NJPW Announces Fans To Attend Strong Tapings In Long Beach

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NJPW has announced that for the first time ever, episodes of New Japan Strong will be filmed in front of live fans on August 16th. The show will take place from Thunder Studio in Long Beach.

NJPW has revealed that “extremely limited tickets” will start on June 30th. They are also advertising that 9 matches will take place on the show. General admission seats are $60 with ringside seats going for as much as $120.

NJPW listed the following names as being on the show:

• NEVER Openweight Champion: ‘Switchblade’ Jay White
• STRONG Openweight Champion ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor
• ‘Flamboyant’ Juice Robinson
• ‘The Man of the Hour’ Lio Rush
• Shota Umino
• Ren Narita
• ‘Mr. No Days Off’ Fred Rosser
• ‘The Alpha Wolf’ Karl Fredericks
• ‘Wild Rhino’ Clark Connors
• ‘Young Gun’ Hikuleo

“Premiering in August 2020 on NJPW World and FITE, NJPW STRONG began without a live crowd, but has quickly become critically acclaimed and a favorite of fans around the world,” an NJPW press release reads.

The show will be part of NJPW’s “Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2021” series of episodes of Strong. The New Japan Strong tapings will take place 2 days after the Resurgence event from The Torch at the LA Coliseum.