IWGP World Heavyweight Title Bout And More Announced For NJPW Declaration of Power
Two matches have been announced for NJPW Declaration of Power.
NJPW announced that Jay White will defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Title against Tama Tonga on October 10 at NJPW Declaration of Power. Tonga was the only man to defeat White in the G1 Climax 32 tournament.
Plus, Kazuchika Okada, who won the G1 Climax 32 tournament, will take on JONAH at the event. JONAH picked up a victory over Okada in the tournament.
October 10 will see NJPW return to Ryogoku Sumo Hall, with a traditional national sports day holiday event back on the calendar. This time, as NJPW continues to revive classic tour names from our 50 year history, Declaration of Power is back from being a regular series through the late 1990s and early 2000s.
It was indeed a declaration of power in Osaka during the G1 Climax, when JONAH stunned EDION Arena and the world at large with a Black Forest Bomb and Torpedo to defeat Kazuchika Okada. Okada went on to win the tournament and cement his place in the main event for Wrestle Kingdom 17 on January 4 2023, but he has unfinished business with TMDK’s Top Dog. October 10 will see the two do battle in a special singles match; though Okada’s position as IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenger at Wrestle Kingdom is not at stake, another win for JONAH could set him in a very strong position to be the champion by January 4.
That said, the current champion Switchblade Jay White has been all but unbeatable in 2022. After taking the title from Okada at Dominion, White defended against Handman Page, Adam Cole and the Rainmaker at Forbidden Door, before undergoing what the Switchblade said was ‘a deliberate attempt to find a contender to beat me’ in the form of the largest G1 field of all time this summer. During his campaign, the Catalyst of Professional Wrestling had one solitary blemish- to Tama Tonga. Tama would state after rocking White with a Gunstun and taking his place in the G1 final four, that the champion had ‘given me the push off the ledge to prove I can fly’ and will now seek to show just how far he can soar. Could he be wearing IWGP World Heavyweight gold when all is said and done in Ryogoku?
Fightful will continue to update fans on the lineup for NJPW Declaration of Power when new matches are announced.
NJPW Declaration of Power (10/10)
– IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Jay White (c) vs. Tama Tonga
– Kazuchika Okada vs. JONAH
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