WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay collided as part of IPW:UK’s ‘Magnificent Zeven’ event that took place last night.
This was the first time that a WWE Champion had faced an IWGP Champion in a match since Hulk Hogan faced Antonio Inoki at New Japan’s IWGP Championship League in 1983.
Both men have taken to Twitter to comment on their historic bout that has been an absolutely massive success for IPW:UK, a company that has slowly been building their credibility as one of the best the UK has to offer since being taken over by the Fight Nation owners in 2017.
Check out the WWE UK and IWGP Junior champ’s reactions below:
IWGP Jr. champion vs WWE UK champion happened tonight in Milton Keynes in a venue with a max capacity of 170 people. What a bizarre time to be a wrestling fan pic.twitter.com/mQfuUhWuqV
— Pete ‘BUTCH’ Dunne (@PeteDunneYxB) January 17, 2018
What a world we live in.#WWE #NJPW
? @beyondgorilla pic.twitter.com/p65sRZcRSk— ???? ??????? • ????????? (@WillOspreay) January 18, 2018