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Everything You Need to Know About New Japan Pro Wrestling

By banzaitokyo30 June 2017

Once A.J. Styles, Gallows and Anderson and Shinsuke Nakamura made a direct beeline from New Japan Pro Wrestling to WWE in recent months, the writing was on the wall that NJPW was due for a total American invasion. And the 45-year-old promotion will finally descend on our shores for AXS TV’s live-broadcast G1 Special in the USA event, airing from the Long Beach Convention Center in California July 1st at 8 p.m. (a second part will air pre-taped July 7th). They even christened a brand-new United States Championship title to coincide with the affair, and its first owner will be determined via tournament during G1 Special.

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BarbaraEbara #13103

NJPW is the best there is right now in terms of wrestling. Anyone I know who watches both WWE and NJPW prefer Japan over America's seemingly drowning branding. I was honestly shocked when AJ Styles left for the WWE but I am glad people like Omega stayed.

Yubi #13129

Pro-wrestling has been gaining popularity in the last few months. I have seen quite a few colleagues attending the events. Although I am not a fan of these "fake sports", it is good to see new things coming up (and sometimes, going away, too :-p).

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