It was announced at the press conference this morning that Jay White will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against the winner of the New Japan Cup at MSG. Here is what the article said:
The 68th IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Jay White will be defending his title at Madison Square Garden on 6th April!
In today’s press conference, the newly crowned Heavyweight Champion agreed to defend his newly won title in the legendary arena against the winner of the New Japan Cup. In the past, the NJC winner has been free to choose the championship they wish to challenge for, but this year, they will be slotted in for a title challenge in New York City.
NJPW has released the line ups for both nights of the 2019 Honor Rising tour
Night 1
Friday 2/22:
*ROH Champion Jay Lethal & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. ROH Six Man Tag Team Champions The Kingdom.
*ROH TV Champion Jeff Cobb vs. Hirooki Goto.
*NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay vs. Dalton Castle
*NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions Togi Makabe & Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Colt Cabana & Cheeseburger & Delirious.
*Juice Robinson & David Finlay & Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare vs. ROH Tag Team Champions The Brisoces & The Guerrillas of Destiny.
*Jushin Liger & Jonathan Gresham vs. Taiji Ishimori & Robbie Eagles
*Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shota Umino
*Marty Scurll vs. Ren Narita
Night 2
Saturday 2/23:
*ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes vs. Juice Robinson & David Finlay.
*IWGP Tag Team Champions EVIL & SANADA vs. Guerrillas of Destiny.
*ROH Champion Jay Lethal vs. TK O’Ryan.
*Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi vs. Matt Taven & Vinny Marseglia.
*Hirooki Goto & NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay vs. ROH TV Champion Jeff Cobb & Dalton Castle
*Marty Scurll vs. Robbie Eagles
*Jonathan Gresham & Toa Henare vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & TAKA Michinoku
*Shota Umino & Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji vs. Cheeseburger & Delirious & Colt Cabana.
The Honor Rising shows will stream live on New Japan World.
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