The first bout is set.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Nick Wayne & Jordan Oliver will take El Desperado & MAO at All Star Junior Festival on August 19.
Wayne & Oliver are the reigning GCW Tag Team Champions. Wayne is signed to AEW while Oliver is a standout on the independent scene. El Desperado is with NJPW while MAO is present for DDT Pro Wrestling.
Along with the announcement of GCW’s Jordan Oliver for All Star Junior Festival 2023 today, the card has gotten its first match revealed! In a tag team contest of Japan versus America, Oliver will team with his East West Express tag partner, the teenage prodigy Nick Wayne, to face a DDT and NJPW combination of young prospect MAO and El Desperado.
Wayne and Oliver are the current GCW Tag team Champions- will their expereince as a team prove the key to defeating established names from across the Pacific- and a former IWGP Champion in the singles and tag ranks in Desperado? Find out August 19!
Here is the current lineup for All Star Junior Festival:
All Star Junior Festival 2023 (8/19)
- East West Express (Nick Wayne & Jordan Oliver) vs. MAO & El Desperado
- YOH, Clark Connors, Blake Christian, Master Wato, Hiromu Takahashi, Rocky Romero, Shun Skywalker, Mike Bailey, DOUKI, Dragon Kid announced to compete.
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