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Various News: NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol. 2 Set for FITE TV This Week, Details on Warrior Wrestling Event Set for August 7, Latest ROH Happy Hour

July 21, 2020 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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FITE TV will be streaming the Best Bout Collection Vol. 2 for NJPW on July 25 for $9.99. It will feature NJPW matches from 2016 to 2019. Here’s the lineup from NJPW:

* Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii – IWGP Heavyweight Championship – May 03, 2016
* Kenny Omega vs Hirooki Goto – G1 Climax 26 Finals – August 14, 2016
* Kazuchika Okada vs Naomichi Marufuji – IWGP Heavyweight Championship – October 10, 2016
* Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega – IWGP Heavyweight Championship – January 04, 2017
* Yuji Nagata vs Bad Luck Fale – G1 Climax 27 A-Block Tournament Match – August 11, 2017
* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kota Ibushi – IWGP Intercontinental Championship – November 05, 2017
* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White – IWGP Intercontinental Championship – January 04, 2018
* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kota Ibushi – G1 Climax 28 Finals – August 12, 2018
* Tomohiro Ishii vs Minoru Suzuki – British Heavyweight Championship – November 03, 2018
* Tomohiro Ishii vs Zack Sabre Jr. – British Heavyweight Championship – January 04, 2019
* Kazuchika Okada vs SANADA – New Japan Cup 2019 Finals – March 24, 2019
* Tomohiro Ishii vs Shingo Takagi – G1 Climax 29 B-Block Tournament Match – August 08, 2019

– Warrior Wrestling will be returning with another event on Friday, August 7. The card will be held at Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The card will feature Brian Cage vs. Jeff Cobb, Lance Archer vs. Sam Adonis, Brian Pillman Jr., The Rascalz and more. Here’s the full press release and announcement on next month’s event:

Chicago Heights, IL (July 20th, 2020) – Warrior Wrestling and Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois, will welcome stars from every major professional wrestling organization to “Warrior Wrestling: Friday Night Lights” on Friday, August 7th, at Dave Mattio Field, Marian Catholic’s football stadium. This will be the first professional wrestling event with spectators in Illinois in over 5 months and likely the largest pro wrestling spectator event in the country since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event will follow all rules and regulations from Governor Pritzker regarding outdoor spectator events and will feature extensive safety protocols in place to ensure social distancing and a contact-free environment. Those protocols accompany this document, and the Governor’s guidance is available here.

The in-ring highlight of the evening will be the clash between All Elite Wrestling’s recent title contender and superheavyweight Brian Cage and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s hulking Jeff Cobb, a 2004 Olympian wrestler.

Kids 16 and under are admitted FREE to the event at the door with a paying adult. Tickets can be purchased online at www.warriorwrestling.net, with General Admission Field Seating Tickets for $45 and Bleachers / Standing Room Tickets for $35. A scaled-down, socially distanced VIP Fan Fest will take place before the show from 5:45 to 7:15pm. The event will be family-friendly. Card subject to change.

Proceeds from the event go to benefit scholarships and student activities at Marian Catholic High School. To learn more about Marian Catholic, visit www.marianchs.com. For inquiries about the event, please contact Marian Catholic principal Mr. Steve Tortorello at [email protected]

– ROH recently released the following videos, including Dalton Castle with the ROH Happy Hour.