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New Japan has just announced a pending change to their major Monday event at Ryogoku Kokugikan-once again KUSHIDA is out. Still recovering from hand, foot and mouth disease and will not be cleared. He was to have faced IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori in a NON-TITLE match. Card changes TBA before the event.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: The changes have been announced. Ishimori will now face Master Wato in a NON-TITLE match and, because Wato was scheduled to be in the 3rd match, which was an 8-man tag, that match is now Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hikuleo & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Sho, Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL. Dick Togo is now off.

As of this moment New Japan has announced tomorrow’s event in Kumamoto is on despite concerns about weather (another potential typhoon/hurricane), however KUSHIDA is off. Suspected unspecified skin disease discovered during coronavirus testing after a fever that kept him off the weekend’s planned events. Out indefinitely. He was to have teamed with Jado, Toru Yano, Tama Tonga & Hiroshi Tanahashi to face Gedo, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Taiji Ishimori & Jay White. Gedo is now also off as a result.

More as it becomes available.