A planned New Japan STRONG Openweight Championship match tonight in US independent promotion DEFY Wrestling is now off. Current champion Eddie Kingston has announced on Instagram that he is no longer working independent events and dates outside of AEW, Ring Of Honor and New Japan until further notice due to a lower back injury. He was to have defenses the title against Rocky Romero. DEFY announced on social media they didn’t find out until Kingston’s Instagram post. Not a good look for the new double champ after Wednesday’s high spot moment on AEW Dynamite in New York City.
More as it becomes available.
