NJPW recently announced that IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto will put his title on the line against Yuji Nagata at their New Japan Cup event on Saturday, March 15th at Dolphin’s Arena in Nagoya, Japan.
You can check out the announcement below:
Nagata to challenge for IWGP World title March 15!
Title match added to Nagoya card
A massive championship match has been added to March 15’s New Japan Cup card in Dolphin’s Arena, Nagoya.
After Hirooki Goto captured the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship February 11 in Osaka, he nominated Hiroshi Tanahashi to face him for 53rd Anniversary. Immediately after that nomination, Yuji Nagata approached to offer his own challenge to the new champion. Nagata, inspired by the veteran Goto’s glory, requested his own shot, and his first at the top title in professional wrestling for 14 years.
That match happened in December of 2011, and in Dolphin’s Arena, a match where Hiroshi Tanahashi matched Nagata’s previously held defence record of V10 with the IWGP Heavyweight title. Nagata’s historic reign between 2002 and 2003 earned him the nickname of ‘Mr. IWGP’; now he looks to become a three time champion, and aged 56, surpass Genichiro Tenryu at 53 as the oldest IWGP Champion in history.
What happens in Nagoya? Catch the title action, as well as four New Japan Cup quarterfinals, all on March 15!
