NJPW have officially announced two STARDOM matches for Rumble On 44th Street, featuring an SWA Title Match and a Tag Team Match.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling will be returning to the US in the coming days, with the celebration of the Rumble On 44th Street PPV.
Even though NJPW always puts in some interesting matchcards, Rumble On 44th Street generated a little bit more expectations since the company had previously announced the presence of some STARDOM talents on the show.
After taking to social media earlier today, NJPW have finally announced two huge STARDOM matches for Rumble On 44th Street. About this, the NJPW Global official Twitter account shared the following message:
“Official for #njRumble FRIDAY! Mayu Iwatani defends the SWA World Championship against KiLynn King! In a special FREE kickoff match, Cosmic Angels’ Waka Tsukiyama and Mina Shirakawa take on Kylie Rae and Tiara James!”
About the SWA World Championship Match, it is important to mention that this will be Mayu Iwatani’s second title defense. After winning the title from Thekla on STARDOM’s Golden Week Fight Tour on May, “The STARDOM Icon” proceeded to make her first defense against Oedotai’s Fukigen Death.
So, since only wrestlers from a different country than the champion are eligible to challenge for the title, Mayu will be in for a good fight when she faces KiLynn King.
NJPW Rumble On 44th Street’s Official Matchcard
With the addition of these matches, the complete matchcard of NJPW Rumble On 44th Street reads as follows:
- Tag Team Match: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White & Juice Robinson vs Kazuchika Okada & Eddie Kingston.
- KOPW Championship – New York City Street Fight: Shingo Takagi (c) vs El Phantasmo.
- Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship – 3 Way Match: Aussie Open (c) vs Motor City Machine Guns vs The DKC & Kevin Knight.
- Singles Match: Clark Connors vs Minoru Suzuki.
- Tag Team Match: CHAOS (Rocky Romero & Yoh) vs House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi & Sho).
- 6-Man Tag Team Match: Shota Umino, Homicide & Wheeler Yuta vs Tom Lawlor & West Coast Wrecking Crew.
- STRONG Openweight Championship – Singles Match: Fred Roser (c) vs to be announced.
- SWA Championship – Singles Match: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs KiLynn King.
- Tag Team Match: COSMIC ANGELS (Mina Shirakawa & Waka Tsukiyama) vs Kylie Rae & Tiara James.
The event will take place this Friday, October 28th, from the Palladium Times Square in New York City. Fans will be able to watch the event live on FiteTV, and on NJPW World in the coming days.
Stay tuned to Wrestling Republic, since we’ll be covering the complete results of this event. Additionally, you’ll find out a complete coverage of Joshi Puroresu.
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