{"id":100606,"date":"2020-07-13T19:58:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T00:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=100606"},"modified":"2020-07-13T19:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T00:58:53","slug":"njpw-news-ic-and-iwgp-hvt-titles-defense-announced-for-next-major-show-details-on-njpw-road-event-limited-crowd-capacity-for-both-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/07\/13\/njpw-news-ic-and-iwgp-hvt-titles-defense-announced-for-next-major-show-details-on-njpw-road-event-limited-crowd-capacity-for-both-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW News: IC and IWGP Hvt. titles defense announced for next major show, details on NJPW Road event, limited crowd capacity for both shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2394097956\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>-NJPW announced their next major event, Sengoku Lord, will take place on July 25 in Nagoya, Japan with distance seating. The big match announced for Sengoku Lord on July 25 is Evil defending his newly won IWGP IC Championship and IWGP Hvt. Championship against Hiromu Takahashi.<\/p>\n<p>Takahashi made the save for Naito from a post-match attack at Dominion after Evil had beaten him. Dick Togo, who came out dressed like Bushi, pulled off his mask and helped Evil put the boots to Naito until Takahashi made the save. Takahashi is coming off a strong run in the 2020 NJPW Cup where he made the semi-final round before losing to Kazuchika Okada.<\/p>\n<p>Togo is the newest member of Bullet Club joining Evil in the long-running NJPW stable. Evil joined Bullet Club after getting their help to beat Kazuchika Okada in the finals of the 2020 NJPW Cup on July 11.<\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">Another big match announced is NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi making his third defense of the NEVER Openweight Championship against El Desperado. Desperado attacked Takagi at Dominion after he beat Sho.<\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi has also been announced for the card after Takahashi helped Evil beat him in the finals of the NJPW Cup on July 11.<\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\u00a0-NJPW also announced at the press conference that ahead of Sengoku Lord on July 25, there will be a NJPW Road event on July 20 in Tokyo.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Japan Road will be held on July 20 at Korakuen Hall in front of a limited audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NJPW Road complete lineup (July 20):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EVIL Dick Togo &amp; Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi &amp; Tetsuya Naito &amp; BUSHI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiroshi Tanahashi &amp; Kota Ibushi &amp; Master Wato &amp; Yuji Nagata vs. Zack Sabre Jr. &amp; Taichi &amp; Yoshinobu Kanemaru &amp; Minoru Suzuki<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kazuchika Okada &amp; Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi &amp; Gedo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shingo Takagi &amp; Sanada vs. El Desperado &amp; Douki<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gabriel Kidd &amp; Ryusuke Taguchi &amp; Tomoaki Honma &amp; Togi Makabe vs. Sho &amp; Yoshi-Hashi &amp; Toru Yano &amp; Tomohiro Ishii.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hiroyoshi Tenzan &amp; Satoshi Kojima vs. Yota Tsuji &amp; Yuya Uemura<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NJPW Road will air live on NJPW World at 5:30 a.m. Eastern time on July 20.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2661703455\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div id=\"pw-oop-desktop_in_article\" class=\"pw-tag pw-in-article\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CMvc1MbBy-oCFefPyAodq5EP8Q\" data-pw-status=\"loaded\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/154013155\/1024306\/72718\/1024306-72718-desktop_in_article_0__container__\">\n<div class=\"str-adunit str-card-exp str-adunit-300x250 str-native-outstream str-no-share-labels\" data-str-native-key=\"1z42qJYrZaatdr5TvtncXVMB\" data-str-rendered=\"1594687416283\" data-str-visited-flag=\"true\" data-tracking-key=\"_7fse90dcu\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"str-vast-wrapper\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2702865554\"><div id=\"pwtor-3682170329\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>-NJPW announced their next major event, Sengoku Lord, will take place on July 25 in Nagoya, Japan with distance seating. 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