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New Japan Pro Wrestling's "G1 Special In USA" Will Be Broadcast Live On AXS TV July 1
New Japan Pro Wrestling will be holding its first show in the United States this Summer in Long Beach, CA. The two night G1 Special In USA will take place at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center on Saturday, July 1 and Sunday, July 2. Tickets sold out for the event right away, which means NJPW's first foray into the States is already a success, and we'll probably see more. But one of the questions NJPW fans have been wondering about is whether the show would air live on AXS TV, the cable television network that airs tapes NJPW matches every Friday Night along with live MMA fights. Well, we have our answer: AXS will air the first night's event live, with Jim Ross and Josh Barnett doing live commentary, and there's a trailer to prove it: