{"id":136353,"date":"2022-03-29T11:38:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=136353"},"modified":"2022-03-29T11:38:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:38:14","slug":"njpw-announces-full-card-for-hyper-battle-ppv-okada-set-to-defend-iwgp-world-hvt-championship-in-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/29\/njpw-announces-full-card-for-hyper-battle-ppv-okada-set-to-defend-iwgp-world-hvt-championship-in-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW announces full card for Hyper Battle PPV, Okada set to defend IWGP World Hvt. Championship in main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-861998035\" 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 has announced the complete card for their next PPV event called &#8220;Hyper Battle&#8221; on April 9 in Tokyo, Japan. The show will be part of a Hyper Battle tour that runs from April 3-April 9 in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The show is headlined by NJPW Cup 2022 winner Zack Sabre Jr. challenging IWGP World Hvt. Champion Kazuchika Okada. Sabre and Okada have not faced off in a singles match in nearly three years. The last time they wrestled was during the G1 Climax tournament in 2019,<\/p>\n<p>The entire card announced is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kazuchika Okada vs. Zack Sabre Jr. &#8211; IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match<\/li>\n<li>El Desperado vs. Sho &#8211; IWGP Junior Heavyweight title match<\/li>\n<li>Hirooki Goto &amp; Yoshi-Hashi vs. Great-O-Khan &amp; Jeff Cobb &#8211; IWGP Tag Team Championship match<\/li>\n<li>Evil vs. Hiromu Takahashi &#8211; NEVER Openweight Championship match<\/li>\n<li>Toru Yano vs. Taichi &#8211; Provisional KOPW 2022 match (stipulation yet to be decided)<\/li>\n<li>Ryusuke Taguchi &amp; Master Wato vs. El Phantasmo &amp; Taiji Ishimori &#8211; IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship match<\/li>\n<li>Tetsuya Naito &amp; Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay &amp; Aaron Henare<\/li>\n<li>Jado &amp; Tama Tonga &amp; Tanga Loa &amp; Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale &amp; Gedo &amp; Yujiro Takahashi &amp; Chase Owens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Contact Sean at pwtorchsean@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sr_torch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SR_Torch<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2943163261\"><div id=\"pwtor-3911721609\"><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 has announced the complete card for their next PPV event called &#8220;Hyper Battle&#8221; on April 9 in Tokyo, Japan. 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