Chris Jericho To NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 12. NJPW Return to the US Plans

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Chris Jericho To NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 12. NJPW Return to the US Plans

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-- For as wild of a year as 2017 has been for pro wrestling, next year already appears to be following suit.

In a shocker, Chris Jericho will be wrestling Kenny Omega at the Tokyo Dome for New Japan Pro Wrestling on January 4th, 2018. Omega retained his IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Trent Barreta at today's Power Struggle show and called out his next challenger after. It was teased that no one was left to challenge him, but Jericho then appeared in a video.

Jericho said he was the best in the world and the Alpha of this business before challenging Omega to the match, which Omega accepted. Jericho and Omega, who are both from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, have been engaged in a Twitter "feud" recently, but it wasn't apparent if that would ever amount to anything.

After Power Struggle, the other matches that appear to be set for Wrestle Kingdom 12 at the Tokyo Dome are Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White (who returned to NJPW as Switchblade today) for the IWGP Intercontinental title, Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay vs. KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi for the Junior title, and Sho & Yoh vs. The Young Bucks for the Junior tag titles.

Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez will have more on the particulars surrounding Jericho wrestling for NJPW later. Jericho has been off the road for WWE and touring with Fozzy in recent months, with his most recent WWE match coming when he made a surprise appearance to face Kevin Owens and AJ Styles for the US title on an episode of SmackDown in July.

UPDATE: Meltzer notes that Jericho is able to work the match due to being a free agent after his WWE contract expired.

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-- On a busy day for New Japan Pro Wrestling, the promotion announced a return to the United States on this morning's Power Struggle show.

NJPW will be back in Long Beach, California on March 25th, 2018 for an event called "Strong Style Evolved." It will take place at Walter Pyramid, which is a 5,000-seat venue that's located on the campus of Long Beach State University.

Walter Pyramid is a bigger venue than the portion of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center where NJPW's two G1 Special events took place this summer. Tickets to those shows sold out shortly after being put on sale, with over 2,300 people in attendance each night. No ticket details for Strong Style Evolved have been announced yet.

March 25th falls on a Sunday next year, meaning NJPW will be coming to Long Beach two weeks before WrestleMania takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. There will be NJPW representation at Ring of Honor's show over WrestleMania weekend, with Kenny Omega and Hiroshi Tanahashi already announced for it.
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