YOH pulled from the show as a precautionary measure.
Coming up this weekend for New Japan Pro-Wrestling is their New Beginning in Sapporo events and on February 5th, YOH is challenging Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
YOH was scheduled to be part of a 10-man tag match at the Road to New Beginning event on 1/31, but was pulled as he is dealing with a fever. NJPW noted that YOH tested negative in his antigen test and was pulled as a precautionary measure.
【お知らせ】
YOH選手が発熱（抗原検査の結果は陰性）のため、大事をとって1月31日（火）秋田ふるさと村ドーム劇場大会を欠場。
対戦カードが一部変更となります。https://t.co/2I6YcTON44#njnbg #njpw pic.twitter.com/iJSmLKXSEe— 新日本プロレスリング株式会社 (@njpw1972) January 31, 2023
He was scheduled to team with Togi Makabe, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi and IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada to face Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, SANADA & BUSHI).
YOH and BUSHI were removed from the lineup and it was converted into an eight-man tag.
