New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) previously announced that this coming Summer an 8-team tournament will take place in Hollywood and Charlotte, with the winners being crowned the company's first-ever STRONG Openweight Tag Team Champions. It was also announced that the tournament will be a single elimination tournament, which is set to begin at the company's Ignition Event on Sunday, June 19 from the Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, with the first round and semifinal matches, while the finals of the tournament will take place inside the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
NJPW announced, via their official NJPW Global Twitter account, the full brackets of their first-ever 8-team STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship Tournament. It was announced that pro wrestling legend Christopher Daniels will team up with Yuya Uemura to face The Factory (Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto), TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) will face WCWC, Stray Dog Army will face Midnight Heat and Dark Order (Alan "5" Angels and Evil Uno) will take on Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher).
You can check out NJPW's announcement below:
BREAKING
Here are your brackets for the STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship tournament!
It all starts NEXT WEEK on STRONG!
Watch NOW: https://t.co/ApC26e4Jjh#njpwSTRONG pic.twitter.com/qj6SMBDbJ3— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) July 3, 2022
