Shane Haste will make his next defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship on July 18 when Pro Wrestling NOAH returns to Osaka.
NOAH has released the full lineup for its July 18 event at Intex Osaka as part of its ‘Summer Epic’ tour.
The main event will see Haste attempt to make the third defense of his gold against OZAWA of Team 2000X. A No. 1 Contender’s match will be held on the same show between Tetsuya Naito and Kaito Kiyomiya to determine who will receive the next title shot.
In a rarity, NOAH will stage a ladder match to determine the next entrant into the N-1 Victory tournament involving Tadasuke, Alpha Wolf, Jun Masaoka, Daiki Odashima, AMAKUSA, and Kid Lykos I & II.
The card will stream on July 18 at 2 a.m. ET on Wrestle Universe with Japanese & English commentary options.
Pro Wrestling NOAH – Summer Epic (July 18):
- GHC Heavyweight Championship: Shane Haste © vs. OZAWA
- GHC National Championship: Naomichi Marufuji © vs. KENOH
- GHC Tag Team Championship: Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino © vs. Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura
- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Eita © vs. BUSHI
- No. 1 Contender’s Match: Tetsuya Naito vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
- N-1 Entry Decider Ladder Match: Tadasuke vs. Alpha Wolf vs. Jun Masaoka vs. Daiki Odashima vs. AMAKUSA vs. Kid Lykos I vs. Kid Lykos II
- Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Yoshiki Inamura
- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles: Dragon Bane & Alejandro © vs. Jacky Kamei & Riiita
- Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA vs. RYUSEI & Black Menso-re
- Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammed Yone, HIROKI & Hajime Ohara vs. Katsumi Inahata, Yuto Koyanagi, Hiroto Tsuruya & Midori Takahashi
