Lio Rush Announced For Five-Way Match At All Star Junior Festival
Lio Rush will compete at All Star Junior Festival.
Lio Rush will compete at All Star Junior Festival.
On August 19, New Japan Pro-Wrestling will hold the All Star Junior Festival event. NJPW continues to fill out the card, and the company announced that IMPACT X-Division Champion Lio Rush will face Fugaz, Dragon Kid, Soberano Jr., and KC Navarro.
Rush has not wrestled since MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XXII on July 22, and GCW announced that he was dealing with an injury. He appeared on the August 10 episode of IMPACT Wrestling, where he attacked Samuray del Sol backstage.
37th entry wrestler is…
X Division Champion!And last card set!
LEC Presents All Star Jr. Festival U.S.A. 2023
August 19
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— ALL STAR Jr. FESTIVAL 2023 OFFICIAL (@ASJF2023) August 16, 2023
Rush competed in the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 30 earlier in 2023. He also wrestled throughout the New Japan Cup tour in March. Rush and YOH won the Super Junior Tag League 2022.
Here is the current lineup for All Star Junior Festival:
All Star Junior Festival 2023 (8/19)
– All Star Junior USA Tournament: Kevin Knight vs. Clark Connors
– All Star Junior USA Tournament: Francesco Akira vs. Mike Bailey
– East West Express (Jordan Oliver & Nick Wayne) vs. El Desperado & MAO
– Ladder Match: Rocky Romero & Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI & Low Rider vs. Blake Christian & Master Wato
– YOH & Matt Sydal vs. BUSHI & Shun Skywalker
– Enzo Amore (Real1), Jack Cartwheel & Starboy Charlie vs. Rich Swann, The DKC, & Ryusuke Taguchi
– Lucky Dip Tag Match (Pairings TBD): Alex Shelley, Chris Bey, Ace Austin, Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, TJP, Cheeseburger, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
– Five-Way Match: Lio Rush vs. Fugaz vs. Dragon Kid vs. Soberano Jr. vs. KC Navarro
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