Kawada returning to New Japan!

All Japan's Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada is set to make a one night return to New Japan Pro Wrestling for their "Strong Conviction in Kobe" show on 10/24/2004! This will be Kawada's first appearance in NJPW since 2001 when he All Japan to war in NJPW, narrowly becoming IWGP champion!
Kawada will be teaming with his friend and current Makai Club member Mitsuya Nagai in the President Hoshino 10,000,000 Yen Offer Tag Tournament, a one night 4 team single elimination tournament. And their first opponents will be none other the two former IWGP champions in Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Shinsuke Nakamura! The other two teams in the tournament are Masahiro Chono & Katsuyori Shibata and Kensuke Sasaki & Genichiro Tenryu.
The full card for the show:

NJPW "STRONG CONVICTION IN KOBE", 10/24/04 (Samurai! TV)
Kobe World Hall
1. 2/3 Falls: Ryusuke Taguchi, Hirooki Goto, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Taiji Ishimori vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, Jado, Gedo & Katsushi Takemura
2. Togi Makabe & Yujiro vs. El Samurai & Wataru Inoue
3. Osamu Nishimura & Tiger Mask vs. Scott Norton & James Gibson
4. Yuji Nagata & Blue Wolf vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Minoru Suzuki
5. Toru Yano vs. Super Love Machine
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. American Dragon
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Heat (c) vs. Koji Kanemoto
8. President Hoshino ¥10,000,000 Offer Tag Tournament - Semi Final: Masahiro Chono & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Kensuke Sasaki
9. President Hoshino ¥10,000,000 Offer Tag Tournament - Semi Final: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Mitsuya Nagai
10. President Hoshino ¥10,000,000 Offer Tag Tournament - Final:

James Gibson by the way is none other than former WWE Cruiserweight champion Jamie Noble! He's working under his real name since WWE hold the rights to the Noble name.

Credit: Strong Style Spirit for the info