Six-Man Tag Team title defense set for New Japan Road
A Six-Man Tag Team title defense is now set for Monday’s New Japan Road show.
NJPW has announced that NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi will defend their titles against Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI at the October 7 event.
The match was originally announced as being non-title, but it was made a title match after Tanahashi, Honma & YOSHI-HASHI defeated the champions in non-title action at Friday’s New Japan Road show.
Makabe, Yano & Taguchi have held the NEVER Six-Man Tag Team titles since January.
Tanahashi is having a series of four matches to mark the 20th anniversary of his debut. The Six-Man Tag Team title match will be the third in that series. The fourth match will take place at King of Pro Wrestling on October 14, with Tanahashi & Honma facing Makabe & Yano.
Monday’s New Japan Road show will air live on New Japan World with Japanese commentary. It’s taking place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will begin at 5:30 a.m. Eastern time. Here’s the updated card for it:
- Kazuchika Okada & Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA & EVIL
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi defending against Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI
- Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. Taichi & DOUKI
- Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, SHO & YOH vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori, Gedo & Jado
- Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask vs. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Shingo Takagi vs. Toa Henare
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuya Uemura vs. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Yota Tsuji
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