New Japan Pro Wrestling will be holding Night 2 of their G1 Special event in Long Beach, California tonight in Long Beach, California. Tonight’s show will air live on NJPW World and a replay on AXS TV on Friday, July 7 at 8 pm ET. WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross and Josh Barnett will be doing commentary for the show.
NJPW will debut the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, and the first champion will be crowned. Here is the lineup:
— IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship Tournament Finals: TBA vs. TBA
— IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Billy Gunn
— Kazuchika Okada, The Briscoes & Will Ospreay vs. Cody Rhodes, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Marty Scurll
— IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Roppongi Vice
— War Machine & Michael Elgin vs. Guerrillas of Destiny & Hangman Page
— Juice Robinson, Jay White, Volador Jr., Dragon Lee & Titan vs. Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, Bushi, EVIL & Sanada
— IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
— IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: Jay Lethal vs. Kenny Omega
— Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA & David Finlay vs. Yoshitatsu, Yohei Komatsu & Sho Tanaka