Shingo Takagi announced for WrestleCon SuperShow
A second NJPW star has been confirmed for WrestleCon’s WrestleMania week SuperShow.
WrestleCon announced today that Shingo Takagi will be in action at this year’s Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow. The event is taking place at The Ritz Ybor in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, April 2 and will start at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
This will be the first time Takagi has taken part in WrestleCon.
Will Ospreay has also been announced for this year’s WrestleCon SuperShow, along with Bandido, Alex Zayne, Blake Christian, and Jordan Oliver. Ospreay vs. Bandido headlined the 2019 WrestleCon SuperShow in New York City, with Ospreay getting the win.
Los Ingobernables de Japon (Takagi, EVIL & BUSHI) became NJPW’s NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions by winning a gauntlet match at Wrestle Kingdom 14 night two. Takagi will challenge Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship in the main event of the New Beginning in Sapporo on Saturday, February 1.
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