All-Japan has announced a big unexpected Royal Road Tournament shake-up today: Naoya Nomura, who reached the Semifinals this weekend, is now out of the tournament. Coronavirus. He was to have faced Jake Lee in the Semifinals. It was decided that Takao Omori, who lost to Naoya Nomura in the Quarterfinals, will be the replacement and now advances to face Lee in the Semifinals. Omori was to have been in a 6-man tag and will now be replaced by Ryo Inoue, who will subsequently be replaced in another 6-man tag by Rocky Kawamura 2.
Saturday’s event will be streamed live on AJPW.TV and can be watched in the US on the service tomorrow at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.