Yota Tsuji To Defend IWGP Global Title Against Andrade Or Gabe Kidd At NJPW New Beginning USA
Yota Tsuji is set to defend his IWGP Global Heavyweight Title against Andrade El Idolo or Gabe Kidd at NJPW New Beginning USA.
Andrade and Kidd will square off at New Beginning in Osaka on Wednesday with the winner becoming the number one contender.
New Beginning USA takes place on February 27.
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One of New Beginning in Osaka’s hotly anticipated bouts on February 11 sees Gabe Kidd tackling Andrade El Idolo for the first time in a singles setting.
In the wake of a tag clash at new year Dash January 5, Kidd made the challenge to El Idolo, referencing both men’s history with ‘white belts’ in NJPW; Kidd as a former IWGP Global Champion and El Idolo a former Intercontinental Champion when he wrestled as La Sombra in CMLL. Kidd proposed that the winner would take a shot at Yota Tsuji’s IWGP Global title, and the date for that prospective championship match has now been set!
The winner of this one on one clash in Osaka will face Tsuji at New Beginning USA on February 27 in our Trenton New Jersey debut! Will it be the continuation of a Kidd and Tsuji saga with their first one on one match in the US, or an entirely fresh matchup with much to connect the history of both men? Find out at New Beggining in Osaka Wednesday!
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 Championship: Syuri (c) vs. Athena
- 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
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Andrade El Idolo or Gabe Kidd
Fightful will have coverage of New Beginning USA on February 27.
