{"id":47984,"date":"2019-06-06T15:55:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T19:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=47984"},"modified":"2019-06-08T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T13:39:08","slug":"minoru-suzuki-chris-jericho-jon-moxley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/06\/06\/minoru-suzuki-chris-jericho-jon-moxley\/","title":{"rendered":"Minoru Suzuki Calls out Jon Moxley and Chris Jericho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s one of the most feared and respected grapplers from Japan of the past 30 years. <strong>Minoru Suzuki<\/strong>, the icy cold killer and leader of NJPW&#8217;s <strong>Suzuki-gun<\/strong> stable, has declared his intention to fight both <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/06\/05\/andnew-jon-moxley-wins-iwgp-united-states-championship-in-first-non-wwe-match-since-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">newly crowned IWGP United States Champion<\/a> <strong>Jon Moxley<\/strong>, in a tweet he sent out on Thursday, seemingly in response to Jericho running his mouth about his big match at <em><strong>Dominion<\/strong><\/em> against IWGP Heavyweight Champion <strong>Kazuchika Okada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ja\">\u8a00\u3044\u305f\u3044\u3053\u3068\u306f\u8a00\u3046\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3059\u308b\u3002\u3002\u3002\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30fb\u30b8\u30a7\u30ea\u30b3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAmJericho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@IAmJericho<\/a> \u3001\u30b8\u30e7\u30f3\u30fb\u30e2\u30af\u30b9\u30ea\u30fc\u3068\u30b1\u30f3\u30ab\u3057\u305f\u3044\u3002\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u3057\u305f\u3044\u3002\u4e16\u754c\u4e2d\u304c\u4e16\u754c\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u304c\u3053\u308c\u3092\u898b\u305f\u304c\u3063\u3066\u308b\u3002\u4e16\u754c\u304c\u5f85\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002\u3088\u304f\u805e\u3051\uff01\u30aa\u30ec\u304c\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u9234\u6728\u307f\u306e\u308b\u3060\uff01<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u9234\u6728\u307f\u306e\u308b (@suzuki_D_minoru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suzuki_D_minoru\/status\/1136612188460789761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Say what you want to say&#8230;@IamJericho,&#8221; he said in his tweet. &#8220;I want to fight Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley. I want to wrestle them. The world&#8217;s professional wrestling fans want to see this. The world is waiting. Listen carefully. Suzuki is Japan.&#8221; When NJPW failed to respond to his challenges, he returned to Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u305a\u308c\u305f\u7b54\u3048\u51fa\u3059\u306a\u3088&#8230;\u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\uff01\u4e16\u754c\u306e\u58f0\u3092\u805e\u3044\u3066\u307f\u308d\uff01<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u9234\u6728\u307f\u306e\u308b (@suzuki_D_minoru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suzuki_D_minoru\/status\/1136621259653910530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t give me an answer&#8230;New Japan Pro Wrestling!&#8221; he proclaimed. &#8220;Listen to the voice of the world!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Minoru Suzuki, at 50 years old, is only a couple of years older than Chris Jericho, now 48. Suzuki made his pro wrestling debut in 1988, trained out of the New Japan Dojo, while Jericho was trained by the Hart Family in 1990. While a young Lionheart was working New Japan in the early 1990s, Suzuki was working for one of his mentors, <strong>Yoshiaki Fujiwara<\/strong>, in <strong>Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF)<\/strong> and then <strong>Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi<\/strong>, before leaving to found Pancrase in 1993.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47994\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/06\/tumblr_p23mfhrdCk1rg89a6o1_1280-e1559850914133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"365\"><\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s quite possible NJPW ends up holding both these potential fights on their own cards, Jon Moxley could always meet Suzuki on US soil. <strong>Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)<\/strong>, a hardcore promotion that many fans have hoped to see Moxley appear with, recently announced that <em><strong>Josh Barnett&#8217;s Bloodsport 2<\/strong><\/em>, a follow-up to the shoot fighting tournament that was held this past <strong>WrestleMania<\/strong> week, will take place Saturday, September 14 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Suzuki has been a part of both the last <em>Bloodsport<\/em>, as well as the inaugural one hosted by <strong>Matt Riddle<\/strong> last year. A full throttle battle between Moxley and Minoru at <em>Josh Barnett&#8217;s Bloodsport 2<\/em> could be the perfect venue for such a monstrous dream match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">* Reminder *<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshLBarnett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JoshLBarnett<\/a>&#39;s Bloodsport 2 go on sale THIS FRIDAY at Noon!<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see fight on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bloodsport2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bloodsport2<\/a>? <\/p>\n<p>GCW presents<br \/>Josh Barnett&#39;s Bloodsport 2<br \/>Saturday, Sept 14 &#8211; 8pm<br \/>The Showboat &#8211; Atlantic City, NJ<\/p>\n<p>This event will stream LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fitetv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FiteTV<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xa1BGmUDKT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Xa1BGmUDKT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GameChangerWrestling (@GCWrestling_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCWrestling_\/status\/1136459749074100224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jon Moxley has definitely become a targeted opponent since his departure from the WWE, as IMPACT&#8217;s Killer Kross <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/06\/06\/killer-kross-is-hunting-jon-moxley-he-was-better-off-staying-in-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced he was hunting the former Lunatic Fringe<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s one of the most feared and respected grapplers from Japan of the past 30 years. 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