Yuji Nagata to face Hirooki Goto for IWGP World title

Two-time former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata will get at least one more shot at NJPW’s top title on March 15. Hirooki Goto will defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Nagata on the Saturday, March 15 New Japan Cup event at Dolphin’s Arena in Nagoya. NJPW officially announced the match late Thursday after Nagata challenged Goto at the conclusion of Thursday’s 53rd Anniversary event. https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1897859913055191373 It has been nearly nine years since the 56-year-old Nagata has held gold in NJPW, a short run with the NEVER Openweight title in 2016. Nagata held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the precursor to today’s IWGP World Heavyweight title, on two occasions, most recently in 2007. Nagata was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2018. The March 15 New Japan Cup show will also feature four quarterfinals matches in the 2025 New Japan Cup single elimination tournament. That tournament kicks off on Friday, Marc