Willow Nightingale vs. Giulia added to NJPW Independence Day night 2

A Strong Women’s Championship match has been added to the July 5 NJPW Independence Day event.

Giulia will challenge Willow Nightingale for the Strong Women’s Championship on July 5. Giulia issued the challenge to Nightingale on the Stardom event that took place on June 25. Nightingale is the first Strong Women’s Champion, defeating Mercedes Mone on May 21 after Mone was injured during the course of the match.

A new match has also been added for the first night on July 4. Nightingale will team with Momo Kohgo to take on Giulia and her Donna Del Mundo stablemate Thekla.

Here is the updated card for next week’s Independence Day events:

NJPW Strong Independence Day night one, Tuesday, July 4, 5:10 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World pay-per-view —

  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: TJP & Francesco Akira defend against Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors
  • Exciting Encounter Doomsday No DQ match: Jon Moxley & Homicide vs. El Desperado & Jun Kasai
  • NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defend against Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd
  • Eddie Kingston & Rocky Romero vs. KENTA & Gedo
  • Tom Lawlor vs. Kosei Fujita
  • Lance Archer, Alex Zayne & Ryohei Oiwa vs. JR Kratos, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
  • Bad Dude Tito vs. The DKC
  • Willow Nightingale & Momo Kohgo vs. Giulia & Thekla
  • Kickoff match: Ryusuke Taguchi, YOH & Oskar Leube vs. Kengo, Dragon Libre & Takahiro Katori

NJPW Strong Independence Day night two, Wednesday, July 5, 5:10 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World pay-per-view —

  • NJPW Strong Openweight Championship: KENTA defends against Eddie Kingston
  • Final Death match: Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado
  • IWGP Tag Team Championship: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defend against Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd
  • NJPW Strong Women’s Championship: Willow Nightingale defends against Giulia
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & The DKC vs. Tom Lawlor, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
  • Lance Archer & Alex Zayne vs. Bad Dude Tito & Kosei Fujita
  • Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors vs. YOH & Rocky Romero
  • Homicide & Ryohei Oiwa vs. TJP & Francesco Akira
  • JR Kratos vs. OSkar Leube
  • Kickoff match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Boltin Oleg vs. Dragon Libre, Takahiro Katori & Rekka