NEVER title match official for NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed
A new championship bout has been officially announced for NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed in Las Vegas.
NJPW has confirmed that Tama Tonga will put his NEVER Openweight Championship on the line against Shingo Takagi in Vegas on Saturday, October 28. It will be Tonga’s first title defense since defeating David Finlay for the championship at Destruction in Ryogoku last week.
The title match between Tonga and Shingo was set up at NJPW Royal Quest in London over the weekend. After Shingo defeated Tomohiro Ishii, Tonga confronted Shingo and said they still have a score they need to settle. Tonga said he would put the NEVER Openweight Championship on the line. Shingo suggested that the match take place in Las Vegas.
Tonga and Shingo went to a 20-minute draw when they faced off in the G1 Climax this summer.
Fighting Spirit Unleashed is being held at Sam’s Town Live. The event will be available as a pay-per-view on Fite TV.
Here’s the updated lineup for the show:
- Atlantis, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Mistico & Atlantis Jr. vs. Rocky Romero, Tiger Mask, Soberano Jr. & Adrian Quest
- NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston defends against Henare
- NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Giulia defends against Hyan
- NEVER Openweight Champion Tama Tonga defends against Shingo Takagi
- NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo defend against Lance Archer & Alex Zayne
- NJPW Strong Openweight Championship number one contender’s match: Jeff Cobb vs. Satoshi Kojima vs. Alex Coughlin vs. Fred Rosser
- SANADA & Yuya Uemura vs. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
- Stephanie Vaquer & Zeuxis vs. Lluvia & Johnnie Robbie
- “Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. Gabe Kidd
