Chris Sabin Answers Jay White’s Open Challenge For NJPW Strong Style Evolved

Chris Sabin will face Jay White at NJPW Strong Style Evolved on March 20.

NJPW announced the news in a tweet on March 11 by sharing a promo from Sabin. He noted that he had some availability on his schedule and referenced White’s “US of Jay” open challenge. The veteran vowed to “whoop [White’s] ass.”

Sabin has already crossed paths with White in IMPACT; he’ll reunite with his Motor City Machne Guns partner, Alex Shelley to face White and Chris Bey on the March 17 episode of IMPACT Wrestling. Plus, “Switchblade” will face Sabin at IMPACT’s WrestleCon show, “Multiverse of Matches.”

The updated card for NJPW Strong Style Evolved is as follows:

• Hikuleo vs. Andy Brown
• Big Damo vs. John Skyler
• Josh Alexander vs. Karl Fredericks
• FinJuice (Juice Robinson and David Finlay) vs. Jonah and Shane Haste
• STRONG Openweight Championship: Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Clark Connors
• Fred Rosser and Eddie Kingston vs. Fred Yehi and Daniel Garcia
• Buddy Matthews vs. Yuya Uemura
• Rocky Romero and Wheeler Yuta vs. JR Kratos and Black Tiger
• Jay White’s U-S-of-Jay Open Challenge: Jay White vs. Chris Sabin
• Shane “Swerve” Strickland vs. Blake Christian
• TJP vs. Mascara Dorada
• Jay Lethal vs. Ren Narita

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