Lineup For NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling Event Revealed

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced several big matches for their upcoming King of Pro Wrestling event that takes place on October 9th at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Four title matches are slated to take place at the show.

Kazuchika Okada will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against EVIL in the main event. The other three title matches are IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay, IWGP Tag Team Champions Killer Elite Squad vs. War Machine vs. Guerillas of Destiny, and IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi and Ricochet vs. Roppongi 3K.

Here is the full lineup:

— IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL

— Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the WrestleKingdom 12 briefcase

— IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay

— Hiroshi Tanahashi and Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi and Juice Robinson

— YOSHI-HASHI, Baretta and Jado vs. Kenny Omega, Cody and Marty Scurll

— IWGP Tag Team Champions Killer Elite Squad vs. War Machine vs. Guerillas of Destiny

— IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi and Ricochet vs. Roppongi 3K

— Toru Yano and Hirooki Goto vs. Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.

— Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi and Leo Tonga vs. SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI

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