Various: Jon Moxley on Match with Yuji Nagata, Friday’s NJPW Strong Card, Indies

Jon Moxley Comments on Origins of His Match with Yuji Nagata

Sports Illustrated held a recent interview with Jon Moxley. One of the topics discussed included Moxley revealing the origins of his match against Yuji Nagata on this past Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite.

“[NJPW] Strong is a great hour of professional wrestling, and it’s great for the young guys and it’s great for the fans. I love being a part of it. I heard from [New Japan’s] Rocky Romero, who told me Gedo still wanted to do me against Nagata, and that he was flying him out to America for Strong. So that was our plan, and I thought that was f—— awesome. Tony [Khan] asked, ‘Why not do it on Dynamite?’ And I said, ‘If we can, then f— yeah, that would be bigger, especially for a legend like Nagata.’ We both loved that it would be a chance for Nagata to be back on TNT. Before I knew it, Tony talked to New Japan, and now it’s happening. And it’s a chance to celebrate his career.”

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Full Card for Friday’s Episode of NJPW Strong

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for tonight’s Collision 2021 themed episode of NJPW Strong, which airs on New Japan World starting at 10PM EST.

• Rocky Romero vs. AJZ
• Lio Rush & Fred Rosser vs. Hikuleo & El Phantasmo
• 8-Man Tag Team Elimination match – Clark Connors, TJP, Brody King, & Karl Fredericks vs. Team Filthy (Danny Limelight, JR Kratos, Chris Dickinson, & “Filthy” Tom Lawlor)

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Ring of Honor recently announced that Miranda Alize and Trish Adora are the second and third official entrants for their upcoming Women’s World Championship tournament this summer.

This past Tuesday’s episode of NWA Powerrr featured a promo segment of Kamille issuing a challenge to Thunder Rosa with a special stipulation attached for a future NWA show. This stipulation involved Kamille putting her #1 contendership for the NWA World Women’s Championship on the line in return for Rosa agreeing that if she lost the match, she would no longer be allowed to work for any outside company.

Game Changer Wrestling announced that this year’s Homecoming Weekend events will be taking place on July 24-25 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that their upcoming 2021 Open Draft will officially start on May 20th and will be airing on MLW’s official website and social media platforms.