Shane Haste will make the first defense of his GHC Heavyweight Championship next week when Pro Wrestling NOAH returns to Korakuen Hall on its Lethal Odyssey tour.
Haste will defend against KENTA in a match involving members of the White Raven Squad. Haste announced he would defend the title against KENTA during this post-match speech in front of the crowd. The two previously wrestled in September 2013 when KENTA was champion and beat Haste at Differ Ariake.
Haste won the championship from Yoshiki Inamura this past Saturday in front of nearly 4,600 in attendance at Ryogoku Kokugikan. The 40-year-old has been wrestling since 2003 and first appeared for NOAH in 2011.
New Japan’s Tiger Mask will team with Kenoh on the show in advance of his retirement on July 7.
The entire card has been released for Legacy Rise on May 13:
- GHC Heavyweight Championship: Shane Haste © vs. KENTA
- Yoshiki Inamura vs. OZAWA
- Kenoh & Tiger Mask vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Alejandro
- Atsushi Kotoge, Kazuyuki Fujita, Muhammed Yone, Hiroki & Daiki Odashima vs. Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Tadasuke, Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka
- Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI vs. AMAKUSA & Black Menso-re
- Kaito Kiyomiya, HARUTOKI & Yuto Koyanagi vs. Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Katsumi Inahata vs. Kid Lykos I, Kid Lykos II & Midori Takahashi
- Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino vs. Eita & Shuji Kondo
- RYUSEI vs. Hiroto Tsuruya
