Tom Lawlor will defend the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship at NJPW Windy City Riot on April 16.
NJPW has announced that Yuji Nagata will challenge “Filthy Tom” for the gold in Chicago.
The official preview, courtesy of the NJPW website, is as follows:
With a successful eighth defense over Clark Connors this week on STRONG, Tom Lawlor has assured that he will pass one year as STRONG Openweight Champion,. New Japan’s longest current reigning champion by along margin, Tom Lawlor seems all but invulnerable, but he will have to make his next defense in short order.
After a video challenge issued this week, Lawlor will be putting his title on the line at Windy City Riot in Chicago against Blue Justice, Yuji Nagata. The Third Generation member will be hunting for his first singles championship in six years on April 16. While last summer saw Satoshi Kojima come close to the gold only to fall short, can Lawlor’s second Japanese challenger end up taking the STRONG gold out of the Filthy One’s hands?
BREAKING❗️
Nagata vs Lawlor in Chicago!!!
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The updated card is as follows:
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Yuji Nagata
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki
- Jay White Open Challenge
- Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay
- Team Rosser (Fred Rosser, Chris Dickinson, Ren Narita, Alex Coughlin & Josh Alexander) vs. Team Filthy (Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson, Royce Isaacs, JR Kratos & Black Tiger)
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