TAJIRI will defend the MLW World Middleweight Champion in an interpromotional match agaonst AJPW’s Atsuki Aoyagi.
The bout has been booked for November 28; it marks the first time an MLW Championship has been defended in AJPW sinc 2003. TAJIRI won the gold in a four-way match at MLW Fightland.
The announcement, courtesy of the official MLW website, is as follows:
The newly minted World Middleweight Champion Yoshihiro TAJIRI will defend the title in an All Japan Pro Wrestling ring.
MLW.com has confirmed that TAJIRI’s first title defense will take place on Sunday November 28th.
Atsuki Aoyagi, a talented AJPW grappler, will challenge TAJIRI in the historic title fight.
This marks the first MLW World Championship defense in an All Japan Pro Wrestling ring since 2003.
The announcement of the interpromotional championship bout comes just days after MLW CEO Court Bauer pondered such a match on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/courtbauer/status/1453363364030189571?s=20
WrestleZone will provide more details as they become available.
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