{"id":26496,"date":"2016-07-20T22:34:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T03:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=26496"},"modified":"2016-07-20T23:40:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T04:40:27","slug":"roh-world-title-match-set-njpw-g1-climax-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/20\/roh-world-title-match-set-njpw-g1-climax-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"ROH World Title match set for NJPW G1 Climax Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3993704565\" 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><strong>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.njpw.co.jp\/news\/detail.php?nid=16828\" target=\"_blank\">New Japan Pro Wrestling will host<\/a> an ROH World Title match on the final show of the G1 Climax tournament on Sunday, August 14.<\/p>\n<p>ROH World champion Jay Lethal will defend against Satoshi Kojima in one of two title matches involving the ROH roster.<\/p>\n<p>Kojima was originally in the G1 Climax tournament, but the story was he gave up his spot to Tenzan.<\/p>\n<p>Already announced for Aug. 14 is new IWGP World tag champions The Briscoes making their first Tag Title defense against Bullet Club&#8217;s &#8220;Hangman&#8221; 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