NJPW announces two changes to Declaration of Power card
KUSHIDA’s continued recovery from Hand, foot, and mouth disease has forced two changes to Monday’s NJPW Declaration of Power lineup.
Originally scheduled to face KUSHIDA, Taiji Ishimori will now take on Master Wato in a singles match. Although Ishimori holds the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, the match was always planned to be a non-title bout, an is still a non-title bout.
Wato had been set for eight-man tag action on the show, but that match has now been changed to a six-man, with Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hikuleo, and Ryusuke Taguchi facing House of Torture’s EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, and SHO.
The new lineup for Monday’s event:
NJPW Declaration of Power, Monday, October 10, 4 a.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Jay White (c) vs. Tama Tonga
- Kazuchika Okada vs. JONAH
- Provisional KOPW 2022 Who’s Your Daddy match: Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo
- Taiji Ishimori vs. Master Wato
- Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Will Ospreay, Aaron Henare, TJP & Francesco Akira
- Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. The Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hikuleo & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi vs. Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito
- David Finlay, Robbie Eagles & Ren Narita vs. El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI