Two pre-show matches announced for Impact x NJPW Multiverse United 2
Two pre-show matches have been added to this Sunday’s Impact x NJPW Multiverse United 2 pay-per-view — one of which is a title defense.
Impact Digital Media Champion Kenny King will defend against Yoshinobu Kanemaru in their first-ever meeting. King will be looking for the second defense of the title he won at July’s Slammiversary while Kanemaru will be making his Multiverse series debut.
The other will see Joe Hendry, the man King defeated for the title, team with Yuya Uemura & Heath against Rocky Romero, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi. The latter have teamed several times before in multi-man matches in NJPW.
The FITE.tv PPV will take place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Here’s the current card:
- Impact World Champion Alex Shelley defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Lio Rush & Trey Miguel vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Mike Bailey
- DOUKI vs. Sami Callihan
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Shane Haste vs. Moose & Eddie Edwards
- Chris Sabin vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Rich Swann vs. Kevin Knight vs. BUSHI vs. Mao vs. El Desperado in a seven-way scramble
- Bullet Club (David Finlay, Clark Connors, Alex Coughlin, KENTA, Chris Bey & Ace Austin) vs. The World (Josh Alexander, PCO, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, El Phantasmo & The DKC)
- Pre-show: Impact Digital Media Champion Kenny King defends against Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Pre-show: Joe Hendry, Yuya Uemura & Heath vs. Rocky Romero, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi
- SANADA appearance
