Top Pro Wrestling NOAH Star to Appear at WWE SummerSlam After AJ Styles Match

AJ Styles recently took on Pro Wrestling NOAH legend Naomichi Marufuji on a PPV, continuing WWE’s recent trend of cross-promoting with outside promotions like AJPW, NOAH and TNA. Now, his opponent is coming across the Pacific for more interaction between the two companies.

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Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced that former GHC Heavyweight Champion Marufuji will be providing Japanese commentary for ABEMA’s PPV broadcast of WWE SummerSlam on August 3. Technically, the time difference means that Marufuji will be providing commentary on August 4, as the event kicks off at 8am in Japan.

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The news comes not only on the heels of Styles’ Budokan victory over Marufuji, but also the news that WWE will send “NXT” prospects Josh Briggs and Tavon Heights to NOAH’s N-1 Victory tournament in August. The round-robin tournament, similar to NJPW’s G1 Climax tournament, will run from August 4 to September 1.

WWE has been working with more companies as of late, with numerous TNA Wrestling talents appearing on “WWE NXT”, including Joe Hendry, who has become a central figure in recent weeks, as well as TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace, who not only competed in the Women’s Royal Rumble, but also challenged NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez at NXT Battleground. “NXT” faction The No Quarter Catch Crew competed at TNA Slammiversary this weekend, falling to The Rascalz’ Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz and former NXT North American Champion Wes Lee. No Quarter Catch Crew’s Charlie Dempsey even challenged for AJPW’s Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship just after New Year’s, falling to then-champion Katsuhiko Nakajima.