Blackwood and Kingston off the show.
One day before New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s ‘Autumn Action’ show in Las Vegas, Nevada, two performers have been pulled from the card. Eddie Kingston is missing the show due to testing positive for COVID-19 and New Japan noted on their official website that Kevin Blackwood is off the show due to personal reasons.
The following changes have been made to the respective matches that Blackwood and Kingston were scheduled to be in:
Eddie Kingston, Homicide & Wheeler Yuta vs. Jay White, Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows -> Homicide & Wheeler Yuta vs. Jay White & Karl Anderson
Kevin Blackwood vs Ariya Daivari -> Kevin Knight vs. Ariya Daivari
Che Caberera vs Kevin Knight -> Che Cabrera vs. Doc Gallows
Eddie Kingston and Kevin Blackwood will miss #njpwSTRONG tapings in Las Vegas Sunday.
Blackwood is absent due to personal reasons. Kingston has tested positive for COVID.
Details, card change:https://t.co/zz8tSMtuuE pic.twitter.com/QbBaQXzMia
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) September 11, 2022
Kingston noted that he is going to get tested again to see if he’ll be good to go for TV. Coming up for AEW on September 21st is their return to Arthur Ashe Stadium for Dynamite Grand Slam.