NJPW announces lineup for 50th Anniversary show

NJPW has revealed the card for their 50th Anniversary event on March 1.

In a press conference today, it was announced that the show will be headlined by a six-man tag, with Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and the legendary 68-year-old Tatsumi Fujinami teaming against Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., and the 72-year-old Yoshiaki Fujiwara.

Kota Ibushi returns to action on this tour, participating in an eight-man tag on the show’s undercard. Ibushi has been sidelined since suffering a dislocated shoulder in the G1 final on October 21, 2021.

A clash of Tag Team title holders will take place in the semi-main, with IWGP Heavyweight Tag champs Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI facing IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag champs Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato.

In the show’s fifth match, Shiro Koshinaka will return to NJPW in a ten-man tag. Norio Honaga will serve as the special guest ref for the match.

CIMA also returns to NJPW on this tour, bringing STRONGHEARTS teammates T-Hawk and El Lindaman with him, as they will face Suzuki-gun in a six-man tag.

The event will kick off with a pre-show ceremony, and will also include a special ring announcer in Kero Tanaka.

Here is the lineup:

NJPW 50th Anniversary, Tuesday, March 1, 3 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —

  • Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
  • IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
  • Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
  • Kota Ibushi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata vs. Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare
  • STRONGHEARTS (CIMA, T-Hawk & El Lindaman) vs. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI
  • Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Minoru Tanaka vs. Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
  • Tiger Mask, YOH & Ryohei Oiwa vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO