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NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING TOUTS RETURN TO LIVE EVENTS

By Mike Johnson on 2020-06-10 22:10:00

New Japan Pro Wrestling issued the following:

A special online press conference saw New Japan Pro-Wrestling announce
their first events in 110 days.

Starting with Together Project Special on Monday June 15, these matches will take place for NJPW World cameras only, with no fans in attendance until July 11 and July 12, where a limited (1/3 capacity) number of fans will be welcomed to Osaka Jo Hall for the New Japan Cup final and Dominion respectively.

A strict set of guidelines will be adhered to for all forthcoming events in order to ensure maximum fan, staff and wrestler safety. These guidelines will be made available to the public later this week.

All events will be broadcast live on NJPW World.

The revised NJPW schedule is now as follows:

Together Project Special
Monday June 15 7:00PM *No spectators
 

Match card will be announced 7PM JST before the event

NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 - First round
Tuesday June 16 7:00PM *No spectators
 

Togi Makabe vs Yota Tsuji
Tomohiro Ishii vs El Desperado
Toru Yano vs Jado
Tomoaki Honma vs Hiromu Takahashi
plus one special match is planned

NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 - First round
Wednesday June 17 7:00PM *No spectators
 

Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo
Yuji Nagata vs Minoru Suzuki
Yuya Uemura vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Gabriel Kidd vs Taiji Ishimori
plus one special match is planned

NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 - First round
Monday June 22 7:00PM *No spectators
 

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Taichi
Kota Ibushi vs Zack Sabre Jr.
Ryusuke Taguchi vs SANADA
SHO vs Shingo Takagi
plus one special match is planned

NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 - First round
Tuesday June 23 7:00PM *No spectators
 

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs YOSHI-HASHI
YOH vs BUSHI
Satoshi Kojima vs EVIL
Hirooki Goto vs Yujiro Takahashi
plus one special match is planned

NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 - Second round
Wednesday June 24 7:00PM *No spectators
Four cup matches and one special match

NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 - Second round
Wednesday July 1 7:00PM *No spectators
Four cup matches and one special match

NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 - Quarter-finals
Thursday July 2 7:00PM *No spectators
Four cup matches and one special match

NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 - Semi-finals
Friday July 3 7:00PM *No spectators
Two cup matches and two special matches

NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 - Finals
Saturday July 11 5:00PM Osaka Jo Hall (1/3 capacity)
NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 finals
Seven to nine matches are planned for the event

DOMINION IN OSAKA-JO HALL - Finals
Sunday July 12 3:00PM Osaka Jo Hall (1/3 capacity)
 

Tetsuya Naito vs The winner of NEW JAPAN CUP 2020
for IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championship
Seven to nine matches are planned for the event

All events will be broadcast live on NJPW World.

Ticket details for Osaka Jo Hall events will be announced at a later date.

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