Voting has concluded for the stip in the first KOPW 2023 Title match, and New Japan has just announced the results on their English website: With 60.7% of just under 30,000 votes worldwide between the NJPW English and Japanese Twitter accounts, challenger Great-O-Khan’s stip won so it’s an MMA Rules match. AND per a suggestion from champion Shingo Takagi, his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship shot coming up later is on the line too. Takagi had proposed a 30 Count match, where a cumulative 30 count on pinfall attempts was required to win.
The match will happen next Sunday at THE NEW BEGINNING in Nagoya.
