FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) will defend the IWGP Tag Team Championship at NJPW Royal Quest II.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced that Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) on October 1, the first night of the event. Aussie Open are the reigning NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Champions, and they previously challenged Harwood and Wheeler to a match at NJPW Music City Mayhem.
FTR won the titles by beating United Empire and Roppongi Vice in a Winner Take All match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on June 26.
OFFICIAL
Royal Quest II Night 1 October 1
London, Crystal PalaceIWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
FTR (@CashWheelerFTR & @DaxFTR) vs Aussie Open (@kylefletcherpro & @DUNKZILLADavis)
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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) September 12, 2022
The announcement, courtesy of NJPW’s website, is as follows:
A huge match is official for night one of Royal Quest II as Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, FTR will put the IWGP Tag Team Championships on the line for the first time against Aussie Open.
FTR seized the tag gold at Forbidden Door in a winners take all three way match against Roppongi Vice and the United Empire’s Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb. While Cobb and O-Khan have continued to try and fight for tag supremacy in Japan, Aussie Open had a more direct path to face the champions when they hit Nashville in July. Defeating FTR and Alex Zayne in a six man tag bout, a challenge was issued and formally accepted in a video message by the champions today.
At the first Royal Quest in 2019, Aussie Open challenged then IWGP Tag Team Champions the Guerrillas of Destiny and came up short. Will they be able to add IWGP to STRONG tag gold in London? Find out live in person!
