Freedom Fight will feature an undetermined number of professional wrestling matches that will involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers will be portrayed as either
villains or
heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches.
The main emphasis on this show is to inaugurate the company's title, the
Open the Freedom Gate Championship. There will be a 14-man tournament featuring four qualifying matches before leading to a final, which will be contested as a
four-way elimination match between the winners. The first qualifier announced was a
three-way match between
Mike Quackenbush,
Super Crazy, and
Cima in a match billed as a "salute" to the trainer of all three men,
Jorge Rivera. It was later announced Rivera was added to the match, making it a four-way.[1] Proceeding this was the announcement of two
singles matches being entitled, "Next Level" and "Redemption". The former will be pitting
Davey Richards against one-half of the
Open the Twin Gate ChampionsYamato.[2] The other singles match was announced on November 3 to be
Brian Kendrick versus
BxB Hulk.[3] There was also a six-way match announced with the first two competitors for the match being named as
Nick and Matt Jackson. The final four participants were announced on November 3, giving the match a theme, "Generation New", as it highlights younger wrestlers. The names announced were:
Jigsaw,
Johnny Gargano,
Lince Dorado, and
Gran Akuma.[1][3][4][5]
Following their previous two encounters at
Enter the Dragon and
Untouchable,
Dragon Kid and
Masato Yoshino have developed a rivalry to determine who is the better competitor. With Dragon Kid winning both times, a frustrated Yoshino confronted his rival at the latter show, which also drew Yoshino's
tag team partner
Naruki Doi (the two together are known as Speed Muscle) into the conflict, as well as
Shingo Takagi coming to the aid of Dragon Kid. This prompted the company to sign a tag team match featuring both parties at this show.[6]