Full cards revealed for NJPW Summer Struggle in Sapporo
NJPW has announced the full cards for both nights of Summer Struggle in Sapporo.
Already announced, an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match will headline night one, as El Desperado defends against Taiji Ishimori. On night two, Tetsuya Naito and SANADA will challenge Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.) for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.
A series of tags will fill out the undercards, with those matches potentially pointing to future plans for singles programs.
Most notably, Kazuchika Okada and Jeff Cobb will be on opposite sides of tag matches on both nights. Also, following Friday’s show-closing angle where EVIL and Dick Togo attacked Tomohiro Ishii, EVIL and Ishii find themselves on opposite sides in tag matches on both nights as well.
Here are the lineups:
NJPW Summer Struggle in Sapporo night one, Saturday, July 10, 5 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori
- Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
- Kazuchika Okada & SHO vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero vs. KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi & El Phantasmo
- Tomohiro Ishii & YOH vs. EVIL & Dick Togo
- Kota Ibushi & Master Wato vs. Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura
NJPW Summer Struggle in Sapporo night two, Sunday, July 11, 1 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito & SANADA
- Kota Ibushi & Master Wato vs. Shingo Takagi & BUSHI
- Kazuchika Okada & YOH vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yota Tsuji vs. KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi
- Tomohiro Ishii, Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero vs. EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
- SHO & Yuya Uemura vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru