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On November 19th, officials from New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and parent company Bushiroad led a contingent of Professional Wrestling and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) based in Japan during a meeting with representatives from the Japanese House of Representatives (lower house of a national bicameral legislature). 

The marquee match of the event and fifth BOSJ 27 match of the card saw reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and Bullet Club member “Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori face former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and BOSJ 25 (2018) winner “Time Bomb” Hiromu Takahashi.

The headline match of the event and fifth WTL 2020 match of the card saw former six-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, two-thirds of three NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions, and Bullet Club member Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga/Tanga Loa) [GOD] face off against former IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and WTL 2019 trophy winners FinJuice (Juice Robinson/David Finlay).

The eighth match of the event and the fourth BOSJ 27 match of the card saw two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and BOSJ 19 (2012) winner, “Funky Weapon” Ryusuke Taguchi take on Suzuki-Gun member El Desperado.

The seventh match of the event and the fourth WTL 2020 match of the card saw the Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) team of reigning NEVER Openweight Champion “The Dragon” Shingo Takagi and Sanada face the Bullet Club tandem of Evil and Yujiro, who were accompanied by “The Spoiler” Dick Togo.

The fifth match of the event and the third WTL 2020 match saw reigning IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and Suzuki-Gun members Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr/Taichi) take on two-thirds of the reigning NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions and CHAOS members Hirooki Goto/Yoshi-Hashi.