Tetsuya Naito vs. Jake Lee set for next All Together event
Tetsuya Naito and Jake Lee are set to face off in a one-on-one match for the first time ever.
The two will meet in a grudge match at United Japan Pro-Wrestling’s All Together event in Sapporo on Saturday, June 15. They’ve been feuding since Lee made a surprise NJPW appearance this April and attacked Naito.
With a goal of advancing pro wrestling in Japan following the COVID-19 pandemic, United Japan-Pro Wrestling is an industry group feating nine promotions. The promotions are continuing to operate separately while also collaborating together.
The first show under the United Japan Pro-Wrestling banner was Monday’s All Together event at Budokan Hall in Tokyo. It aired live on Abema pay-per-view.
Since Lee’s attack on Naito, they’re 1-1 against each other in tag matches. Lee teamed with David Finlay & Gabe Kidd to defeat Naito, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji at Monday’s All Together show.
NJPW wrote:
Lee first appeared in NJPW on the Road to Dontaku in a shocking attack at Korakuen Hall that saw him gift a victory to Drilla Moloney. Days later in Hiroshima, Lee was eliminated over the top rope in a tag team main event that saw Los Ingobernables De Japon victorious against the BULLET CLUB War Dogs. Yet Lee was insistent that without a pinfall or submission, nothing had been proven.
That led to All Together int he Nippon Budokan, and a win for Lee over Naito with the Face Break Shot. Now 1–1, both men want a decisive result in singles action, and get it on Lee’s home turf in Sapporo. Who will prove superior? Find out when All Together hits Hokkai Kita-Yell!
Naito lost the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship to Jon Moxley last month. Lee is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion for Pro Wrestling NOAH and Triple Crown Champion for AJPW.
A portion of the proceeds from All Together are again going to benefit victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake that happened earlier this year.
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