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I love Filler whether it's Anime or in Wrestling so only 1 night is a kind of a bummer for me.
 

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AXS will air six weeks of the G1 Climax beginning August 25th. The schedule so far is Okada vs. Jonah, Takagi vs. Will Ospreay, and Juice Robinson vs. El Phantasmo.

 
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Missing him so badly. I need Ibushi if he does ever return with New Japan to do this very thing to Okada or Jay White whoever is the Champ by then.
 

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Huge matches made for Autumn Action in Vegas! 【NJoA】​

First bouts set for September 11

On September 11, NJPW STRONG makes its Las Vegas debut for Autumn Action. The first matches have been revealed for what is set to be a stacked night of NJPW STRONG tapings!

Autumn Action Sam’s Town Live TICKETS

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Six man action will see Jay White team with Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows to face Eddie Kingston, Wheeler Yuta and Homicide. BULLET CLUB’s year has been dominant indeed, and White and Anderson will be heading into Las Vegas with the IWGP World Heavyweight and NEVER Openweight Championships respectively as proof. Yet Kingston, Yuta and Homicide are no strangers to turf warfare, and will be very violent opposition to the Good Brothers and the Switchblade in Vegas.

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Tom Lawlor will be taking on Tomohiro Ishii at Autumn Action. En route to six points in his debut G1 Climax, Tom Lawlor proved exactly why he was able to hold onto STRONG gold for over a year, and showed fighting spirit in spades across all his group matches. Tomohiro Ishii prides himself on bringing the fighter within out of his opponents, and will not have to work to find that in Lawlor, for what’s set to be an electric first time singles encounter.

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Rocky Romero faces Shingo Takagi in Las Vegas. An openweight clash will see Rocky try and step up against the Dragon. As Shingo has been constantly derided by El Phantasmo, who continues to call himself ‘Shingo’s daddy’, he seeks answers from a man who’s beaten ELP in the past. Can he find them against Rocky, or will Romero get the upset of the year?

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An electric tag team matchup will see the best junior heavyweights from either side of the US/Mexico border. Mistico will team up with Alex Zayne to face Mascara Dorada and Blake Christian. Mistico and Dorada have a well documented history in CMLL rings, and Zayne and Christian’s friendship and competitive rivalry has played out in battles across the US. What new chapter in these men’s stories will play out in Las Vegas?​
 
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Those are some fucking crazy matches bro lmao
 
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STRONG Showdown in the Vermont October 【NJoA】​

STRONG returns to the Vermont, Minoru Suzuki hits the west coast
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NJPW STRONG returns to its west coast home of the Vermont Hollywood on Sunday October 16. With STRONG heading toward the end of the year, there will be plenty of moves to be made on what is always an electric set of tapings. Who will set the pace for the end of 2022, and who might make statements before World Tag League and Wrestle Kingdom season in Japan?

Minoru Suzuki will be a part of the action as he makes his return to the US for the first time since the spring, while IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White, STRONG Openweight Champion Fred Rosser, Juice Robinson, Team Filthy and more will all be in action!

Plus with these tapings less than a fortnight away from Rumble on 44th Street in New York, what surprises lie in store? Find out when STRONG hits the Vermont for Showdown on October 16!
 
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Vermont is very close to Canada and thats the same week as Dynamite. Cmon Tony!
 

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More Matches Set for Vegas Autumn Action! 【NJoA】​

Four more singles bout set for Sam’s Town Live

Autumn Action September 11 tickets (P1 almost gone, P4 sold out!)
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QT Marshall goes head to head with Shota Umino. After Marshall made an uninvited appearance this past week on STRONG, he ran down the town of Charlotte en route to declaring an open challenge. Umino answered the call, but the ever cowardly (or strategic in his own mind) Marshall refused to let ‘Shooter’ do battle. Now Umino gets his shot at the leader of AEW’s Factory in a match that’s sure to turn heads.

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Ren Narita does battle with Juice Robinson. When ‘Rock Hard’ Juice first joined BULLET CLUB back in May, Ren Narita stood opposite the group in Philadelphia, and brought the fight during a wild ten man tag team bout. Now though, the LA Dojo transplant gets a big time singles opportunity in what could be a key match to set both men up for the end of the year.

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Kevin Blackwood takes on Ariya Daivari. STRONG viewers will soon see young prospect Blackwood take on a technical master and fan favourite in Robbie Eagles, and now he faces a different kind of mastery, and a completely different side of the fan favourite and rule breaker divide. How will he tackle the highly privileged and highly aggressive Persian Lion?

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Kevin Knight meets Che Cabrera in singles action. Cabrera made his NJPW STRONG debut in the Vermont Hollywood, and now gets a callback in Vegas, but will Knight continue to guard the STRONG gates?
 

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NJPW to hold World Tag League & Super Junior Tag League at same time​

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NJPW is set to hold its World Tag League and Super Junior Tag League tournaments at the same time this year.

NJPW has announced that a combined World Tag League and Super Junior Tag League tour will begin at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Monday, November 21. The tour will conclude at Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi on Wednesday, December 14.

The tour will consist of 17 shows in total.

World Tag League will feature heavyweight tag teams, while Super Junior Tag League will feature junior heavyweight teams. NJPW has yet to confirm the participants for either tournament.

Both tournaments will likely determine title challengers for Wrestle Kingdom 17, which will be a one-night event taking place on January 4, 2023. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) are the current IWGP Tag Team Champions. United Empire's TJP & Francesco Akira currently hold the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles.

Last year's World Tag League tournament was held in conjunction with the Best of the Super Juniors. Super Junior Tag League 2021 took place in the summer.

 

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This Promo>Anything on Raw tonight. :proud
 
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