This is real everyone! Y2J Chris Jericho will step into a non-WWE ring to face Kenny Omega in January at NJPW Wrestle kingdom 12 at the Tokyo Dome!
Following Kenny Omega’s title defense against Trent Baretta at NJPW’s Power Struggle event this morning, a vignette came up featuring Y2J challenging Omega at the January 4 event by saying he’s the true best wrestler in the world.
NJPW’s Power Struggle will take place on November 5 live on NJPW World at 3am ET and NJPW has announced the full card for the show with the addition of Kenny Omega defending the IWGP United States Championship against Beretta. Here’s the updated card:
* David Finlay vs. Katsuya Kitamura
* The Young Bucks vs. Titan and Dragon Lee
* Juice Robinson, Tiger Mask IV, Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA, and Hirai Kawato vs. Zack Sabre Jr, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, and TAKA Michinoku
* Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Cody, Chase Owens, and Yujiro Takahashi
* SHO and YOH vs. Ryusuke Taguchi and ACH (Super Jr. Tag Tournament Final)
* Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo vs. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
* Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano (NEVER Openweight Championship Bullrope Match)
* Will Ospreay (c) vs. Marty Scurll (IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship)
* Kenny Omega (c) vs. Beretta (IWGP United States Championship)
* Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kota Ibushi (IWGP Intercontinental Championship)
Wrestle Kingdom 12 tickets are now on sale and NJPW is looking to make it easier for international fans to buy their tickets for next year’s January 4 show. The main event will be IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, who won this year’s G1 Climax tournament to receive his title shot. For more information on how to purchase tickets click here.
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According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it appears that Jim Ross will be renewing his AXS TV deal for another year to do commentary on NJPW shows. AXS wants to keep him and he wants to keep doing it, so as long as WWE doesn’t block the deal, which they haven’t had an issue with so far, he will be staying. Ross is not working any television for WWE right now, and is on a limited date deal, and due to the U.K. show not happening, which is what he was brought in for, he hasn’t worked for WWE since the Mae Young Classic.
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In an interesting twist on the situation between WWE and The Young Bucks, the brothers were contacted to do WWE 2K19 work just one day after they received their cease & desist letter from WWE following the recent “invasion” outside of a RAW TV event in California. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the company in charge of the WWE 2K franchise contacted The Bucks to ask them about doing motion capture work for next year’s video game. The game creators felt like they needed all of the signature YB moves in the game because so many people playing last year’s edition were using the Create-A-Wrestler mode to play as the brothers.
Source: WrestlingINC
Earlier today, NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling show took place.
* BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and SANADA defeated Bad Luck Fale, Leo Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi
* Hirooki Goto and Toru Yano defeated Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.
* Roppongi 3K (Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu, formerly known as The Tempura Boyz) defeated Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi (c) (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship)
* Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer (c) defeated Guerrillas of Destiny and War Machine (IWGP Tag Team Championship Elimination Match)
* Cody, Kenny Omega, and Marty Scurll defeated Beretta, Jado and YOSHI-HASHI
* Juice Robinson and Kota Ibushi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Togi Makabe
* Will Ospreay defeated KUSHIDA (c) (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship)
* Tetsuya Naito defeated Tomohiro Ishii (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights)
* Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated EVIL (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
In the latest Being the Elite, Matt and Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks sadly get rid of their “Too Sweet” merchandise after receiving an actual “cease and desist” from WWE. The video also features Marty Scurll, Cody and Brandi Rhodes.
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The Young Bucks released a “cease and desist” shirt last week with “Too Sweet” censored on the front after WWE sent them a cease & desist letter for using the “Too Sweet” branding, which WWE trademarked in 2015. Dave Meltzer noted on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that the shirt was the best selling shirt of September on Pro Wrestling Tees despite only being out for a few days.
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WWE sent a cease and desist letter to The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) this week claiming the Bucks were using intellectual property owned by the company, in specific the “too sweet” hand gesture. The letter threatend damages in the range of $150,000 per item, any profits made off the items and legal fees.
According to a report by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, any merchandise with references to the term “too sweet” that the Bucks were selling through their own website (YoungBucksMerch.com) and ProWrestlingTees.com has now been in removed in response. It should be noted that Bullet Club shirts being sold at Hot Topic stores nationwide did not have any reference or drawings in question by WWE, which have sold an estimated 100,000 t-shirts the last three months according to Nick Jackson.
WWE first registered ownership of the former “too sweet” hand gesture in 2015, something the Bucks responded to at the time. While it had a rich history in the early days of the nWo in WCW, WWE hadn’t used it for many years and it had a rebirth in New Japan Pro Wrestling with the formation of The Bullet Club during Finn Balor’s time with the promotion. The Young Bucks began marketing it in 2013. Getting into a legal battle with WWE right now over the trademarks was described in the report as being very costly.
WWE sent the letter after video was taken of The Bullet Club “invading” the RAW taping this past Monday in Ontario and put it online later that day as part of the “Being The Elite” YouTube series. The group promoted a last minute appearance at a Hot Topic store close to the arena and then gathered fans to walk over to do a remake of the DX invasion of WCW back in 1998. WWE sent the letter the following day claiming intellectual property violations over any references to “too sweet” including DVD releases, t-shirts, photos and other merchandise being sold. The video remains online that you can view below.
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Videos of Bullet Club “invading” Raw have been hitting social media all day, but now this week’s Being The Elite episode chronicling the whole thing has been released … and it’s hilarious.
The episode shows the group rolling up to Raw in Ontario today in a stretch limo and then standing on the back of it to cut promos on a megaphone to air their grievances in public.
This includes Matt Jackson exclaiming that he wants to be able to say “suck it” without getting bleeped, “Hangman” Adam Page griping about being “kidnapped” and (for some reason) Cody Rhodes reciting a monologue from the movie Independence Day.
Those who’ve been keeping up with the show also get a tease at the end in regards to the ongoing saga of the WWE Stooge.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
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