Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston Announced For NJPW Strong Showdown

Mox & Kingston vs. Suzuki & Archer II? Yes please.

By Andrew Pollard / September 26, 2021

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Following their Lights Out war on Friday's episode of AEW Rampage: Grand Slam, next month will see a rematch between the parings of Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston and Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer.

Mox and Kingston were victorious on Friday, although Suzuki and Archer took umbrage with how that contest played out. As such, the Suzuki-gun tandem laid down the challenge for the Death Rider and the Mad King to face them at NJPW Strong Showdown on 17 October in a Street Fight.

.@suzuki_D_minoru & @LanceHoyt, are not happy with tonight's outcome after facing @JonMoxley & #EddieKingston in Lights Out match on #AEWRampage: Grand Slam. They've issued a challenge to Moxley & Kingston to face them at #njpwSTRONG in Philadelphia #njshowdown @NJPWofAmerica pic.twitter.com/yRrlHqJqcx

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 25, 2021

Since then, the NJPW Twitter account has confirmed that this challenge has been accepted and that Moxley & Kingston vs. Suzuki & Archer will take place in Philadelphia's famed 2300 Arena, aka the ECW Arena.

It's ON!

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After challenges issued by @suzuki_D_minoru and @LanceHoyt after #AEWRampage, Suzuki-Gun face Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley in a PHILADELPHIA STREETFIGHT on 10/17 at Showdown tapings in @2300arena!https://t.co/UBS7brFuF8TICKETS: https://t.co/6T4fMJtFFL #njpwSTRONG pic.twitter.com/RjfoKUFZ8Q
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) September 26, 2021

In addition to this tag team Street Fight, also set for this next set of NJPW tapings are:

- Will Ospreay vs. Alex Zayne

- Jonathan Gresham vs. Alex Coughlin

- Fred Rosser, Rocky Romero, Karl Fredericks, Ren Narita & The DKC vs. Danny Limelight, Royce Isaacs, Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos & Jorel Nelson

Authored by Andrew Pollard

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Posted On: 26th Sep 2021

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