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The match saw the CHAOS team of five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada, three-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Toru Yano, and current one-half of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Sho defeat the Bullet Club team of Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo, and Jado in 12 minutes and 3 seconds.

However, Sanada quietly grabbed the moment as his continuous victories make it seem as if he is on a collision course with IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental ‘Double Champion’ Evil.

However, with the KOPW (seemingly King of Pro Wrestling) Title Tournament looming later this month, Suzuki could have aspirations on winning that title to match his King of Professional Wrestling moniker.

The headline match of the July 31, 2020, Summer Struggle Tour event saw Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) members v2 challenger for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental ‘Double Championship’ Tetsuya Naito and Bushi against Bullet Club members IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental ‘Double Champion’ Evil and v2 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Challenger Taiji Ishimori.

Neither seemingly wanted to relent, as if their legacies were on the line.

Current three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ) member Hiromu Takahashi will miss a good portion (possibly the rest) of the current Summer Struggle tour but will return in time for his v2 defense of the title against Bullet Club member Taiji Ishimori on August 29th during the Summer Struggle in Jingu featured event.

Currently, Nagata leads their overall series 6-5 after two straight victories over Suzuki. Despite Nagata not having been featured in the marquee scene in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) for several years, many NJPW fans in the west are excited about the upcoming match that takes place at on July 31st at 5:30 AM EST.

Yuji Nagata and Minoru Suzuki meet in the marquee match of the August 31st Summer Struggle 2020 event, in a highly anticipated match after their 2020 New Japan Cup match during the first-round.

Early this morning in the west, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) published a taped press conference to announce the marquee…

The second Summer Struggle event a part of the massive build-up towards the August 29th, Summer Struggle in Jingu featured event saw the continuation of several programs that have been brewing over previous weeks.