NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Title Number One Contenders Bout Set For NJPW Capital Collision

Three-way tag bout set for NJPW Capital Collision.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Tomohiro Ishii will team with Hiroshi Tanahashi to face TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Bad Dude Tito) and the Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) at NJPW Capital Collision on August 30th.

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The winners will be the number one contenders for the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships. The titles are currently held by Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls.

From NJPW:

Competition is heating up for the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships. Earlier this week, it was made official that CMLL’s Hechicero and Virus would be challenging champions Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls August 30 in Washington DC at Capital Collision. Whoever walks out of that match with the gold will have a new team to prepare for, as DC will also see a three way number one contendership bout.

The Grizzled Young Vets, James Drake and Zack Gibson announced their intentions to prove themselves in the NJPW ranks with a video message released on social media this week. The highly acclaimed Liverpool lads will certainly have their work cut out for them in DC with some imposing opposition. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii reigned over the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championships together for the bulk of 2023, and Tanahashi still holds that NEVER gold, but wants to add STRONG titles as well. Plus, Robbie Eagles finds TMDK muscle in Bad Dude Tito as the group plan to keep the gold in the TMDK family.

Who will emerge as the new number one contenders? Find out in DC!

Fans can find the current lineup for NJPW Capital Collision by clicking here.

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