NJPW has confirmed a tournament for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team titles.
NJPW's Summer Struggle event will take place on August 6 and two first-round match-ups for the six-man tag team titles are set. Originally, EVIL, Bushi, and Shingo Takagi previously held the prestigious belts; however, following EVIL’s turn, the new IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion vacated the belt.
The promotion then confirmed a eight-team single elimination tournament that features teams such as Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & SANADA), Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & DOUKI), and CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto):
Below is the full line-up of the Summer Struggle show that contains two first-round tournament matches:
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament: Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & SANADA) vs Suzuki-Gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & DOUKI)
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament: CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO & Toru Yano) vs BULLET CLUB (Yujiro Takahashi, Jado & Gedo)
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Yuya Uemura vs Suzuki-Gun (Zack Sabre Junior, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Satoshi Kojima, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs CHAOS (YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
Master Wato & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yota Tsuji & Ryusuke Taguchi
Yuji Nagata vs. Gabriel Kidd