NJPW has confirmed the rule set for Shingo Takagi's next KOPW Championship defense.
Takagi will defend the provisional KOPW 2023 title against Taichi in a Takagi Style Triad match at Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni this Saturday (April 29). There are five possible ways to score falls in the match. The first wrestler to win by three of those ways will be the victor:
In the Takagi Style Triad Match, champion and challenger have their choice of five ways to win- pinfall, submission, stoppage, knockout and countout. The winner of the match must claim three of the five to claim KOPW gold.
While the rules for KOPW title matches are traditionally decided by fan vote, Taichi didn't propose a rule set for this match. Taichi said that, because he's lost to Takagi three times, he didn't deserve to choose the rules. He instead allowed Takagi to pick the stipulation for the match.
Takagi won the KOPW 2022 Championship from Taichi last April and held the title until the end of the year. Takagi won the 2023 version of the championship at New Year Dash this January.
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Wrestling Satsuma no Kuni is taking place in Kagoshima and will air live on NJPW World. Here's the full card for the show:
Provisional KOPW 2023 Champion Shingo Takagi defends against Taichi in a Takagi Style Triad matchIWGP Tag Team Champions Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) defend against TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls)Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. SANADA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKITama Tonga, Hikuleo, Master Wato & Jado vs. David Finlay, KENTA, Taiji Ishimori & GedoKazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Ren Narita & Yuto NakashimaZack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-KhanTomoaki Honma, KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight vs. Aaron Henare, TJP & Francesco AkiraShota Umino & Oskar Leube vs. EVIL & Yujiro TakahashiHirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg