{"id":125196,"date":"2021-08-19T18:48:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T23:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=125196"},"modified":"2021-08-19T20:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T01:28:38","slug":"tanahashis-first-challenger-for-the-iwgp-u-s-championship-will-be-kota-ibushi-njpw-strong-lineup-featuring-garcia-announced-for-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/19\/tanahashis-first-challenger-for-the-iwgp-u-s-championship-will-be-kota-ibushi-njpw-strong-lineup-featuring-garcia-announced-for-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanahashi&#8217;s first challenger for the IWGP U.S. Championship will be Kota Ibushi, NJPW Strong lineup featuring Garcia announced for Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1186966867\" 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>After beating Lance Archer for the IWGP U.S. Hvt. Championship last weekend, Hiroshi Tanahashi issued a challenge to Kota Ibushi. Ibushi has accepted the challenge and now Tanahashi will wrestle Ibushi at Wrestle Grad Slam in MetLife Dome on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n<p>New Japan also announced that the KOPW Provisional Champion Chase Owens vs. Toru Yano will be a No Time limit No DQ I Quit match.<\/p>\n<p>The updated card for Wrestle Grad Slam in MetLife Dome on Sept. 4 is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb<\/li>\n<li>IWGP U.S Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi<\/li>\n<li>Chase Owens vs. Toru Yano &#8211; King of Pro Wrestling 2021 Provisional Championship No Time Limit No DQ I Quit match<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-New Japan has announced the NJPW Strong lineup for this Friday. It will feature the debut of Daniel Garcia. 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