Following the shocking result in the main event of Tetsuya Naito vs. EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi will step up and challenge the new IWGP Intercontinenal and Heavyweight Champion on July 25.
The reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion issued out the challenge at Dominion and the new leader of the Bullet Club has gladly accepted. In addition to that big match-up, New Japan has confirmed the line-ups for both New Japan Road (July 20) and Sengoku Lord (July 25) later this month.
Shingo Takagi will also defend the NEVER Openweight Championship, as the Los Ingobernables de Japon member will put the belt on the line against El Desperado. Following his victory over SHO at Dominion, Desperado assaulted Takagi, making it clear that he’ll be the next challenger for his belt.
Below are the full cards for both New Japan Road on July 20 and Sengoku Lord on July 25:
New Japan Road
Los Ingobernables De Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI) vs BULLET CLUB (EVIL, Taiji Ishimori & Dick Togo)
Master Wato, Yuji Nagata, Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Suzuki-Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Junior & Taichi)
CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada) vs BULLET CLUB (Gedo & Yujiro Takahashi)
Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi & SANADA) vs Suzuki-Gun (El Desperado & DOUKI)
Gabriel Kidd, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs CHAOS (SHO, YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii)
TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) vs Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura
Sengoku Lord
Double IWGP Intercontinental & Heavyweight Championship: EVIL (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship: Shingo Takagi (c) vs El Desperado
Kazuchika Okada vs Yujiro Takahashi
Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Master Wato, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yuji Nagata vs Suzuki-Gun (Zack Sabre Junior, Taichi, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI)
CHAOS (SHO, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI)
Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Satoshi Kojima vs Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Yota Tsuji & Gabriel Kidd
Taiji Ishimori vs Yuya Uemura