Updated Lineup For WWE "Beast In The East" Japan July 4 Event
WWE heavily promoting Brock Lesnar's first match since WrestleMania, to be shown on the WWE Network.
WWE has released an updated lineup for the Saturday July 4 live event from Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan that will air live on WWE Network. Here it is: WWE NXT Title Match: Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor Brock Lesnar vs. Kofi Kingston John Cena and Dolph Ziggler vs. Kane and King Barrett Chris Jericho vs. Neville WWE Divas Title Match: Naomi vs. Paige vs. Nikki Bella The Lucha Dragons vs. Big E and Xavier Woods Cesaro vs. Diego That lineup could change with a little over one week to go until the event takes place. https://youtu.be/dZ8Ex8kzN4A In a video that WWE released promoting the event, they mentioned the 5:30amET start time (that's 6:30pm Tokyo time) while promoting that it was Lesnar's first match since WrestleMania. The video did not mention that Lesnar will be facing Kingston. The NXT Title match with Kevin Owens defending the title against Finn Balor is arguably the biggest match on the show. There's likely going to be a title change due to Owens working on the main WWE roster full time and Balor is beloved in Japan, so it makes a lot of sense to do the change there. In addition to the matches, 2015 WWE Hall of Famer Tatsumi Fujinami will be a special guest on the July 4th show. Hideo Itami, who is out of action after shoulder surgery, is expected to be at the show as well. The reason that other big names like Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns aren't on the card is because they are working a WWE live event in Winnipeg, Canada that day.