Matches Announced For UJPW ‘FACE THE NEXT’

Matches and a talk show segment.

Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan, is playing host to United Japan Pro-Wrestling’s ‘FACE THE NEXT’ show on May 12th.

Eight promotions under the UJPW banner will be part of FACE THE NEXT, which is going to spotlight younger talent. The full card has been announced for the show, and there is going to be a talk show with DDT’s Soma Takao and NJPW’s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Kosei Fujita.

Below is the card:

• Tatsuya Matsumoto (NJPW) vs. Yuto Koyanagi (NOAH)
• Six-Man Tag Team Match: Masami Inahata (DDT), Jiro Shimbashi (Dragongate) & Sentaro Motojima (Ganbare Pro) vs. KEY (Dragongate), Koyo Ume (Kyushu Pro-Wrestling) & Midori Takahashi (NOAH)
• Eight-Man Tag Team Match: Katsumi Inahata (NOAH), Masatora Yasuda (NJPW), Shota Kawakami (Ganbare Pro) & Ryuma Sekimo (Big Japan) vs. GuC (Dragongate), Rukiya (DDT), Reiya Igarashi (FREEDOMS) & Taisei Nakahara (NJPW)
• Six-Man Tag Team Match: Kazumasa Yoshida (Big Japan), Daichi Saton (DDT) & Kazuma Kimura (Dragongate) vs. Yuki Ishida (DDT), Koshiro Asakura (Big Japan) & Hiroto Tsuruya (NOAH)
• Yuya Koroku (DDT) vs. HOMARE (Dragongate)
• Six-Man Tag Team Match: Kazuma Sumi (DDT), Munetatsu Nakamura (Ganbare Pro) & Ryoya Tanaka (Dragongate) vs. Ilusion (DDT), Daiki Nagai (NJPW) & Daiki Odashima (NOAH)