NJPW Announces Full Lineup For Upcoming Summer Struggle Events, New Young Lions To Debut

NJPW has revealed the full lineup for its upcoming Summer Struggle events in August, with the company set for four straight shows from August 24-27 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Here’s the full release from NJPW on the upcoming Summer Struggle events:

Four nights in Korakuen Hall between August 24 and 27 will see Summer Struggle come to a close, and new Young Lion journeys will see their beginning.

Ryohei Oiwa and Kosei Fujita will compete opposite one another in the opening bouts all four nights, each match with a ten minute time limit.

22 year old Oiwa stands at 180cm and weighs in at 90kg. Starting out on the amateur mats in middle school and continuing through college, Oiwa ranked third in the JOC nationals in 2018 at 86kg. He participated in December 2020 tryouts and entered the Dojo in April.

Fujita also joined the Noge Dojo in April after passing December 2020 tryouts. The 19 year old stands at 178cm and 83kg. Fujita wrestled through high school, winning the JOC Western and Central Japan freestyle tournament at 80 kilos.

And here’s the match lineup for each event:

August 24

* Ryohei Oiwa vs. Kosei Fujita
* Satoshi Kojima & Master Wato vs. Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask
* Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Chase Owens & Jado
* Kazuchika Okada & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan
* Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Robbie Eagles vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI

August 25

* Ryohei Oiwa vs. Kosei Fujita
* Minoru Suzuki & DOUKI vs. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
* Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. Chase Owens & Jado
* Kazuchika Okada & Tomoaki Honma vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan
* Elimination Match: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

August 26

* Ryohei Oiwa vs. Kosei Fujita
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato vs. Tomoaki Honma & Robbie Eagles
* Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tiger Mask vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI
* El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki vs. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Jado
* Kazuchika Okada & Satoshi Kojima vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan

August 27

* Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki
* Kazuchika Okada & Togi Makabe vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan
* Robbie Eagles vs. Master Wato
* Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI