IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley will face challenger EVIL in a lumberjack death match at NJPW Dominion.
The new stipulation for the match on June 9th was made official in a New Japan social media post on Friday night.
OFFICIAL
EVIL’s demand for the stipulation was accepted, and his challenge to Jon Moxley’s IWGP World Heavyweight title will be in a Lumberjack Match!https://t.co/xpRrCioUSU#njpw #njdominion pic.twitter.com/jd2KvrHfCv
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) June 1, 2024
The news came after EVIL gave an interview on the New Japan website on Thursday in which he made the challenge:
Since this low life mud show ‘wrestler’ wants to run away from any kind of a fair fight under IWGP rules then I have something for him. June 9 in Osaka Jo Hall, a Lumberjack Match for the title. That way he has no escape.
Current card for NJPW Dominion, June 9th 2024
- Best of the Super Juniors 31 finals
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Lumberjack Death Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. EVIL
- NEVER Openweight Championship: Shingo Takagi (c) vs. HENARE
- NJPW World TV Championship: Jeff Cobb (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
- KOPW 2024: Yuya Uemura (c) vs. Great-O-Khan
- IWGP Tag Team & NJPW Strong Tag Team Championships – elimination match: KENTA & Chase Owens vs. El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste
