YOSHI-HASHI Update
According to various sources, YOSHI-HASHI’s shoulder injury from 9/23 is bad. No timetable on recovery has been made public. YOSHI-HASHI fell on his way to the ring at Destruction In Kobe. Before the injury, he’d been courted by Hiroshi Tanahashi, who was looking to start a faction. He was likely set to play a role in the upcoming CHAOS Civil War. NJPWed sends its thoughts to YOSHI-HASHI during this time of recovery.
Wrestlers Announced For LIONSBREAK 1
New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the talent for their Lion’s Break Project 1. The two shows will run November 10th & 11th, as part of the CharaExpo in Anaheim, CA. Kenny Omega, Jeff Cobb, Hirooki Goto, David Finlay, ACH, Jushin Thunder Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors & Rocky Romero. The Nov. 10th show will be headlined by Jeff Cobb vs. Hirooki Goto. The Nov. 11th show will be headlined by Kenny Omega vs. David Finlay. Full info is available HERE.
November 10th and 11th Lions' break participants are as follows:
David Finlay
Jyushin Thunder Liger
Ryusuke Taguchi
ACH
Hirooki Goto
Rock Romero
Kenny Omega
Jeff Cobb
Harold Meij (Meet and greet only)And more!#njpw #CharaExpoUSA #njbreak pic.twitter.com/fp802N2Uiq
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) October 4, 2018
King Of Pro Wrestling Card
New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the card for King of Pro Wrestling. The show is set to air at 4am EDT on 10/8 on NJPWWorld.com
King of Pro Wrestling, 10/8, 4am EDT
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) (c) vs. Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask.
- Great Bash Heel (Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe) vs. Juice Robinson & Toa Henare
- Bullet Club Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Hangman Page & Chase Owens) vs. Bullet Club OGs (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Taiji Ishimori)
- CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & Takashi Iizuka)
- CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, SHO & YOH) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI & X)
- EVIL vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: Marty Scurll vs. KUSHIDA
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship Challenge Certificate Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Kota Ibushi vs. Cody
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