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The marquee main event for New Japan Pro Wrestling’s (NJPW) Summer Struggle in Jingu featured event will see Evil make his V2 defense of the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental ‘Double Championship’ against challenger (and the previous champion) Tetsuya Naito.

The tension between the two sides after Evil’s defection to Bullet Club remained present as the two teams scrapped against one another. The match would end as a disqualification after IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi ran out to make the save for Naito who was being attacked by Dick Togo, Ishimori, and Evil at the 10 minute and 57-second mark.

This tournament is meaningful to Yoshi-Hashi who has never won a title during his career. After his vicious exit from the 2020 New Japan Cup Tournament, he will want to make the best of the opportunity in front of him.

After the match, Ibushi almost took Dangerous Tekkers up on their offer of attacking Tanahashi but was instead attacked by the champions — bringing more tension between him and his current tag team partner.