NJPW Announces Summer Struggle at Jingu Stadium (Video)

– As previously reported, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) is launching its summer series, Strong, starting in August. Additionally, NJPW announced today at the New Japan Road event in Korakuen hall that the summer series will culminate in the stadium event, Summer Struggle, which will be held at Jingu Stadium on August 29.

This will be NJPW’s first event at an outdoor sporting stadium since Battle of Last Summer in 1999. You can view the full announcement and preview for the event below.

Summer Struggle comes to Jingu Stadium August 29!

Second Jingu Stadium open air event in NJPW history

During the New Japan Road event in Korakuen Hall July 20, the culmination of the Summer Struggle tour was announced, taking place in the famous Jingu baseball stadium on August 29. The tour closing event marks only the second time that NJPW has run an outside event in the sacred sporting stadium, Battle of Last Summer in 1999 seeing Shinya Hashimoto face Masahiro Chono, and Great Nita and Great Muta in a No Rope Exploding Ring Deathmatch.

NJPW will bring the heat and the fireworks to wrestling’s biggest summer festival on August 29!

You can also read Ian Hamilton’s full report on today’s New Japan Sengoku Lord event RIGHT HERE.