Yuji Nagata and Jun Akiyama reunite.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Yuji Nagata and Jun Akiyama will team up to face Atsushi Kotoge And Go Shiozaki at Blue Justice on October 6.
One of the fan favourite events on the NJPW calendar is the annual return to Yuji Nagata’s home of Togane in Chiba. This year, Nagata’s Blue Justice card will see the veteran celebrate an incredible 40 years in wrestling between the amateur mats and the professional ring, and to mark the occasion, Nagata took to YouTube to propose an incredible main event.
Former All Asian Tag Team Champions Yuji Nagata and Jun Akiyama will be reunited for the night. Teaming together for the first time in a Tokyo Dome classic against Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto on October 8 2001 before battling one another on January 4 the following year in the main event of Wrestling World for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Both proud amateur wrestlers, Akiyama and Nagata would find themselves in the same and opposite corners over the ensuing years, before winning the All Asia Tag Championships in 2018 for a five month reign.
They last tagged together on 15 April this year in a 30 minute time limit draw in Pro-Wrestling NOAH. Their opponents that night were Atsushi Kotoge and Go Shiozaki, and with business left unfinished from that night in Korakuen Hall, it’s a rematch of that bout in Togane’s main event! Team NOAH face Team Justice atop a loaded card- stay tuned for more information!
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