Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Iron Road Teams Drawn

The four-person Iron Road teams were drawn at the Yamashi Building, Iron Japan Pro Wrestling's headquarters, in Tokyo earlier today. The first round matches will take place at Nippon Budokan on January 21, with the next round of matches taking place the following night.

Iron Road is a short tournament that starts with 4 vs. 4 elimination matches in the first round. However, eliminations carry over into the next round for advancing sides. At the end of the road, the remaining members on the last team will fight each other for a shot at the IJPW World Wrestling Championship in the Battle Bash main event at the Tokyo Dome.

The current IJPW World Wrestling Champion is John Scroggs. He will choose his own challenger if he wins Iron Road.

The first night at Budokan is as follows...

*** MAIN EVENT ***
 Iron Road First Round Match
Kayoko Komon, Jona Ziesemer, Big Ugly, and KANNON vs. Paul Cannon, Mercy Monroe, Curt Fleischer, and Lolly Lea

Iron Road First Round Match
Fabulous Adrian Bagglio, Akuma Usami, Miyazaki Bokkai, and Lainey Boyle vs. Muffin Vanderburg, Nate Narwin, Masuko Matashichi, and Nobuyoki Katsushika

Iron Road First Round Match
Jackie Walters, Suda Tsukasa, Riddick, and John Scroggs vs. HATOYAMA, Ricky Doyle, Danjuro Komatsuzaki, and AKIO

Iron Road First Round Match
Ricky Holt, Stan Ward, Hirano Denbe, and Satomi Asano vs. Killer Komukai, Lorie Koenig, Fujimaro Odaka, and Vera Vicious