Starrcast V will bring the wrestling world together, as several promotions will participate in the event in a variety of ways. New Japan Pro-Wrestling will be involved by hosting the “Music City Mayhem” show on July 30 alongside the festival, and the promotion has announced a buzzworthy main event.
AEW star and former IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley will face El Desperado in a No Disqualification Match. KUSHIDA and Hiromu Takahashi are also advertised for the show.
The official announcement, courtesy of NJPW’s website, is as follows:
July 30 sees NJPW bring Music City Mayhem to Nashville Tennessee as part of Starrcast weekend, and the event has just gotten a mammoth main event.
After El Desperado was part of Suzuki-Gun’s partnership with the Jericho Appreciation Society at Forbidden Door, the masked rudo wants another taste of a mutual enemy of both Minoru Suzuki and Chris Jericho- and someone who just so happens to be the Interim AEW World Champion. Desperado issued a challenge to Jon Moxley backstage at Korakuen Hall last week, and the Death Rider has accepted, but under the condition that this is a no disqualification match.
With no DQs, no time limits and no rules, Moxley will undoubtedly be bringing the violence, but with his own blood strewn past in deathmatches with the legendary Jun Kasai, Desperado will give every bit of that violence back to Mox. Be a part of this war on July 30 in Nashville or on FITE!
Moxley is the reigning AEW Interim World Champion. He successfully defended the title against Brody King on the July 6 episode of AEW Dynamite. Desperado is a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, and he has also held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship four times.
NJPW Music City Mayhem is available as a separate event on FITE, and it is also part of the Starrcast event bundle.
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