New Japan Pro Wrestling and AXS TV have announced that NJPW on AXS TV has been renewed for a second season starting in May and ending in August.
On May 22nd, the show will feature KUSHIDA vs. Taichi, Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Ricochet and KUSHIDA vs. Richochet from the Best of the Super Junior 2014 tournament, while on May 29th, the show will feature matches from June 21st, 2014 in Osaka, Japan including Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. The Young Bucks for the IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships, Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takeshi Iizuka, as well as Kota Ibushi vs. Ricochet for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
On June 5th, the show will feature additional matches from the June 21st event mentioned above, including Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Konima vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr & Lance Archer for the NWA World Tag Team Champions and BULLET CLUB (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe for the IWGP Tag Team Championships. On June 12th, the final round of matches from the June 21st event mentioned above will be featured including Yuji Nagata & Tomoaki Honma vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata, as well as Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
As of now, there is no new show scheduled for June 19th, however the show will return on June 26th featuring matches from July 22nd, 2014 from the G-1 CLIMAX Tournament including Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomoaki Honma, Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Katsuyori Shibata. The July 3rd show will feature from the July 26th, 2014 G-1 CLIMAX Tournament including Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito, Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata. The July 10th edition of the show will feature matches from the July 28th G-1 CLIMAX Tournament including Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomoaki Honma and Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito.
The July 17th edition of the show will feature matches from the August 1st, 2014 G-1 CLIMAX Tournament featuring Minoru Suzuki vs. AJ Styles, Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hirooki Goto and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii, while the July 24th event will feature matches from the August 3rd G-1 CLIMAX Tournament including Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata, Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. The July 31st edition of the show will feature matches from the August 8th, 2014 G-1 CLIMAX Tournament including Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale, Togi Makabe vs. AJ Styles, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr and Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki.
The August 7th edition of the show will feature matches from the August 10th, 2014 Seibu Dome show including Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomoaki Honma, Karl Anderson vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. AJ Styles, while the August 14th show, which will be the final show of the second season will feature the finals of the G-1 CLIMAX Tournament at the Seibu Dome between Shinsuke Nakamura and Kazuchika Okada.
