Yota Tsuji announced for NJPW The New Beginning USA
Last weekend, Yota Tsuji won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Now New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the new champ’s next appearance in the United States.
Tsuji will be appearing on New Japan’s show at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey, entitled “The New Beginning USA” on Friday, February 27. Tickets for the event are already on sale.
Tsuji defeated Konosuke Takeshita to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom on January 4. The next day, at New Year Dash, he revealed the fourth version of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt. He is being recognized as the 87th heavyweight champion, the first since Kota Ibushi had unified that belt with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to form the World Heavyweight Championship at New Japan’s 49th Anniversary Show in March of 2021.
Tsuji is also still the IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, having defeated Gabe Kidd for that belt in Osaka last June.
Tsuji’s last match in North America was a DQ win over Ultimo Guerrero at Fantastica Mania in Mexico City last June. His last match in the United States was at NJPW Strong Style Evolved in Long Beach, California, in December of 2024. Tsuji teamed with Shingo Takagi in a losing effort against Jack Perry and Takeshita on that show.
