NJPW Announces New Japan Showdown in Los Angeles
New Japan Pro Wrestling will be returning to Los Angeles on November 11th for New Japan Showdown. The event will take place at the Globe theatre. The promotion previously announced a show in San Jose as well for November 9th.
“New Japan Showdown in Los Angeles will emanate from LA’s Globe Theatre. Earlier this year, NJPW hit the Globe Theater as part of the New Beginning in USA tour. That night, Roppongi Vice reformed for one night only for a wild main event; what could happen when all the stars of New Japan return?” An NJPW press release for the event reads.
On January 30th this year, NJPW drew an estimated 530 fans to the Globe Theatre for the first night of the New Beginning in USA tour. The other nights on the tour in January took place in Charlotte and Nashville.
Matches for New Japan Showdown will be announced closer to the event.
NJPW Upcoming Schedule
New Japan is currently on their “Destruction” tour which features 3 big events and several “Road to” shows. Lineups for the big 3 shows on the Destruction tour are below:
Destruction in Beppu – September 15th
- Young Lions Cup League
Shota Umino vs Alex Coughlin - Young Lions Cup League
Yota Tsuji vs Karl Fredericks - Yuha Uemura, Ren Narita, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Yuji Nagata vs Michael Richards, Clark Connors, Toa Henare, & Manabu Nakanishi
- Sho, Yoh, & Jushin Liger vs Douki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & Minoru Suzuki
- Robbie Eagles, Will Ospreay, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, & Kota Ibushi vs El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, & KENTA
- Rocky Romero, Hirooki Goto, & Kazuchika Okada vs BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, & SANADA
- EVIL & Tetsuya Naito vs Chase Owens & Jay White
- IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
Guerillas of Destiny (c) vs YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii - British Heavyweight Championship
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr.
NJPW Destruction in Kagoshima – September 16th
- Young Lions Cup League
Ren Narita vs Michael Richards - Young Lions Cup League
Yuya Uemura vs Clark Connors - Ren Narita, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Yuji Nagata vs Alex Coughlin, Karl Fredericks, Toa Henare, & Manabu Nakanishi
- Sho, Yoh, YOSHI-HASHI, & Tomohiro Ishii vs Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, & Tanga Loa
- Jushin Liger, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Douki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.
- Rocky Romero, Hirooki Goto, & Kazuchika Okada vs BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, & SANADA
- EVIL & Tetsuya Naito vs Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
Robbie Eagles & Will Ospreay vs El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori - IWGP Heavyweight Championship Right To Challenge Contract
Kota Ibushi (contract holder) vs KENTA (challenger)
NJPW Destruction in Kobe – September 22nd, 2019
- Yuya Uemura, Yota Tshuji, & Yuji Nagata vs Michael Richards, Alex Coughlin, & Manabu Nakanishi
- Young Lions Cup League:
Shota Umino vs Karl Fredericks - Young Lions Cup League:
Ren Narita vs Clark Connors - Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma, & Togi Makabe vs Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, & Bad Luck Fale
- Rocky Romero, Tiger Mask, Jushin Liger, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Douki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre jr.
- Robbie Eagles, Will Ospreay, YOSHI-Hashi, Tomohiro Ishii, & Kota Ibushi vs El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & KENTA
- IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Jay White
