Ricochet Calls Out Taiji Ishimori, Gates Of Agony Issue Challenge To Knock Out Brothers For NJPW The New Beginning USA
Two more matches have been proposed for The New Beginning USA.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling is returning to North America for The New Beginning USA on February 27th in Trenton, New Jersey.
The promotion presented its New Beginning in Osaka show on 2/11, and after the Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Yuya Uemura and Shota Umino, a video message aired from The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona).
The AEW talents had challenges to issue and it started with the AEW National Champion Ricochet. He called out Taiji Ishimori for The New Beginning USA.
The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) then set their sights on the IWGP Tag Team Titles, and the Knock Out Brothers accepted their challenge.
As of this writing, below is the updated New Beginning USA card:
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Andrade El Idolo
- IWGP Women’s Championship: Syuri (c) vs. Athena
- NJPW World Television Championship: El Phantasmo (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Oleg Boltin
- AEW National Championship: Ricochet (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori
- IWGP Tag Team Championship: Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) (c) vs. Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
