Kazuchika Okada is returning to New York City.
The industry icon will team with Eddie Kingston on Friday night against the Bullet Club’s Jay White and Juice Robinson. It is the headline match for New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Rumble on 44th Street at the Palladium in Times Square and marks Okada’s first appearance in New York since 2019.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve made it rain in NYC,” Okada says through a translator. “It is not often that I team with someone who isn’t a contracted NJPW wrestler, but I know Eddie loves Japanese wrestling.