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This Thursday's edition of New Japan on AXS TV will feature Kazuchika Okada vs.Tama Tonga and Tetsuya Naito vs. Will Ospreay in the semi-finals of the G1 Climax tournament.  The 9/29 episode will feature the G1 Climax finale.

After canceling several live events due to the Typhoon over the weekened, New Japan is slated to return to live action on Wednesday 9/21 in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan at Gran Messe Kumamoto featuring:

*Kazuchika Okada & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Dude Tito & JONAH & Shane Haste.
*Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado & KUSHIDA & Tama Tonga & Toru Yano vs. Bullet Club's Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson & Gedo & Jay White & Taiji Ishimori.
*Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi & David Finlay & The DKC vs. United Empire's Aaron Heanre & Francesco Akira, TJP & Will Ospreay.
*Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & KENTA vs. United Empire's Gideon Grey & Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb,
*Bullet Club's El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. LIJ's BUSHI & Shingo Takagi.
*Suzuki-gun's Taichi & TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. LIJ's Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito.
*Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yuto Nakashima.

This Friday 9/23, NJPW will run Kagawa at  Takamatsu City General Gymnasium #1, featuring:

*NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions CHAOS Hirooki Goto & YOH & YOSHI-HASHI vs. House Of Torture's EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi in a Dog Cage Survival Match.
*Elimination Tag: David Finlay & Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi & The DKC vs. United Empire's Will Ospreay & Aaron Henare 
& Francesco Akira & TJP.
*Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jado & KUSHIDA & Tama Tonga & Toru Yano vs. Bullet Club's The Goood Brothers & Jay White & Gedo & Taiji Ishimori.
*Bullet Club's El Phantasmo & KENTA vs. LIJ's BUSHI & Shingo Takagi.
*Taichi & TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. LIJ's Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito.
*Kazuchika Okada & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Dude Tito & JONAH & Shane Haste.
*Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & Hikuleo vs. United Empire's Gideon Grey & Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb.
*Kosei Fujita vs. Ryohei Oiwa.

NJPW will return to Kobe on 9/25 with the following lineup:

*IWGP United States Champion Will Ospreay  vs. David Finlay
*NEVER Openweight Champion Karl Anderson vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions United Empire's Francesco Akira & TJP vs. Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi
*Bullet Club's El Phantasmo & Hikuleo & KENTA vs. LIJ's BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi.
*Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens vs. United Empire's Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb.
*The Dangerous Tekkers, Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. LIJ's SANADA & Tetsuya Naito.
*Kazuchika Okada & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Bad Dude Tito & Jonah & Shane Haste.
*KUSHIDA & Tama Tonga vs. Bullet Club's Jay White & Taiji Ishimori.
Toru Yano vs. Bullet Club's Doc Gallows.

Saturday 10/1 and Sunday 10/2 will see the promotion return to London, England at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.  10/1 will see IWGP Tag Team Champions FTR defend against Aussie Open.

The promotion will host a live, interactive signing with Taiji Ishimori on 9/27 at this link.

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