Two big matches have been announced for New Japan Pro Wrestling’s 47th Anniversary Show. After confronting him in the video below, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori will be defending his title against Jyushin “Thunder” Liger. The 54-year-old Liger will be looking for his twelfth run with the title. Another match announced involves Shingo Takagi & BUSHI defending The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles against the men that recently attacked them, SHO & YOH of Roppongi 3K.
Live on New Japan World, The 47th Anniversary Show takes place inside The Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, March 6th.
It was previously announced that NJPW will be having a retirement ceremony on February 21st for Takashi Iizuka inside Korakuen Hall. The company announced his final match will be a Six-Man Tag Team Match, with him teaming up with Suzuki-Gun Stablemates Minoru Suzuki & Taichi vs. Toru Yano, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Kazuchika Okada. Tenzan & Iizuka were former partners before the latter turned on Tenzan.
The other matches for the event include:
– Will Ospreay & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer
– Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto vs. TAKA Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr.
– SHO & YOH vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
– Shota Umino & Yuji Nagata vs. YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii
– Tiger Mask IV, Toa Henare, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs. Yota Tsuji, Ren Narita, Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima
– Yuya Uemura & Jyushin “Thunder” Liger vs. Robbie Eagles & Taiji Ishimori
Iizuka debuted in New Japan in 1986 and has won The IWGP Tag Team Titles three different times along with winning The World Tag League in 2000.