The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) will compete at NJPW Rumble on 44th Street.
NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Champions Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) previously proposed a three-way bout for the show after Shelley and Sabin beat the duo in a non-title match on IMPACT Wrestling in August. NJPW confirmed the Triple Threat Match for the event, with The DKC and Kevin Knight also challenging the gold.
Plus, Clark Connors will take on Minoru Suzuki at the show, and Rocky Romero will team up with YOH to face SHO and Yujiro Takahashi.
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?STRONG Tag Team Title Match:
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— NJPW of America (@NJPWofAmerica) October 19, 2022
The announcement, courtesy of NJPW’s website, is as follows:
After a challenge issued over social media, Aussie Open will put the STRONG Openweight Tag team Championships on the line for the fourth time against both The DKC and Kevin Knight of LA Dojo and the legendary Motor City Machineguns. Knight and the DKC earned their title shot after a string of impressive performances on STRONG, but Aussie Open are still sore over a non-title defeat against the Guns on IMPACT. Now they seek to take both teams on and make a huge mark before their Japanese debut in Osaka November 5.
Clark Connors will take on Minoru Suzuki one on one. A last minute addition to Forbidden Door’s four way to become AEW’s first All Atlantic Champion, Connors stunned in his Chicago performance, and was set to take on Davey Richards weeks later in Nashville. Yet during training, a herniated back flared up badly, to the point where he was close to never walking, yet alone wrestling again. After dedicated rehab, he is now back in action and wants to make an instant impact on his return. Can he survive the King, Minoru Suzuki?
Rocky Romero and YOH will take on Yujiro Takahashi and SHO, as HOUSE OF TORTURE make their United States debuts. SHO’s betrayal of YOH last year tore apart one of the greatest junior heavyweight tag teams, and one Rocky Romero orchestrated in Roppongi 3K. Now Romero finally teams with YOH to give closure to a year long feud between CHAOS and H.O.T.
The updated card is as follows:
- Kazuchika Okada & Eddie Kingston vs. Jay White & Juice Robinson
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships: Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) (c) vs. Kevin Knight & The DKC vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Shelley & Alex Shelley)
- KOPW 2022: Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo
- Yujiro Takahashi & SHO vs. Rocky Romero & YOH
- Clark Connors vs. Minoru Suzuki
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