On Sunday, NOAH and WWE unveiled their joint announcement.
WWE star AJ Styles will travel to Japan in July to take on NOAH’s Naomichi Marufuji.
The match will take place at the Destination 2024 event on July 13th at Budokan Hall.
The announcement came via video on Sunday at NOAH’s Grand Ship 2024 event in Yokohama.
🚨【驚愕発表】丸藤vsAJスタイルズ決定🚨
世界最大プロレス団体 #WWE の
トップを走り続けるスーパースター#AJスタイルズ からメッセージ⚡️「最高な試合にしよう」
7.13(日) NOAH日本武道館大会で
日本のレジェンド #丸藤正道 と戦う🔥#noah_ghc #アベマでNOAH#アベマでWWE #DESTINATION2024— ABEMAプロレス (@Abema_wrestling) June 16, 2024
Marufuji, 44, is a four-time GHC Heavyweight Champion, and has won Junior Heavyweight Championships in all three major Japanese promotions.
Styles, 47, is no stranger to Japan, having traveled there to compete four times with NJPW while signed to TNA.
He returned to NJPW full-time in 2014 and won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship twice before his debut for WWE in 2016.
A tweet notes that the event will be available to order through Abema for viewers in the USA, Philippines, South Korea & Thailand.
