White vs. Ospreay Confirmed For NJPW Anniversary Show, Full Card

The 47th Anniversary Of New Japan Pro Wrestling will be celebrated inside The Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on March 6th. Exclusively on New Japan World, the company announced the full match card for the show.

The main event will feature NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay vs. Jay White, The Current IWGP Heavyweight Champion. This is a non-title bout, with Ospreay requesting this match against The Switchblade. These two have history with one another in Ring Of Honor & New Japan Pro Wrestling, among other promotions.

Other bouts confirmed for the show include title matches in The Junior Heavyweight Division. Taiji Ishimori will be defending his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title against Jyushin “Thunder” Liger while Shingo Takagi & BUSHI will be defending their IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles against SHO & YOH of Roppongi 3K.

Below is the full match lineup for The Anniversary Show:

– IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay

– Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA

– Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Jyushin “Thunder” Liger (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match)

– Shingo Takagi & BUSHI (c) vs. SHO & YOH (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match)

– Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku

– Yuji Nagata & Toa Henare vs. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI

– Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Ayato Yoshida, Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Chase Owens & Hikuleo