We knew New Japan would be back on the west coast of the United States in November, as they’d already announced a show in the Bay Area - New Japan Showdown in San Jose - on Sat., Nov. 9. Over the weekend, they announced a second show on that swing through California.
On Mon., Nov. 11, NJPW will return to Los Angeles for their second show at the Globe Theatre this year - New Japan Showdown in Los Angeles. The approximately 1700 seats space hosted one of the company’s New Beginning USA events back in January.
Talent and matches weren’t mentioned in the official announcement, nor was an on sale date for tickets. But they start selling seats for San Jose this Friday (Sept. 13), so we’ll hopefully learn some of the names making the trip across the Pacific before then.
The San Jose show will run the same day as AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view (PPV) in Baltimore. There’s no major live competition for New Japan Showdown in Los Angeles, as Raw will be pre-taped during WWE’s tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland that week.