By Chris Walters on April 14, 2004 at 6:51 PM EST

The following story originates from MMANews.com:

A few days ago I reported that New Japan Pro Wrestling was considering using Brock Lesnar at their 5/3 Tokyo Dome show against rising Japanese wrestling star, Hiroshi Tanahashi.

The final card for the show has been released, and Tanahashi will be going up against an opponent by the name of "K-1 MASK" during a series of New Japan vs. K-1 matches labeled as "Different Style Fights." New Japan director Fumihiko Uei has stated that he wants either Brock Lesnar or The Predator (Sylvester Terkay) to be the man under the K-1 MASK. Uei is currently in talks with Brad Rhenigans, who is one of Lesnar's trainers, about trying to convince Lesnar to come and work for New Japan.

Uei plans to do as much as possible to get Lesnar to work the show, despite the difficulty of getting Lesnar over to New Japan with his WWE contract.

I'll have more on this story as it unfolds.

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