{"id":118871,"date":"2021-05-06T23:20:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T04:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=118871"},"modified":"2021-05-06T23:20:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T04:20:28","slug":"new-japan-announces-first-njpw-strong-openweight-championship-title-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/05\/06\/new-japan-announces-first-njpw-strong-openweight-championship-title-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"New Japan announces first NJPW Strong Openweight Championship title defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3524251109\" 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 on Thursday that Tom Lawlor will defend the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship against Chris Dickinson on May 28.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big main events coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpwSTRONG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njpwSTRONG<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>THIS WEEK: Moxley &amp; Dickinson vs Nagata &amp; Narita!<\/p>\n<p>5\/14: Team Filthy in elimination action!<\/p>\n<p>5\/21: No DQ- Rosser vs Hikuleo!<\/p>\n<p>5\/28: STRONG Openweight title: Lawlor vs Dickinson!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJ8ubZI9rH\">https:\/\/t.co\/EJ8ubZI9rH<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njcollision?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njcollision<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sZTFjHlRgB\">pic.twitter.com\/sZTFjHlRgB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1390486543266164736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lawlor won the championship by winning this year&#8217;s New Japan Cup USA tournament. He defeated Brody King in the finals. This will mark his first title defense since becoming champion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/05\/04\/two-new-japan-stars-test-positive-for-covid-19\/\">Two New Japan stars test positive for COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-706676541\"><div id=\"pwtor-736284137\"><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 on Thursday that Tom Lawlor will defend the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship against Chris Dickinson on May 28. Big main events coming to #njpwSTRONG! 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