Shota Umino To Team With BCC To Challenge NEVER 6-Man Champs

Earlier this month, it was announced that Jon Moxley, a former IWGP United States Champion, will make his long-awaited return to Japan as he participates in NJPW's Dominion event on Sunday, June 4. While the details surrounding Moxley's return were previously unconfirmed, Moxley is now scheduled to challenge for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships alongside his Blackpool Combat Club stablemate Claudio Castagnoli and NJPW's Shota Umino.

Following his victory in an eight-man tag match at the Best of the Super Juniors finals, Umino quickly pivoted his focus to NJPW Dominion. As such, Umino grabbed a microphone to announce that on June 4, he'd be teaming up with the two BCC members to take on the reigning titleholders Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships.

Dominion will mark Moxley's first trip to Japan since February 2020 when he defended IWGP United States Championship against Minoru Suzuki at The New Beginning In Osaka. Last week, Moxley teamed with Umino and another BCC member, Wheeler Yuta, to defeat CHAOS (Ishii, Okada & Rocky Romero) at NJPW Resurgence in Long Beach, California. For Castagnoli, next weekend will serve as his official NJPW debut.

Castognoli and Moxley's venture to Japan comes just three weeks before AEW and NJPW partner up to host their second annual Forbidden Door pay-per-view on June 25. Last year, Castagnoli made his official AEW debut as he defeated Zack Sabre Jr. at the inaugural event. Meanwhile, Moxley defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to become the Interim AEW World Champion later that night.