Bullet Club battles Chaos as Okada-Omega rivalry comes to NZ
Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega bring their rivalry to New Zealand en route to an historic showdown at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom.
Okada and Chaos stablemates Roppongi Vice (Beretta and Rocky Romero) will take on Omega and The Young Bucks—representing Bullet Club—in the main event of Sakura Events On the Mat.
Sakura Events announced the full match card this past Tuesday, for a total of nine confirmed bouts.
On top of previously announced feature matches including Hirooki Goto vs. Paul Sayers, and Jay White vs. RJ Brewer, NJPW icon Hiroshi Tanahashi will wrestle ROH standout Dalton Castle in a rare singles match.
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The main event rivalry between Bullet Club and the Chaos stable also continues further down the card with Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi taking on Gedo and Yoshi-Hashi.
NJPW referees Tiger Hattori and “Red Shoes” will oversee all the action on November 12, excluding Jay White vs. RJ Brewer, which will be officiated by New Zealand boxing star Brown Buttabean.
Tickets to Sakura Events On the Mat are available from Eventfinda. The event airs live on iPPV from Natano.
Sakura Events On the Mat Card:
- Kazuchika Okada & Roppongi Vice vs. Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks
- Jay White vs. RJ Brewer [Special Referee: Brown Buttabean]
- Hirooki Goto vs. Paul Sayers
- Dalton Castle vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Haku, Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa vs. Juice Robinson, Marcus Kool & “Nasty” Nate Nauer
- Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi vs. Gedo & Yoshi-Hashi
- El Terrible w/ Ashley Tonga vs. Jon Strongman w/ Princess of Flowers
- David Finlay & Kushida vs. reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly)
- Henare vs. Hikule’o