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New Japan Pro Wednesday (2/13) The Switchblade Era Begins

Takashi Iizuka Retirement Show Card

The upcoming New Japan Road show will be Takashi Iizuka’s final show as a wrestler. The 52-year old wrestler will end his 32-year long career with a six-man tag match against  Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano, all of whom Iizuka has tagged or been a stablemate with at some point.

2/21, 4:30am EST on NJPWWorld.

  • Jushin Thunder Liger & Yuya Uemura vs. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & Robbie Eagles)
  • Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Toa Henare & Tiger Mask vs. Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji
  • Yuji Nagata & Shota Umino vs. CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii)
  • Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) vs. Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
  • Hirooki Goto & Ryusuki Taguchi vs. Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr. & TAKA Michinoku)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Will Ospreay vs. Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr)
  • Takashi Iizuka Retirement Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs. Suzuki-gun (Takashi Iizuka, Taichi & Minoru Suzuki)

Honor Rising Cards

New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Ring of Honor will be presenting their annual Honor Rising tour. The show will take place over two nights, featuring a total of six title matches. Here is the full match cards:

2/22, 4:30am EST on NJPWWorld.

  • Ren Narita vs. Marty Scurll
  • Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Jushin Thunder Liger & Jonathan Gresham vs. Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & Robbie Eagles)
  • Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe
  • NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Match: Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi (c) vs. Cheeseburger, Delirious & Colt Cabana
  • NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Dalton Castle
  • Ring of Honor World Television Championship Match: Jeff Cobb (c) vs. Hirooki Goto
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Jay Lethal vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan)

2/23, 4:30am EST on NJPWWorld.

  • Shota Umino, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji vs. Cheeseburger, Delirious & Colt Cabana
  • Jonathan Gresham & Toa Henare vs. Suzuki-gun (TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr.)
  • Marty Scurll vs. Robbie Eagles
  • CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay) vs. Jeff Cobb & Dalton Castle
  • Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi) vs. The Kingdom (Vinny Marseglia & Matt Taven)
  • Ring of Honor World Championship Match: Jay Lethal (c) vs. TK O’Ryan
  • IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA) (c) vs. Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
  • Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship Match: Mark Briscoe & Jay Briscoe (c) vs. Lifeblood (Juice Robinson & David Finlay)

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