Full card announced for NJPW Royal Quest IV
The full lineup has been announced for NJPW’s return to the United Kingdom this weekend.
Royal Quest IV takes place from Crystal Palace Indoor Sports Centre in London this Sunday (October 20). In the main event, the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line as new champion Zack Sabre Jr. returns home to face off against SANADA.
Sabre defeated Tetsuya Naito at King of Pro Wrestling on Monday, winning the IWGP World title for the first time in his career. This match against SANADA was already set for Royal Quest and would have been a non-title singles match if Sabre lost to Naito.
Shota Umino and Shingo Takagi have also lined up as potential challengers to Sabre’s title, but he informed them that SANADA was first in line. If Sabre retains against SANADA, he’ll defend against Takagi at Power Struggle on November 4. If SANADA wins the title from Sabre, the Power Struggle challenger will be Umino.
In total, the Royal Quest card will feature 10 matches. The show is airing live in English on RevPro On Demand and live in Japanese on NJPW World. The English commentary version will later be made available on NJPW World.
NJPW Royal Quest IV (Sunday, October 20) —
- IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against SANADA
- NJPW Strong Tag Team Champions Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste defend against Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii
- Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & Titan vs. Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles & Mascara Dorada
- David Finlay vs. TAKA Michinoku
- Shota Umino vs. Callum Newman
- Yota Tsuji vs. Drilla Moloney
- Kosei Fujita vs. Michael Oku
- Mina Shirakawa & Kanji vs. Dani Luna & AZM
- Taiji Ishimori and a mystery partner (who will also be Ishimori’s partner in Super Junior Tag League) vs. Joe Lando & Danny Black
- Kickoff match: Yuto Nakashima & Oskar Leube vs. Brendan White & Danny Jones