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NJPW celebrates their 50th anniversary tonight with a special event at the Nippon Budokan. 

The main event will see Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and 68-year-old Tatsumi Fujinami team against Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., and 72-year-old Yoshiaki Fujiwara in a generational clash. 

In the semi-main, IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI will square off against IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato. 

Shiro Koshinaka will return to NJPW for the first time since 2016, teaming with Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe, and Tomoaki Honma against LIJ's Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, and BUSHI. Norio Honaga will serve as the guest referee. 

Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Yuto Nakashima, and Kosei Fujita will face The United Empire's Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, and Aaron Henare. 

STRONGHEARTS will be in action, as CIMA, T-Hawk, and El Lindaman face El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and DOUKI. 

Minoru Tanaka returns to NJPW for the first time since 2012 in the second match of the night, teaming with Taichi and TAKA Michinoku against Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori, and El Phantasmo. 

In the opener, YOH, Tiger Mask, and Ryohei Oiwa face Bullet Club's House of Torture, EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, and SHO. 

A parade of legends has also been announced for the show. 

Our live coverage begins at 3 a.m. Eastern time. 

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This article first appeared on F4WOnline.com and was syndicated with permission.

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