NJPW Announces Full G1 Special From San Francisco Card; Haku, Jeff Cobb Included
New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced their full card for the upcoming G1 Special show in San Francisco at the Cow Palace. True to his word, former WWE Champion Chris Jericho is absent from the show, but the company is still promoting several Championship matches for the event, and have decided to increase the number of title matches from this year’s Strong Style Evolved show.
Also making an appearance on the show if Haku, the father of the Guerrillas of Destiny. Known in WCW as Meng, Haku serves as a part-time Bullet Club Member. You can see the full card below, which will be broadcast on AXS TV July 7.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Cody
IWGP United States Championship
“Switchblade” Jay White (c) vs. Juice Robinson
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee
Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
The Young Bucks (c) vs. LIJ’s EVIL and SANADA
NEVER Openweight Championship
Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Jeff Cobb
Hiroshi Tanahashi and KUSHIDA vs. Bullet Club’s Hangman Page and Marty Scurll
Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.
YOSHI-HASHI, Gedo, Rocky Romero, YOH and SHO vs. Bullet Club’s Haku, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens