The current NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Fred Rosser issued an open challenge recently for the October 28th NJPW Rumble On 44th Street event.
On the October 27th at The Night Before The Rumble On 44th Street show, Jonathan Gresham revealed himself to be the individual who will be answering that open challenge. Fred Rosser accepted the challenger and the match was made official.
OFFICIAL
After Fred Rosser's open challenge was answered tonight at #njnightbefore, Jonathan Gresham will challenge for the #njpwSTRONG Openweight Championship tomorrow night at #njrumble!
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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) October 28, 2022
This will be Fred Rosser’s 5th title defense of the NJPW Strong Openweight Title.
Here is the updated lineup for NJPW Rumble On 44th Street:
- Shota Umino, Homicide, and Wheeler Yuta vs. Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor, Jorel Nelson, and Royce Isaacs)
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Fred Rosser (c) vs. Jonathan Gresham
- Jay White & Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada & Eddie Kingston
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships: Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Shelley & Alex Shelley) vs. Kevin Knight & The DKC
- New York City Street Fight for KOPW 2022: Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo
- SWA World Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. KiLynn King
- Rocky Romero & YOH vs. Yujiro Takahashi & SHO
- Minoru Suzuki vs. Clark Connors
- Kylie Rae and Tiara James vs. Waka Tsukiyama and Mina Shirakawa (Kickoff)
