The full card for New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Strong Independence Day card has been released. The two-night extravaganza will take place on July 4th and 5th at Korukuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Featured on both nights is former AEW World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley, who will team with Homicide to take on El Desperado & Jun Kasai on night 1. Other notable matches include KENTA (c) taking on AEW’s Eddie Kingston for the NJPW Openweight Championship (Night 2), and TJP & Francesco Akira (c) vs. Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship (night 1).
The rest of the lineup is as follows:
Night 1 (7/4)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match
TJP & Francesco Akira (c) vs. Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors
Exciting Encounter Doomsday NoDQ Match
Jon Moxley & Homicide vs. El Desperado & Jun Kasai
NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship Match
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs. Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd
Eddie Kingston & Rocky Romero vs. KENTA & Gedo
Tom Lawlor vs. Kosei Fujita
Lance Archer, Alex Zayne & Ryohei Oiwa vs. JR Kratos, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
Bad Dude Tito vs. The DKC
Syusuke Taguchi, YOH & Oskar Leube vs. Kengo, Dragon Libre & Takahiro Katori
Night 2 (7/5)
NJPW Strong Openweight Championship Match
KENTA (c) vs. Eddie Kingston
Final Death Match
Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado
IWGP Tag Team Championship Match
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs. Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & The DKC vs. Tom Lawlor, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
Lance Archer & Alex Zayne vs. Bad Dude Tito & Kosei Fujita
Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors vs. YOH & Rocky Romero
Homicide & Ryohei Oiwa vs. TJP & Francesco Akira
JR Kratos vs. OSkar Leube
Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Boltin Oleg vs. Dragon Libre, Takahiro Katori & Rekka
U.S. viewers can tune in live at 5:10 a.m. EDT at njpwworld.com to catch both nights. English commentary will be provided with the stream. Show cost is approximately $30.20.
