Minoru Suzuki returning to US for Dallas, Chicago NJPW events
Minoru Suzuki is coming back to America.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Famer and NJPW provisional KOPW 2022 has been announced for NJPW Lonestar Shootout on Friday, April 1 on WrestleMania weekend in Dallas, Texas, as well as NJPW Windy City Riot in the Chicago, Illinois area on Saturday, April 16.
BREAKING❗️
Minoru Suzuki is coming back to the US!
4/1 Lonestar Shootout: https://t.co/R9pCC50OKA
4/16 Windy City Riot:https://t.co/z7oQXt16au#njRiot #njLonestar pic.twitter.com/nlw70W2VzX
— NJPW of America (@NJPWofAmerica) February 16, 2022
Suzuki was last in the United States for a nearly two-month tour in September and October 2021 that saw him wrestle dates for AEW, Impact Wrestling, GCW, NJPW, and numerous indie promotions.
The Lonestar Shootout show will be split up into episodes of NJPW Strong to air on NJPW World, while the Windy City Riot event appears to be a standalone event similar to November’s Battle in the Valley show in San Jose, California.
Suzuki will defend the provisional KOPW 2022 trophy against Toru Yano in a dog cage match on Sunday’s NJPW New Year’s Golden Series event in Hokkaido.
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