Below are a couple of top NJPW news stories of the day, involving Matt Riddle and Jon Moxley.
• Matt Riddle recently signed with Major League Wrestling, but he’s not going to be exclusive to them, because the former WWE United States Champion is coming to New Japan Pro Wrestling as well.
At today’s NJPW New Year Dash, a vignette from Riddle aired, where he challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NJPW Television Championship.
You can watch it below:
Matt Riddle(@SuperKingofBros) has issued a huge challenge to Hiroshi Tanahashi at New Year Dash!
Watch Free⏩https://t.co/CeQLGjTmZ5#njdash #NJPW #njpwworld pic.twitter.com/4yGL2ePDhe
— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) January 5, 2024
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• At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18, AEW star Jon Moxley failed to win the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match against David Finlay and Will Ospreay.
Finlay picked up the win and became the inaugural champion, and then went on to have a brawl with the debuting Dolph Ziggler aka Nic Nemeth.
During the post-show press conference, Moxley took a shot at New Japan Pro Wrestling having a lot of Titles.
Here’s what the former WWE Champion said:
“I’ve got to explain why I just came up short in an opportunity for the Global Championship. Is that what this one’s called? There’s like 32 f**king championships.”
You can watch it below:
#JonMoxley doesn't remember what belt he was fighting for. Dropping F-bombs too. pic.twitter.com/GyuIsSIx40
— Niccolò Machiavelli (@PNMachiavelli) January 4, 2024
