Press Release: Top TNA Stars in Tokyo Today For NJPW Event

January 3, 2011

TNA Wrestling has issued the following press release:

TNA WRESTLING VS. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING TO ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHT NEW JAPAN’S ANNUAL "WRESTLEKINGDOM" EVENT AT THE TOKYO DOME ON JANUARY 4

On January 4, New Japan Pro Wrestling will present the annual "Wrestle Kingdom" event, their biggest show of the year held at the world famous Tokyo Dome.

TNA Wrestling and New Japan are happy to announce that superstars from both organizations will once again face off in battle at the event. The TNA vs. New Japan international bouts have been a part of Wrestle Kingdom since 2008.

The footage from past events has been released at ShopTNA.com as part of the "Global iMPACT!" DVD series, and is also available for viewing at TNAONDEMAND.COM

This year for the first time ever at Wrestle Kingdom, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line as Jeff Hardy will defend the title! The bouts featuring Hardy as well as Rob Van Dam and Beer Money are listed below! Beer Money also has a chance to become IWGP Tag Team Champions!

TNAwrestling.com will have updates on the event as it draws closer. For more information, visit New Japan’s website at www.njpw.co.jp

Featured TNA Wrestling vs. New Japan Pro Wrestling matches at the January 4 "Wrestle Kingdom" Tokyo Dome event:

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match

Jeff Hardy defends vs. Tetsuya Naito of No Limit

Rob Van Dam vs. Toru Yano

IWGP World Tag Team Championship Match

Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson vs. Beer Money vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Strong Man

The complete match lineup is below:

Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) (c) vs. Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) vs. Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man)

Three way tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship

Jushin Liger and Hector Garza vs. MÃ¡scara Dorada and La Sombra

Tag team match

Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Takashi Iizuka

Sleeper hold match

Rob Van Dam vs. Toru Yano

Hardcore match

Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki

Singles match

Prince Devitt (c) vs. Kota Ibushi

Singles match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Hirooki Goto and Kazuchika Okada vs. Takashi Sugiura and Yoshihiro Takayama

Tag team match

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Go Shiozaki

Singles match

Togi Makabe vs. Masato Tanaka

Singles match

Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Tetsuya Naita

Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

Satoshi Kojima (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.