.
The main event will see Suzuki-gun leader Minoru Suzuki defend the IWGP Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship against LIJ leader Tetsuya Naito. Suzuki won the title from Hiroshi Tanahashi back at New Beginning In Sapporo.
Also, El Desperado will face BUSHI, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru will face Hiromu Takahashi to round out a night of Suzuki-gun vs. LIJ action.
The show is set to air at 2am EDT on NJPWWorld.com. WrestleZone will be providing live coverage. There will not be English commentary. The card is as follows:
- Ren Narita & Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoyuki Oka & Shota Umino.
- Taguchi Japan (Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tiger Mask & David Finlay) vs. CHAOS (Sho, Yoh, Rocky Romero & Jay White)
- Togi Makabe & Toa Henare vs. CHAOS (Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii)
- Bullet Club (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) & The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Takashi Iizuka, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson vs. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI, Will Ospreay & Hirooki Goto)
- BUSHI vs. El Desperado
- Hiromu Takahashi vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA & EVIL) (c) vs. Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.)
- IWGP Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Match: Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito
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