NJPW reveals matches for New Japan Road tour

NJPW has announced the top matches for their next tour, which starts in a matter of days.

New Japan Road will start on September 3 and run through September 11. The card on September 11 will feature two title matches.

The finals of a round robin tournament will take place on that card. The participants in the tournament include El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI, and Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato.

The September 11 show will be headlined by a NEVER Six-Man Tag Team title match. New champions Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI will defend their titles against fellow CHAOS stablemates Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, and SHO.

New IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental champion Tetsuya Naito will be in action on this tour. On both September 5 and 6, he will team with Shingo Takagi and SANADA to take on EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, and Jado.

Full cards for the tour, the final tour prior to this year’s G1 Climax tournament, can be found on NJPW’s schedule page.