Five Matches Announced for AEW Blood & Guts + Moxley to Face NJPW’s Yuji Nagata on Dynamite

AEW Blood & Guts Card

Here’s the card for next Wednesday’s special “Blood & Guts” Dynamite.

– Blood & Guts Match: The Inner Circle vs. The Pinnacle

– Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa vs. Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston

– Cody Rhodes vs. QT Marshall

– 4-Way Tag Team Eliminator Match: SCU vs. Jurassic Express vs. Varsity Blonds vs. The Acclaimed

– Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. in action

Coming up next week on the #BloodAndGuts edition of #AEWDynamite!

– @CodyRhodes v. @realmmarshall1
– @KennyOmegamanX + @MichaelNakazawa v. @JonMoxley + @MadKing1981
– #1 Ranked @RealBrittBaker is in action
– 4-Way tag match for a World Tag Team Title shot pic.twitter.com/AYfj6OeE5l

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 29, 2021

Jon Moxley vs. Yuji Nagata

Also announced for the May 12 episode of Dynamite:

– IWGP US Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Yuji Nagata

– AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Winners of 4-Way Tag Team Eliminator Match on 5/5

Nagata is currently signed to NJPW and was one of their biggest stars in the 2000s. He is a two time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, holding it from April 5, 2002 to May 2, 2003, and again from April 13, 2007 to October 8, 2007.

AEW and Tony Khan hyped up “opening the forbidden door” with NJPW.

The #ForbiddenDoor has been opened once again, as @tonyschiavone24 just confirmed that Wednesday, May 12 @JonMoxley will defend the #IWGP US Championship against the legendary Yuji Nagata (@nagata769) LIVE on #AEWDynamite at 8/7c on TNT!
cc: @njpwglobal@njpw1972 pic.twitter.com/yqGWgIFAWf

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 29, 2021

Thank you for the amazing feedback on tonight’s #AEWDynamite @AEWonTNT & I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve opened the #ForbiddenDoor as Yuji Nagata is coming to @AEW to challenge @JonMoxley for @njpw1972’s IWGP US Title in a huge milestone for both companies. Tickets onsale 5/7! pic.twitter.com/GHMoj0qVbe

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) April 29, 2021