{"id":114474,"date":"2021-03-04T13:39:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T19:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=114474"},"modified":"2021-03-04T13:39:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T19:39:46","slug":"new-japan-announces-two-major-summer-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/03\/04\/new-japan-announces-two-major-summer-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"New Japan announces two major summer shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1967663646\" 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>New Japan Pro Wrestling announced two major summer events during today&#8217;s anniversary show that featured first round matches of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/03\/01\/2021-new-japan-cup-bracket-announced\/\">2021 New Japan Cup tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/92422\">Wrestle Grand Slam<\/a>. It will take place on May 15 at Yokohama Stadium and on May 29 at the Tokyo Dome. This will mark New Japan&#8217;s first ever show at Yokohama and their only show at the Tokyo Dome outside of January in over 16 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!<\/p>\n<p>Wrestle Grand Slam is coming! <\/p>\n<p>Two huge cards in the month of May as we return to the Tokyo Dome, and debut in Yokohama Stadium!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pOQcbNkY4p\">https:\/\/t.co\/pOQcbNkY4p<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njwgs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njwgs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cH5l88AxfE\">pic.twitter.com\/cH5l88AxfE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1367397609745248258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>New Japan received rave reviews for their outdoor Summer Struggle show last year at Jingu Stadium. They will look to replicate that success this year As of now, New Japan has not announced any matches for this two night event.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/02\/22\/new-japan-star-out-of-action-for-up-to-six-months\/\">New Japan star out of action for up to six months<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2556310242\"><div id=\"pwtor-2694755394\"><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>New Japan Pro Wrestling announced two major summer events during today&#8217;s anniversary show that featured first round matches of the 2021 New Japan Cup tournament. The event is called Wrestle Grand Slam. It will take <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/03\/04\/new-japan-announces-two-major-summer-shows\/\" title=\"New Japan announces two major summer shows\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":114477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[2149,404,6527],"class_list":["post-114474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_japan","tag-new-japan-pro-wrestling","tag-njpw","tag-wrestle-grand-slam"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2021\/03\/New-Japan-Wrestle-Grand-Slam.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114474"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114479,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114474\/revisions\/114479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}