New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that Eddie Kingston is dealing with an injury and is out of its Collision in Philadelphia show next weekend.
Kingston will be replaced by Orange Cassidy as the opponent for Gabriel Kidd, NJPW revealed.
Wherever and whenever. https://t.co/SXGRlq6HMm
— Orange Cassidy (@orangecassidy) April 10, 2023
Cassidy is due to defend his AEW International Championship against Buddy Matthews on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite. If he retains, the match against Kidd will be for the title.
The nature of Kingston’s injury is unknown.
NJPW Capital Collision, Saturday April 15th
- STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship: Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) (c) vs. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) vs. The Dream Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada)
- STRONG Openweight Championship: KENTA (c) vs. Eddie Edwards
- Tomohiro Ishii vs. El Desperado
- Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA
- Tomohiro Ishii vs El Desperado
- NJPW World Television Championship: Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs Tom Lawlor
- AR Fox vs. David Finlay
- Fred Rosser vs. Juice Robinson
- The DKC, Clark Connors, Lio Rush, Rocky Romero & Chuck Taylor vs. Kevin Knight, Gabriel Kidd, Mike Bailey, Volador Jr & KUSHIDA
NJPW Collision in Philadelphia, Sunday, April 16th
- AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Gabriel Kidd
- ROH Pure Rules: Tracy Williams vs. Alex Coughlin
- KENTA & Chase Owens vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
- Lio Rush, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. TJP, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis
- IWGP US Championship No.1 Contender Tournament: Lance Archer vs. Juice Robinson
- Rocky Romero & Fred Rosser vs. SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr vs. Jorel Nelson, Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor
- Volador Jr & El Desperado vs. Kevin Knight & Delirious
