WWE Celebrity AJ Kinds is headed again to Japan for a primary time ever match up.
The previous IWGP Heavyweight Champion will face Professional Wrestling NOAH’s Naomichi Marufuji at their DESTINATION 2024 pay-per-view on Saturday, July thirteenth at Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
Following the announcement Kinds despatched this message to his opponent stating he wasn’t returning to Japan to lose.
That is WWE Celebrity AJ Kinds and I’m right here to announce that might be coming to Japan to face Japanese legend Marufuji on the Budukon for the NOAH occasion on July thirteenth. Marufuji I do know method an excessive amount of than I ought to about you and the way proficient you’re. You’ve been doing this for a very long time and your resume speaks for itself. However I’m not coming to Japan to lose, lets tear the home down on July thirteenth.
🚨 #BREAKING A MAJOR announcement from NOAH & WWE！🚨
A particular match between “The Genius of the Ark” @noah_marufuji_ & “THE PHENOMENAL ONE” AJ Kinds is urgently scheduled!!
📢 order #ABEMA presents #DESTINATION2024 within the beneath tweet@WWEpic.twitter.com/Jcrg0sWfuM
— Professional Wrestling NOAH World (@noahglobal) June 16, 2024
The stunning announcement comes after experiences that the 2 promotions have been seeking to strengthen their working relationship. The businesses have labored collectively beforehand when Shinsuke Nakamura appeared for NOAH at The New 12 months 2023 PPV to face The Nice Muta.
Earlier than signing for WWE, Kinds had a vastly profitable run in NJPW. He grew to become the chief of the Bullet Membership and captured the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on two events.
One other WWE Celebrity is heading to Japan
Former Girls’s Champion IYO SKY will make a stunning return to Japan to compete at Marigold’s upcoming Summer time Future present on July thirteenth.
This bombshell announcement was delivered by way of video display throughout Marigold’s newest occasion, leaving Utami Hayashishita, her opponent, visibly emotional. Hayashishita, a former World of STARDOM Champion alongside SKY, has all the time craved this dream match, a dream virtually denied on account of SKY’s transfer abroad.
Offering a follow-up assertion to the announcement on social media, Sky described the encounter as a dream match and would solely occur as soon as:
As a WWE Celebrity, I’ll enter the ring at #マリーゴールド July thirteenth at Ryogoku Kokugikan This might be a “dream match” for ladies’s wrestling followers not solely in Japan however all around the world. This premium struggle won’t ever occur once more… please look ahead to it. [Translated via Google]
