Here is a video from AXS TV’s Inside MMA with Josh Barnett joining Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten in a preview of NJPW’s new AXS TV show. Barnett worked for NJPW in 2003 and 2004 after he left the UFC;; he will be doing commentary for the new show along with Mauro Ranallo.
The show premieres on Friday on AXS TV.
The following match listing is set for NJPW’s series on AXS TV, which premieres Friday as noted above:
January 16
• Tanahashi vs. Okada, Wrestle Kingdom 7
January 23
• Okada vs. Hirooki Goto, 2013 New Japan Cup finals
• Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Jado vs. Minoru Suzuki/Lance Archer/Taka Michinoku
January 30
• Tanahashi vs. Okada, Invasion Attack 2013
February 6
• Okada vs. Togi Makabe
• Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt
February 13
• Okada vs. Prince Devitt
• Tanahashi/Makabe/Jushin Liger/Captain New Japan vs. Karl Anderson/El Terrible/Tama Tonga/Bad Luck Fale
February 20
• Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi
• Satoshi Kojima vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Karl Anderson
February 27
• Tanahashi vs. Tesuya Naito, G1 Climax finals
March 6
• Nakamura vs. Naomichi Marifuji
• Naito vs. Yijiro Takahashi
March 13
• Okada vs. Naito, Wrestle Kingdom 8
March 20
• Nakamura vs. Tanahashi, Wrestle Kingdom 8
March 27
• Nakamura vs. Tanahashi, Invasion Attack 2014
April 3
• Okada vs. AJ Styles, Wrestling Dontaku
• Ibushi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
• The Forever Hooligans vs. The Young Bucks
April 10
• Okada vs. AJ Styles, Yokohama Arena
• Takashi Iizuka/Toru Yano vs. Suzuki/Shelton Benjamin
