New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that Ryusuke Taguchi will be replacing David Finlay in the upcoming New Japan Cup. As we reported recently Finlay is out of the tournament due to injury. The New Japan star is suffering from a shoulder injury.
New Japan sent out the following press release confirming the injury: “David Finlay injured his left shoulder on 23rd February during his match in Korakuen Hall. As a result, he will not participate in the New Japan Cup tournament as originally planned. The date of his return is as yet undecided.”
NJPW confirmed the following in a recent press release. “With this change, Ryusuke Taguchi will be competing in the first round of the New Japan Cup on 10th March in Hyogo prefecture, where he will face Hiroyoshi Tenzan.”
The New Japan Cup begins on Friday March 9th from the world famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The 32 man tournament will be dominating the New Japan cards throughout March and the winner will be taking on Jay White at the G1 Supercard event on WrestleMania weekend in New York City. The current favourites to win the entire tournament are Kazuchika Okada, Kota Ibushi, Tetsuya Naito and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Ryusuke Taguchi is taking the place of David Finlay in the New Japan Cup!
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— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 4, 2019
