NJPW Invasion Attack matches announced
New Japan Pro Wrestling tonight announced four matches for its next major show, Invasion Attack, which takes place on 4/10 at Sumo Hall in Tokyo.
The show is the company’s biggest since the Tokyo Dome event on 1/4. It will start a 3 a.m. Eastern and midnight Pacific time late on Saturday night in the U.S.
Tetsuya Naito made it clear after winning the New Japan Cup that he was challenging Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP heavyweight title in the main event. An angle for that match was already shot at the end of Saturday’s New Japan show in Aomori.
Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe will be defending the IWGP tag team titles against the Guerrilas of Destiny, a new tag team of Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa, who is the former Camacho in WWE and Micah in TNA. Roa would be the brother of Tonga.
Already announced last week is Kushida vs. Will Ospreay for the IWGP jr. title in Ospreay’s Japanese debut.
Also announced was Ricochet & Matt Sydal defending the IWGP jr. tag team titles against Rocky Romero & Baretta.
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