YOH vs. Taiji Ishimori For IWGP Junior Title; Místico, Robbie X Returning For NJPW Battle Line Hokkaido

YOH’s next defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title is taking place in September.

Coming off the heels of the G1 Climax 36 tournament, New Japan Pro-Wrestling began rolling out matches for its upcoming tours.

On the schedule is the Battle Line Hokkaido series, which will feature an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match and the return of IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Místico.

Below are the highlight matches:

September 19th

• #1 Contenders Match for IWGP Tag Team Title Shot: Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR)

September 21st

• El Desperado, Místico, Shota Umino & Masatora Yasuda vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI, SHO, Shun Skywalker & Dick Togo)

September 22nd

• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, SHO, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Daiki Nagai)

September 23rd 

• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: YOH (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori
• El Desperado & Místico vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI & SHO)

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