A new bout has been added to the Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow at WrestleCon. 

NJPW's Tomohiro Ishii will face Timothy Thatcher on the Thursday, March 31 event at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas as part of WrestleMania weekend's festivities. The show will air live on FITE TV at 9 p.m. Central time. 

Ishii will also be in action the following day at NJPW Strong Lonestar Shootout, facing Chris Dickinson on that card. 

Thatcher is coming off a WWE NXT run that began when he signed in February 2020. He debuted on NXT TV in April 2020, with his last match in the company airing in August 2021. News of Thatcher's WWE release broke on January 5, 2022.

Here is the updated card for the SuperShow: 

  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Biff Busick
  • The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) vs. The Rottweilers (Low Ki & Homicide)
  • Bandido vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey
  • Tomohiro Ishii vs. Timothy Thatcher
  • Atsushi Onita, Jonathan Gresham, The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), Michael Oku, Black Taurus, and PCO set for action

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