Giulia vs. NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale is now official for Night 2 of the upcoming NJPW Strong Independence Day event. It was also announced that Night 1 will feature Nightingale and Momo Kohgo vs. Giulia and Thekla in tag team action.
The NJPW Strong Independence Day event will take place on Tuesday, July 4 and Wednesday, July 5 from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The pay-per-view will air live on NJPW World. Below are the updated cards:
NIGHT ONE:
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions TJP and Francesco Akira defend against Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors
* NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI defend against Gabe Kidd and Alex Coughlin
* Exciting Encounter Doomsday No DQ Match: Jon Moxley and Homicide vs. El Desperado and Jun Kasai
* NJPW Strong Openweight Champion KENTA and Gedo vs. Eddie Kingston and Rocky Romero
* NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale and Momo Kohgo vs. Giulia and Thekla
* Tom Lawlor vs. Kosei Fujita
* Lance Archer, Alex Zayne and Ryohei Oiwa vs. JR Kratos, Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs
* The DKC vs. Bad Dude Tito
* Pre-show Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, YOH and Oskar Leube vs. Kengo, Dragon Libre and Takahiro Katori
NIGHT TWO:
* NJPW Strong Openweight Champion KENTA defends against Eddie Kingston
* IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI defend against Alex Coughlin and Gabe Kidd
* NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale defends against Giulia
* Final Death Match: Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado
* NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii and The DKC vs. Tom Lawlor, Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions TJP and Francesco Akira vs. Homicide and Ryohei Oiwa
* Lance Archer and Alex Zayne vs. Bad Dude Tito and Kosei Fujita
* Rocky Romero and YOH vs. Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors
* JR Kratos vs. Oskar Leube
* Pre-show Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato and Boltin Oleg vs. Dragon Libre, Takahiro Katori and Rekka
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