Various: NJPW G1 Climax 2018 Night 9, Matt Riddle Update, Indies

Full Card for NJPW G1 Climax 2018 Night 9

Here is the current card for Night 9 of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s on-going G1 Climax tournament, which takes place this Friday at the Act city Hamamatsu in Shizuoka, Japan. This event will air live on New Japan World starting at 5:30AM ET.

Full Card for Night 9:
* Shota Umino & Toa Henare versus Yoh & Hirooki Goto.
* Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga versus Taka Michinoku & Zack Sabre Jr.
* David Finlay & Juice Robinson versus Jado & Toru Yano.
* Sho & Tomohiro Ishii versus Yujiro Takahashi & Kota Ibushi.
* Chase Owens & Kenny Omega versus Tetsuya Naito & SANADA.
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – Michael Elgin (2-2) versus Minoru Suzuki (2-2).
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – EVIL (3-1) versus Hangman Page (1-3).
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – Jay White (3-1) versus Bad Luck Fale (1-3).
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-1) versus Togi Makabe (2-2).
* G1 Climax 28 A Block – Kazuchika Okada (2-2) versus YOSHI-HASHI (1-3).

Update on Matt Riddle’s Indies Status

As noted before, Matt Riddle is currently rumored to be heading to WWE very soon.

A recent advertisement from Combat Zone Wrestling added more fuel to the speculation. The advertisement mentioned this Saturday’s event in Voorhees, New Jersey as “one of Matt Riddle’s final indy appearances before going to WWE.”

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

PCW Ultra announced that the card of their July 27th event in Wilmington, California features a tag team match of Pentagon Jr. & Warbeast versus Sami Callihan & OVE, a singles match of Shane Strickland versus Flip Gordon, and a singles match of ACH versus Dragon Lee.

Beyond Wrestling announced that the card for their July 29th event in Worcester, Massachusetts features a No Rope Barbed Wire match of Joey Janela versus David Star and a tag team match of Matt Riddle & Tom Lawlor versus Nick Gagne & Matt Tremont.

Impact Wrestling announced that they will be holding their next One Night Only event on August 25th in Binghamton, New York. This event was also announced to be co-promoted with Xcite Wrestling.