Lio Rush, who had a shaky start to his 2020 campaign with being released from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as ‘cost-cutting’ measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the company later turning massive profits during the health disaster. That difficult situation followed Lio Rush having a public disagreement with Mark Henry, who seemingly threatened to have him blacklisted on several occasions.
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The marquee match of the event features an elimination match between Bullet Club members former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, former IWGP Intercontinental Champion, and IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion “Switchblade” Jay White, former six-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga/Tanga Loa), former NEVER Openweight Champion and New Japan Cup USA 2020 winner Kenta, and “Young Gun” Hikuleo.
The marquee match saw Team Filthy (“Filthy” Tom Lawlor, Rust Taylor, JR Kratos, and Danny Limelight) take on Jeff Cobb, “Mr. No Days Off” Fred Rosser, former eight-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Rocky Romero, and Ring of Honor (ROH) roster member PJ Black.
New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and the New Japan of American (NJoA) subsidiary open the Detonation tour with Road to Detonation on November 27, 2020, coming off the Showdown tour that came to an end on last weeks New Japan Strong episode.
The tour finale of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Showdown took place on Friday during New Japan Strong. The marquee match saw former NEVER Openweight Champion, New Japan Cup 2020 winner, and Bullet Club member Kenta defend the right to make the V3 challenge of IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley’s second reign with the title against David Finlay.
The marquee event of the New Japan Showdown 2020 Night 2 event and the tour finale sees former NEVER Openweight Champion, New Japan Cup USA 2020, and Bullet Club member Kenta defend his right to make the V3 challenge of Jon Moxley’s second reign with the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against David Finlay.
The November 13, 2020 New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Strong event saw the first night of New Japan Showdown 2020. The intriguing night feature two interesting singles matches, with the second taking place in the marquee.
Night one of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Showdown follows the Road to Showdown that set the stage for the two-night tour finale for the New Japan of America (NJoA) branch. The marquee match sees Bullet Club member Tama Tonga face the controversial PJ Black, who is signed to Ring of Honor (ROH).
Since NJPW began producing a weekly program on the New Japan World streaming service, the potential for growth in the United States has been at an all-time high in the company. With the New Japan Strong program being at the forefront of the new content model, a slew of wrestlers have made their debut in an NJPW ring.
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s (NJPW) North American branch, New Japan of America (NJoA) presented the continuation of the NJPW Showdown tour on November 6th.