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NJPW NEWS: Huge upcoming matches - Styles vs. Okada announced for July PPV, three title matches & historic six-person tag announced for next PPV in May, more

Apr 5, 2015 - 11:25:59 PM
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By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

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Following the "Invasion Attack" PPV, New Japan announced several big matches for upcoming shows:

>July 5

The "Dominion" PPV will feature A.J. Styles vs. "Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Title. This assumes Styles is still IWGP World champion following the ROH vs. New Japan series in May.

The PPV is scheduled for Osaka the day after WWE wraps up a two-show tour of Japan on July 3 and 4 in Tokyo.

April 29

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe for the NEVER Openweight Title leads into New Japan's next big event...

May 3

Before New Japan stars head to North America for the ROH vs. New Japan series, New Japan's next PPV is "Wrestling Dontaku." Several big matches have been announced:

- IWGP IC Title match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto.

- IWGP Jr. Hvt. Title match: Kenny Omega vs. Alex Shelley.

- IWGP Jr. Hvt. Tag Title match: New champs RPG Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta) vs. ReDragon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) vs. Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) in a three-team match.

- The Kingdom vs. Bullet Club: New IWGP Hvt. tag champions The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis) vs. former tag champs Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows & Amber Gallows in a six-person tag match. Amber is being brought in to try to neutralize Maria in a very rare situation for New Japan featuring women's wrestlers in a match.

- IWGP World Hvt. champion A.J. Styles & Yujiro Takahashi bs. Okada & YOSHI-HASHI in tag action.

- Tanahashi & Shibata & Togi Makabe vs. NEVER Openweight champion Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & Sakuraba in a six-man tag match.

- Tetsuya Naito & Tanaka Sho vs. Kota Ibushi & Komatsu Yohei.

[Torch art credit Cory Gould (c) PWTorch.com]


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