NJPW to Introduce New Championship Belt at G1 Special in the US

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May 12, 2017

Prior to the start of tonight’s NJPW-ROH War of the Worlds pay-per-view at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced they will be debuting a new championship belt at July’s G1 Climax Special event in the United States. The belt will be called the IWGP United States Championship and the winner to be determined from a round robin tournament held during the two day event.

ROH’s Jay Lethal was announced to be the first contestant of the tournament with the rest of the field to be announced during the next several weeks.

Besides the announcement, NJPW officials also revealed the appearance of the new championship during tonight’s event.

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