NOAH’s Kazuyuki Fujita vacates GHC Heavyweight Championship
Kazuyuki Fujita has vacated the GHC Heavyweight Championship.
He had been scheduled to defend the title on the second night of NOAH’s Majestic 2022 on Saturday, April 30 against Go Shiozaki. At a press conference on Wednesday, it was revealed that Fujita has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been removed from the show.
Shiozaki will compete for the vacated title on Saturday. Kaito Kiyomiya issued a challenge to Shiozaki to be his opponent but the match has yet to be made official.
#BREAKING The @noah_ghc Heavyweight Championship has been vacated as champion Fujita is unable to defend his title on Saturday after a positive PCR test. #noah_ghc #wrestleUNIVERSE pic.twitter.com/vwtPfF8RJ1
— Pro Wrestling NOAH Global (@noahglobal) April 27, 2022
Fujita won the title by defeating Katsuhiko Nakajima at NOAH Gain Control on February 23. He would later successfully defend the championship against Masato Tanaka at NOAH Great Voyage In Fukuoka 2022 on March 21.
The updated lineup for NOAH’s Majestic 2022 night two event on Saturday, April 30 is as follows:
- Go Shiozaki vs. TBD for the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship
- Takashi Sugiura & Hideki Suzuki defend the GHC Tag Team Championships against Kenoh & Katsuhiko Nakajima
- Naomichi Marufuji & TBA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura
- Daisuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge, YO-HEY, & Junta Miyawaki vs. Dragon Bain, Alpha Wolf, Extreme Tiger, & Ninja Mack
- Masakatsu Funaki defends the GHC National Championship vs. Simon Gotch
- Masa Kitamiya vs. Michael Elgin
- Masato Tanaka & Daiki Inaba vs. Rene Dupree & Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr
- Kazushi Sakuraba & Kendo Kashin vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii
- NOSAWA, Lita, Texano Jr., Kotaro Suzuki vs. HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa, Chris Ridgeway, Seiki Yoshioka, & Yuya Susumu
- King Tani, Muhammad Yone, Akitoshi Saito vs. Manabu Soya, Tadasuke, & Hajime Ohara
- SLEX & Kawei Fujimura vs. Kinya Okada & Yasutaka Yano