NJPW announces details for Lone Star Shootout WrestleCon event
NJPW has revealed some of the details for their show at WrestleCon this April.
It was announced today that “Lone Star Shootout” will be the name of the Friday, April 1 event. It’s taking place at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
In addition to being taped for NJPW Strong, the show will air live on Fite TV. It will be available to purchase on its own or as part of the WrestleCon bundle.
NJPW noted that Tomohiro Ishii, Jay White, Tom Lawlor, Fred Rosser, Ren Narita, Yuya Uemura, Clark Connors, Gabriel Kidd, Chris Bey, JR Kratos, Juice Robinson & David Finlay, and more will be in action at Lone Star Shootout.
Tickets for the show went on sale for WrestleCon Superfans at noon Eastern time today, but WrestleCon has turned off ticket sales due to a ticketing issue. They’ll go back on sale to WrestleCon Superfans at 10 a.m. Eastern time this Saturday and will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Eastern on Sunday.
This year’s WrestleCon is taking place from Thursday, March 31 through Saturday, April 2.
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