Okada & Tanahashi challenging for Tag Team titles at NJPW Anniversary Event
Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi will challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship at NJPW’s Anniversary Event on March 6.
NJPW’s “Dream Team” going for the Tag titles against Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI will headline the 51st anniversary show on Monday, March 6 at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo.
Okada laid the groundwork for the match following Saturday’s Battle in the Valley main event, where he defeated Tanahashi to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight title. In a promo, Okada suggested that the two join forces to go after the IWGP Tag belts.
Goto and YOSHI-HASHI defeated FTR at Wrestle Kingdom 17 on January 4 to win the IWGP Tag titles.
A pair of first round New Japan Cup matches, plus a tag team preview of next month’s Hiromu Takahashi vs. Lio Rush IWGP Junior title bout were already set for the Anniversary Event, but now the headlining bout and the full undercard have been revealed, and can be found below.
Okada and Tanahashi will also team on March 11 in Nagoya on the first night of second round New Japan Cup action.
The March 6 lineup:
NJPW 51st Anniversary Event, Monday, March 6 —
- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi
- New Japan Cup first round: Tomohiro Ishii vs. David Finlay
- New Japan Cup first round: Shota Umino vs. Yujiro Takahashi
- Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Lio Rush & YOH
- Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & SANADA vs. Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare
- Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita vs. EVIL, SHO & Dick Togo
- Tama Tonga, Toru Yano & Satoshi Kojima vs. Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs. KENTA & El Phantasmo
