{"id":141035,"date":"2022-06-08T16:22:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=141035"},"modified":"2022-06-08T16:22:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:22:47","slug":"new-japan-pro-wrestling-announces-new-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/08\/new-japan-pro-wrestling-announces-new-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"New Japan Pro Wrestling announces new championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4293677268\" 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 will introduce NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships into the company with a tournament beginning on June 19 in Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING\u2757\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njIgnition?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njIgnition<\/a> will see the start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpwSTRONG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njpwSTRONG<\/a> Tag Team Championship Tournament!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for details!<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G2dvE1sMEA\">https:\/\/t.co\/G2dvE1sMEA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uOBAEuJeE2\">pic.twitter.com\/uOBAEuJeE2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW of America (@NJPWofAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJPWofAmerica\/status\/1534354526467022848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tournament will feature eight teams and will be single elimination. The winner will be crowned the first ever NJPW Openweight Tag Team Champions on July 24 in Charlotte, NC. The eight teams that will participate in the tournament have not been announced at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The NJPW Strong brand features an Openweight Champion as well. That title is held by Fred Rosser. Rosser defeated Tom Lawlor to win the championship. He was the first NJPW Strong Openweight Champion in history.<\/p>\n<p>New Japan Pro Wrestling and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/08\/new-match-added-to-this-weeks-aew-dynamite\/\">AEW<\/a> will run the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJPWofAmerica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbidden Door<\/a> supershow in Chicago on June 26. There is no indication that any of these tournament matches will take place on that show at this time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/24\/exclusive-clark-connors-discusses-working-best-of-the-super-junior-29-wrestling-bucket-list-more\/\">EXCLUSIVE: Clark Connors discusses working Best of the Super Junior 29, wrestling bucket list, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2071641508\"><div id=\"pwtor-3889630685\"><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 will introduce NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships into the company with a tournament beginning on June 19 in Los Angeles, CA. 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