8/5 New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS tripleheader featuring AJ Styles, Kazuchika Okada, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson, Shinsuke Nakamura, and more

Tonight’s New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS television shows feature the following matches.

-Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight Championship.

-Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, and Bad Luck Fale vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, Toru Yano, and Shinsuke Nakamura.

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-Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito for the right to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

-Kenny Omega vs. Matt Sydal for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

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-Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

Powell’s POV: The first show of the three-hour premiere episodes block airs at 8CT/9ET. There is also a rerun of a show the leads up to the new episodes, and a replay of the three new episodes begins at 11:00 pm. AXS is available on Ch. 340 on DirecTV and Ch. 167 on Dish Network, and on some cable systems.