Will Ospreay Returns, IWGP Global Title Match Set For NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling
Will Ospreay returns to NJPW.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Road to King of Pro-Wrestling event is taking place on October 12th. Two matches have been added to the lineup.
AEW World Champion Will Ospreay will be returning to defend the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship alongside Great-O-Khan and HENARE. Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & TBA) will be challenging for the titles.
Also on the bill will be Gabe Kidd defending the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship against Shota Umino.
Below is the updated King of Pro-Wrestling lineup:
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Ryohei Oiwa
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Aaron Wolf (c) vs. Kosei Fujita
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan & HENARE) (c) vs. Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & TBA)
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Shota Umino
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