NJPW reveals full card for 48th Anniversary show
The full card has been revealed for New Japan Pro Wrestling’s 48th Anniversary event.
A non-title special singles match between Los Ingobernables de Japon members Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi had already been confirmed as the main event of the show. Naito is the IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Champion, while Takahashi holds the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
An eight-man tag match between Chaos and LIJ will be the semi-main event. Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, SHO & YOH will face Shingo Takagi, EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI.
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & DOUKI is also set for the show. After Tanahashi & Ibushi won the IWGP Tag Team titles last week, there was a post-match angle where they were attacked by Sabre & Taichi.
The Anniversary show is taking place at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo on Tuesday, March 3. It will begin at 5 a.m. Eastern time and air live on New Japan World.
Here’s the full card:
- Non-title match: IWGP Heavyweight & Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiromu Takahashi
- Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, SHO & YOH vs. Shingo Takagi, EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & DOUKI
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Toa Henare vs. Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & Robbie Eagles
- Yuji Nagata, Tiger Mask & Gabriel Kidd vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura