IWGP Junior Tag Team titles to be defended in Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling

The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles will be on the line at Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling’s debut weekend.

Earlier this week, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight became the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions by dethroning Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney at NJPW King of Pro Wrestling. It’s now been announced that KUSHIDA & Knight’s first title defense will take place outside of NJPW. They’re putting the belts on the line in a four-way match at night one of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Forged in Excellence this Saturday.

The title match is KUSHIDA & Knight vs. Sheldon Jean & Rohit Raju vs. El Reverso & Aiden Prince vs. Brent Banks & Johnny Swinger.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling is a new project from former TNA Wrestling President Scott D’Amore. The promotion’s debut events are being held at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada this weekend. Both shows are airing live as pay-per-views on Triller TV with Mauro Ranallo & Don Callis as the commentary team.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Forged in Excellence —

Night one (Saturday, October 19):

  • Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mike Bailey (if Bailey wins, he gets a future shot at Takeshita’s AEW International Championship)
  • Tables match: Bully Ray vs. Raj Dhesi (former WWE wrestler Jinder Mahal)
  • Gisele Shaw vs. Miyu Yamashita (If Yamashita wins, she’ll be added to the ROH Women’s title match on night two)
  • Rohan Raja vs. Jake Something for the inaugural PWA Champion’s Grail Championship
  • Four-way tag team match: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight defend against Sheldon Jean & Rohit Raju, El Reverso & Aiden Prince, and Brent Banks & Johnny Swinger
  • Laynie Luck vs. Taylor Rising vs. Kylie Rae vs. Aurora Teves
  • Bhupinder Gujjar vs. QT Marshall (w/ Harley Cameron)
  • Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson & El Phantasmo vs. Trevor Lee, Rocky Romero & Alex Zayne

Night two (Sunday, October 20):

  • AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita defends against Josh Alexander
  • ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Gisele Shaw
  • QPW Qatar Champion Classy Ali defends against El Reverso
  • Mike Bailey vs. El Phantasmo
  • Six-way scramble match: Jake Something vs. Trevor Lee vs. Stu Grayson vs. Sheldon Jean vs. Mike Rollins vs. Alex Zayne