Andrade El Idolo To Challenge Yota Tsuji For IWGP Global Heavyweight Title At NJPW Wrestle Dontaku

Andrade El Idolo is stepping up.

During NJPW Road to Dontaku on April 19, Andrade El Idolo was revealed as the challenger for Yota Tsuji and the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku.

Tsuji was originally scheduled to face Gabe Kidd, but Kidd suffered a shoulder injury at AEW Dynasty that will keep him sidelined indefinitely.

Tsuji previously defeated Andrade at NJPW New Beginning USA on February 27.

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku takes place on May 3.

Here is the lineup for the event:

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku (5/3)

• Ryusuke Taguchi, Taisei Nakahra & Tiger Mask vs. Master Wato, Toru Yano & YOH
• Masatora Yasuda & Tomoaki Honma vs. Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)
• El Desperado, Mistico, Taichi & Yuya Uemura vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa)
• United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay) vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, Tatsuya Matsumoto & YOSHI-HASHI)
• Konosuke Takeshita & Shota Umino vs. House Of Torture (Chase Owens & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
• United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney, Robbie X, Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori)
• Don Fale vs. Aaron Wolf
• NEVER Openweight Championship: Ren Narita (c) vs. Oleg Boltin
• IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Gabe Kidd

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