This achievement goes alongside a domestic Grand Slam, with Tanahashi one of precious few to win the IWGP heavyweight, Intercontinental, Tag and NEVER Openweight Championships, as well as 3 G1 Climaxes.īushiroad’s flagship card game Cardfight!! Vanguard celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The Ace of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Hiroshi Tanahashi debuted in October 1999 and currently holds the highest record of IWGP Heavyweight titles (8 times) and has defended the title a record breaking 11 times. I won’t be hold anything back, so be prepared! Stand up, Vanguard! Therefore, with this opportunity, and the trigger of the formation of the New Japan Vanguard Club, let’s play Vanguard again! Of course, I will be looking forward to a cardfight with you! In the meantime, I will be strengthening myself… My aim is to gather fans that were once passionate about Vanguard! I believe that there are many fans that are away for various reasons, such as work, child-raising, studies, among others.

It feels like it’s fate for me to be forming this Vanguard Club! This is Hiroshi Tanahashi, “Once in a Century Masterpiece”, the Ace of New Japan Pro-Wrestling! I have been playing Vanguard since the beginning, and my love for Vanguard is not to be underestimated. As a long-standing Vanguard fan, Tanahashi aims to battle passionate players and build up Vanguard’s 'Real NEXT STAGE' by launching the “Tanahashi Cup” and calls for players to participate.Ĭomment from Team Leader Hiroshi Tanahashi Hiroshi Tanahashi, who has 10 years of experience in cardfighting, joins the “Cardfight!! New Japan Vanguard Club”. New Japan Pro Wrestling veteran Hiroshi Tanahashi announces new “Cardfight!! New Japan Vanguard Club” and the launch of the “Tanahashi Cup” The first event in a year and half since a physical audience was allowed at events, this match has a meaningful theme of “Revival”.ĬARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD overDress Presents WRESTLE GRAND SLAM in MetLife Dome 2 Series on September 4 th & 5 thĬontinuing for 7 years since the strongest Finals “G1 CLIMAX 24” in August 2014, Grand Slam returns on a larger scale than ever before.įor more information on the Wrestle Grand Slam Series The “RESURGENCE IN Los Angeles” will be held at The Torch at La Coliseum on August 14, 2021, and “WRESTLE GRAND SLAM in MetLife Dome” in Saitama, Japan on September 4 & 5, 2021.ĬARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD overDress Presents RESURGENCE IN Los Angeles on August 14 th Tokyo, Japan (July 26, 2021) – Bushiroad announces that Cardfight!! Vanguard will be sponsoring two New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) events in 2021. CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD SPONSORS TWO NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING EVENTS

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