NJPW held “The New Beginning in Osaka” earlier today. During the event a video was aired featuring former WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio, in the video Mysterio announces that he will be making his debut for NJPW at Strong Style Evolved in Long Beach, California.
In the video Mysterio issues a challenge to Jushin Thunder Liger for NJPW’s return to the United States on March 25th. Liger was shown at the Japanese commentary table, where he appeared to be intrigued by Mysterio’s challenge.
You can see the video of Mysterio’s announcement embedded below:
Rey Mysterio Jr. announces his first ever match with NJPW making a challenge to Jushin Thunder Liger for Strong Style Evolved. #NJPW #StrongStyleEvolved #ReyMysterio #JushinThunderLiger #thenewbeginning pic.twitter.com/BIOtM9YHR6
— BodySlam.net (@BodySlamDotNet) February 10, 2018
NJPW’s Strong Style Evolved takes place on March 25 from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California. The event sold out in about 20 minutes, selling around 4,500 tickets.
At the time of this writing no matches have been officially added to the card, but it seems pretty safe to say that we will be seeing Rey Mysterio take on Jushin Thunder Liger.
Mysterio recently made his surprise return to WWE appearing in this year’s Royal Rumble Match. He received a huge response from fans, and it has been reported that his appearance has garnered interest in a return to the company for Mysterio. With his announcement of appearing for NJPW on March 25th, it now appears as though his WWE return will not be happening any time soon.
