The Young Lion to miss the next two events.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling is the midst of their G1 Climax 32 tournament and has a show today and on the 27th of July at Korakuen Hall. Young Lion Kosei Fujita has been pulled from both events as a result of damages he suffered in a six-man tag on July 20th. The following was published to the official NJPW website:
Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
As a result of damage sustained in his match Wednesday in Sendai, Kosei Fujita will not be competing on the July 26 and 27 cards in Korakuen Hall as a precautionary measure.
We apologize to fans who were looking forward to seeing Fujita wrestle, and appreciate your understanding.
The following changes have been made to this week’s cards:
July 26, Korakuen
1st match
Kosei Fujita & Yuto Nakashima vs SHO & Yujiro Takahashi ->
Ryohei Oiwa & Yuto Nakashima vs SHO & Yujiro Takahashi
July 27 Korakuen
1st match
Ryohei Oiwa, Yuto Nakashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Dick Togo, SHO & EVIL->
Yuto Nakashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs SHO & EVIL
4th Match
Kosei Fujita, Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & David Finlay vs Gedo, Chase Owens, Juice Robinson & Jay White->
Ryohei Oiwa, Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & David Finlay vs Gedo, Chase Owens, Juice Robinson & Jay White
NJPW joins fans in wishing Fujita a speedy recovery and return to action.
【お知らせ】
藤田晃生選手が、試合のダメージにより大事をとって欠場。
7月26日(火)、27日(水)後楽園ホール大会のカードが一部変更へhttps://t.co/fWmvCWoAn4#njpw #G1CLIMAX32 pic.twitter.com/Wn2mVMF0zh— 新日本プロレスリング株式会社 (@njpw1972) July 26, 2022
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