Tomohiro Ishii To Defend STRONG Openweight Title Against Boltin Oleg At NJPW New Beginning USA
Tomohiro Ishii is set to defend the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title against Boltin Oleg at NJPW New Beginning USA.
The event is set for February 27 in Trenton, NJ.
From NJPW:
Another title match has been added to New Beginning USA on February 27, and it’s set to be a highly physical encounter, as Boltin Oleg will challenge the NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii.
January 19 in Korakuen Hall, Boltin joined with Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI to capture the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championships in a gripping heavyweight encounter. Now, the Big man From Kazakhstan is hungry for more gold, and the former NEVER Openweight Champion wants his second singles title in his US debut.
Tomohiro Ishii won the STRONG title back in Chicago last April, and after defending once against Drilla Moloney in California at Resurgence, is hungry for a singles challenge. On the same night as Boltin captured the NEVER gold, Ishii main evented in Korakuen, teaming with Taichi to put up a sensational performance in defeat to Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura. Yet Ishii’s incredible will and determination persevere, as does a desire to drive a message home to the younger generation of athletes within Hontai, especially. Ishii’s veteran grit is something he wants to see from Uemura, Umino, Boltin and beyond, and tonight he puts the Kazakh Beast to the test in a bid to see just that.
Here is the current lineup for New Beginning USA:
NJPW New Beginning USA (2/27)
- NJPW World TV Championship: El Phantasmo (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
- IWGP Women’s and NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Syuri to compete
- El Desperado to compete
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Oleg Boltin
- IWGP Tag Team Champions the Knockout Bros (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) to compete
- David Finlay to compete
Fightful will have coverage of New Beginning USA on February 27.
