KUSHIDA Vs Drew Gulak Booked For EVOLVE 134

The WWE Cruiserweight title will be on the line August 25th when EVOLVE 134 takes place in Chicago. The promotion announced today that multi-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion KUSHIDA will challenge Drew Gulak on the card.

EVOLVE announced KUSHIDA’s participation in their upcoming shows yesterday on Twitter:

Breaking News…..

NXT Superstar Kushida has been added to #EVOLVE133 on Aug. 24th in Livonia, MI and #EVOLVE134 on Aug. 25th in Chicago, IL.

Kushida will be available for Meet & Greets! His matches each night will be announced soon.https://t.co/J70u9L3Ajw for info.

— EVOLVE Wrestling (@WWNEVOLVE) August 15, 2019

The announcement led to Gulak publicly challenging KUSHIDA for a title match on the show in Chicago.

i still owe you, @kushida_0904. i'm free on the 25th. how about i bring the #cruiserweightchampionship to chicago and we can see who's truly EVOLVED…

— Drew Gulak (@DrewGulak) August 15, 2019

This will be the 7th match between the two. They have been wrestling on NXT live events in 2019 with 4 of their 6 contests having been submission matches. 2 of their matches aired on NXT programming in 2019, with KUSHIDA having won both.