Taka Michinoku to challenge for indie title on rare US trip

Taka Michinoku will be working a title match in March when he makes a rare trip to the United States.

Last month, Michinoku — who spent years working in the U.S. when he wrestled for WWE in the late 1990s/early 2000s — put out a call saying he would be in Indiana on March 27-28 and wanted to wrestle. Black Label Pro has now announced that Michinoku will challenge Kevin Ku for the BLP Championship at their Squared Circle Expo IV event that weekend.

The show is being held at The Wyndham Indianapolis West on Friday, March 27 as part of the Squared Circle Expo fan convention. Others set to appear include Deonna Purrazzo, Gangrel, and Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Michinoku is a former WWF Light Heavyweight Champion and was a long-time member of the NJPW roster. He still wrestles occasional matches for NJPW but mostly competes for his Just Tap Out promotion in Japan.

“I’m going to Indianapolis on March 27th and 28th,” he wrote last month while putting out a call for bookings. “If I go all the way to US, I’d like to wrestle around that time. I went to England and Australia in the last few years, but it’s been seven years since I went to the U.S. Please make an offer to DM.”

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