UPDATE: Matt Striker commented on the announcement that he and Kevin Kelly will announce for NJPW King of Pro Wrestling, posting to Twitter:
Yet another chance to work to win over the die hards, welcome the newbies and watch some of the best Pro Wrestling in the world. Giddyupp..
— Matt Striker (@Matt_Striker_) October 2, 2015
ORIGINAL: The English language announcers for NJPW’s “King of Pro Wrestling” event on October 12 will be Kevin Kelly and Matt Striker. The event will stream on New Japan World. Both announcers will be on location in Japan. Here’s the lineup:
*IWGP champion Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles
*IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion Kenny Omega vs. Matt Sydal
*Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
*NEVER Openweight champion Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii
*Bad Luck Fale & Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano
*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team champions reDragon vs. RPG Vice
* Captain New Japan & Hirooki Goto & Shibata & Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata
* Tomoaka Honma vs. Yoshi-Hashi
* David Finlay, Jay White, Juice Robinson (CJ Parker), Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Kushida, Mascara Dorada, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask
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