Fans will be allowed to cheer again at NJPW‘s Burning Spirit events on September 5 and 6. The show, which will have a reduced capacity, will allow a “vocal atmosphere” at an NJPW show for the first time since February 2020. Previously, fans weren’t allowed to cheer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the main event, Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi will team up to face JONAH and Shane Haste.
September 5 & 6, we welcoming cheering fans back to Korakuen Hall!
September 5, JONAH & Shane Haste vs Okada & Tanahashi!
Bad Dude Tito vs Minoru Suzuki!
September 6, El Phantasmo & KENTA vs Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi!https://t.co/HTNqEeLylK#njpw #njburning pic.twitter.com/5GJBP1Wxl1
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) August 22, 2022
The announcement, courtesy of NJPW’s official website, is as follows:
On September 5, the dream team of Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada take on JONAH and Shane Haste. JONAH is getting set to face Okada on October 10 at Declaration of Power, and has recruited Shane Haste for his first Japanese NJPW appearance since Wrestle Kingdom 9. With Tanahashi getting set to face Karl Anderson for the NEVER Openweight Championship on September 25 in Kobe, all four men want to make a big statement in front of a rabid Korakuen.
Opening the night on September 5 will be another TMDK member in Bad Dude Tito. After impressing all the way through the G1 tour, Tito is back in Japan, but his first singles match in Japan will be a difficult test indeed against Minoru Suzuki. Tito pushed Tom Lawlor to the limit on STRONG a few weeks ago, but can he survive Suzuki?
September 6 will see Shingo Takagi and Hiromu Takahashi take on El Phantasmo and KENTA in the main event. After defeating Shingo in his last G1 block match, Phantasmo has declared loud and long that he is ‘Shingo’s daddy’. He and KENTA will look to prove that point once more, while Takagi works for a singles rematch, and Hiromu wants to carve his own narrative on the road to Wrestle Kingdom.
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