The return of Jon Moxley to NJPW has been confirmed.
Moxley will face Great-O-Khan at NJPW Power Struggle in Osaka, Japan on November 4th. The bout was confirmed after Will Ospreay stated he would only battle Shota Umino at the event if Moxley went one-on-one with Great-O-Khan.
The terms that were immediately accepted by Umino and both bouts are now scheduled for the huge event in Osaka.
Updated card for NJPW Power Struggle on 4th November:
- IWGP United Kingdom Heavyweight Championship: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Shota Umino
- Great O-Khan vs. Jon Moxley
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori
- NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr, Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste
- Super Junior Tag League Finals: TBD vs. TBD
- Yota Tsuji and Tetsuya Naito vs SANADA & Yuya Uemura
When Did Jon Moxley Last Appear In NJPW?
Jon Moxley’s last appearance in NJPW came on June 4th 2023 at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall.
teamed with Claudio Castagnoli and Shota Umino in an unsuccessful effort to claim the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship from Okada, Tomohiro Ishii and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Speaking after the event, Moxley revealed his plans to return to Japan, praising the nation as somewhere that “fighting spirit is revered”:
“A couple kids, a couple trips to rehab later, here we are. Every single time I come back to Japan, I will give you you absolute best, just like Claudio will, just like Shooter will. I am so Goddamn glad to be back in Japan. This is a place where fighting spirit is revered, this is a place where fighting spirit pays off in the ring, in that magical moment where blood and sweat and will and guts and all that sh*t mixes into one.
It’s the greatest f*cking drug in the world. I love that sh*t. Fuck yeah. We’ll wrestle again. I got f*cking plans. I got a f*cking resident card now. I know Okada has been f*cking with the visa thing and trying to get our sh*t stopped up. But I got the card now. I’ll come back whenever the f*ck I want. Thank you, Japan.”
HT: Fightful for the above transcription
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