{"id":111707,"date":"2021-01-19T14:31:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=111707"},"modified":"2021-01-19T14:31:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:31:08","slug":"former-wwe-star-to-debut-on-njpw-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/19\/former-wwe-star-to-debut-on-njpw-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE star to debut on NJPW Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3083201711\" 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>Former WWE Cruiserweight Champion and current MLW Middleweight Champion, Lio Rush, will make his debut on NJPW Strong.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the next batch of NJPW Strong cards for 1\/22 and 1\/29. Rush will debut on the 1\/29 episode. He&#8217;ll team with TJP and Fred Rosser against El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, and KENTA.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starting January 29, the Man of the Hour becomes the Man on Friday nights!<\/p>\n<p>Lio Rush hits Lion&#39;s break Contender next week! But how will he cope with the striking power of El Phantasmo?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/63LgmFxLy7\">https:\/\/t.co\/63LgmFxLy7<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpwSTRONG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njpwSTRONG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njcontender?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njcontender<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KWMu3Et9Q2\">pic.twitter.com\/KWMu3Et9Q2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1351612895122120705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rush took to Twitter to react to the news.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLionelGreen\/status\/1351396826520326146<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/12\/new-japan-pro-wrestling-announces-the-2021-new-japan-cup\/\">New Japan Pro Wrestling announces the 2021 New Japan Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3989102523\"><div id=\"pwtor-2535995500\"><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>Former WWE Cruiserweight Champion and current MLW Middleweight Champion, Lio Rush, will make his debut on NJPW Strong. 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