{"id":115777,"date":"2022-09-12T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=115777"},"modified":"2022-09-12T16:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:49:16","slug":"ftr-iwgp-tag-team-titles-njpw-royal-quest-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/09\/12\/ftr-iwgp-tag-team-titles-njpw-royal-quest-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"FTR To Defend IWGP Tag Team Championship at NJPW Royal Quest II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first match has been announced for <em><strong>NJPW Royal Quest II<\/strong><\/em>. <strong>New Japan Pro-Wrestling<\/strong> announced that <strong>FTR<\/strong> (<strong>Dax Harwood &amp; Cash Wheeler<\/strong>) would defend the IWGP Tag Team Championship against <strong>Aussie Open<\/strong> (<strong>Mark Davis &amp; Kyle Fletcher<\/strong>) at <em>NJPW Royal Quest II<\/em> on October 1.<\/p>\n<p>The two-night event is held at The Indoor Arena at Crystal Palace&#8217;s National Sports Center on Saturday, October 1, and Sunday, October 2.<\/p>\n<p>FTR won the IWGP Tag Team titles at AEW &amp; NJPW&#8217;s <strong><em>Forbidden Door<\/em><\/strong> pay-per-view this June, defeating <strong>Jeff Cobb<\/strong> &amp; <strong>The Great-O-Khan<\/strong> and <strong>Rocky Romero<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Trent Beretta<\/strong> in a triple threat match where both the IWGP tag team titles and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/04\/01\/ftr-roh-tag-team-championships\/\" target=\"_self\">ROH tag team titles<\/a> were on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Aussie Open teamed with <strong>TJP<\/strong> to defeat FTR &amp; <strong>Alex Zayne<\/strong> in a six-man tag match at <strong><em>NJPW Music City Mayhem<\/em><\/strong> this July. After the match, Aussie Open challenged FTR for an IWGP Tag Team Championship title bout.<\/p>\n<p>NJPW posted a video of a promo from FTR to make that match official:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING<\/p>\n<p>After a challenge was issued in Nashville at Music City Mayhem, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FTR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FTR<\/a> have delivered a response to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AussieOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AussieOpen<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalQuest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RoyalQuest<\/a> II night 1!<\/p>\n<p>OCTOBER 1 LONDON TICKETS (almost gone!):<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/elexHuY40M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/elexHuY40M<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaxFTR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@daxftr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CashWheelerFTR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@cashwheelerFTR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jJ1TOCZD4P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jJ1TOCZD4P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1569234104935071744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aussie Open is NJPW&#8217;s Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions. They recently teamed with <strong>Will Ospreay<\/strong> in AEW&#8217;s Trios title tournament, losing to <strong>Kenny Omega<\/strong> &amp; <strong>The Young Bucks<\/strong> in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first NJPW event in the United Kingdom since 2019. Here is the current lineup for the upcoming event:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>NJPW Royal Quest II (10\/1\/22)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IWGP Tag Team Championship:<\/strong>\u00a0FTR (Dax Harwood &amp; Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher &amp; Mark Davis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other wrestling stories worldwide as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the important news in the wrestling world and provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. In addition, AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first match has been announced for NJPW Royal Quest II. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that FTR (Dax Harwood &amp; Cash Wheeler) would defend the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Aussie Open (Mark Davis &amp; Kyle Fletcher) at NJPW Royal Quest II on October 1. 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