Jon Moxley reveals allies for IWGP World title lumberjack match

Jon Moxley has found allies in NJPW’s third generation.

Moxley will defend his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against EVIL at NJPW Dominion in a lumberjack deathmatch. He appeared via video at today’s NJPW Best of the Super Juniors semifinals show at Korakuen Hall and revealed Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe, and Tiger Mask will all be lumberjacks in Osaka Jo Hall on Sunday.

Moxley said in the video:

“June the 9th at Osaka Jo Hall, EVIL wants a lumberjack match. He wants all his cronies, the House of Torture, to surround the ring. How is that different than any other night with you guys? This is going to be very different, very different indeed.”

Moxley continued:

“I’m going to have my own set of enforcers to keep law and order. And there will be a need for law and order because this isn’t going to be any lumberjack match, this is going to be a Jon Moxley lumberjack match where there are no limits to what can happen. There are no limits to how out of control it can get. I look to the third generation of NJPW to lay down the law, to beat some respect into the House of Torture. And at the end of the night on June 9 at Osaka Jo Hall, respect or not, I will still be the king of NJPW, I will still be IWGP World Champion.”

Nagata, Tenzan, Makabe, and Tiger Mask then joined Shota Umino in a tag team match, defeating House of Torture’s Dick Togo, Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Yujiro Takahashi.

NJPW Dominion lineup for Sunday, June 9, 2024 —

  • Best of the Super Juniors 31 finals: Taiji Ishimori vs. El Desperado
  • IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley defends against EVIL in a lumberjack deathmatch
  • NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi defends against HENARE
  • NJPW World TV Champion Jeff Cobb defends against Tomohiro Ishii
  • Provisional KOPW 2024 Champion Yuya Uemura defends against Great-O-Khan in a storm catch rules match
  • IWGP Tag Team & NJPW Strong Tag Team title elimination match: KENTA & Chase Owens vs. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste