NJPW Announces First Match For All-Star Junior Festival

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) recently announced, via a press release, the first match of their All-Star Junior Festival, which will take place on Saturday, August 19th from the legendary 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It was announced that El Desperado will team up with Mao to take on Jordan Oliver and Nick Wayne in Tag Team action.

You can check out the full press release below:

Along with the announcement of GCW’s Jordan Oliver for All Star Junior Festival 2023 today, the card has gotten its first match revealed! In a tag team contest of Japan versus America, Oliver will team with his East West Express tag partner, the teenage prodigy Nick Wayne, to face a DDT and NJPW combination of young prospect MAO and El Desperado.

Wayne and Oliver are the current GCW Tag team Champions- will their experience as a team prove the key to defeating established names from across the Pacific- and a former IWGP Champion in the singles and tag ranks in Desperado? Find out August 19!