LIJ to headline Shingo Takagi’s 20th Anniversary card

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Shingo Takagi’s 20th Anniversary show is slated for next month with New Japan Pro Wrestling revealing the lineup.

Takagi, who debuted in 2004 after graduating from the Dragongate Dojo, will celebrate two decades as a professional wrestler with a show being staged in his home Prefecture of Yamanashi on September 7.

The card is set to be headlined by a six-man tag involving members of LIJ on both sides along with a mystery partner.

Tagaki will team with BUSHI and “X” against current IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji & Hiromu Takahashi.

The show will include U.S. independent wrestler Jakob Austin Young, who wrestled for NJPW STRONG in 2022 & 2023, who teams with Great O-Khan against TMDK’s Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita.

The full card will include:
*Shingo Takagi, BUSHI & X vs. Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & Yota Tsuji
*Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs. Great O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young
*Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Oleg Boltin & Tiger Mask vs. EVIL, Yujiro, Dick Togo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
*DOUKI & Taka Michinoku vs. Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
*Gabe Kidd & Jake Lee vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma
*Shota Umino & Jado vs. SHO & Ren Narita
*HENARE & Jeff Cobb vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Katsuya Murashima
*Callum Newman & Francesco Akira vs. Shoma Katop & Riita (representing Dragongate)
*Kickoff Match: Daiki Nagai vs. Masatora Yasuda

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