{"id":48266,"date":"2019-06-09T05:30:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T09:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=48266"},"modified":"2019-06-09T09:37:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T13:37:45","slug":"kenta-joins-njpw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/06\/09\/kenta-joins-njpw\/","title":{"rendered":"KENTA (FKA Hideo Itami) Joins NJPW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Japan Pro Wrestling&#8217;s Dominion show has already been a newsworthy event as\u00a0<strong>Shingo Takagi\u00a0<\/strong>declared himself for the\u00a0<strong>G1 Climax <\/strong>after defeating\u00a0a heavyweight in an upset and titles have changed hands.\u00a0 The latest piece of news involves the debut for former WWE\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Pro Wrestling NOAH\u00a0<\/strong>star KENTA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katsuyori Shibata\u00a0<\/strong>made his way to the ring to introduce a new star which ended up being KENTA who is making his first televised appearance since leaving the WWE recently.\u00a0 It was then announced that KENTA would be entering the famed G1 Climax.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">The Wrestler, Shibata has introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KENTAG2S?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KENTAG2S<\/a>!! KENTA has announced he will be in the G1!! Stay tuned to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tj7UBJ4PjP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tj7UBJ4PjP<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>\u67f4\u7530\u52dd\u983c\u3068\u3082\u5171\u306b\u30d2\u30c7\u30aa\u30fb\u30a4\u30bf\u30df\u3053\u3068KENTA\u304c\u767b\u5834\uff01G1 CLIMAX \u53c2\u6226\u3092\u30a2\u30d4\u30fc\u30eb\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJPWWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NJPWWorld<\/a>  \u767b\u9332\uff06\u8996\u8074\u25b6\ufe0e<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tj7UBJ4PjP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tj7UBJ4PjP<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njdominon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njdominon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/g129?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#g129<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rf0RNbNhUX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/rf0RNbNhUX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwworld\/status\/1137659464272580608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>KENTA only wrestled one time in an NJPW ring staying loyal to Pro Wrestling NOAH until he joined the WWE where he would have an uninspiring run in both NXT and 205 Live as injuries and toning down his style prevented him from being the big star many hoped.\u00a0 The former GHC Heavyweight Champion, three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, three-time GHC Junior heavyweight tag team champion and GHC Heavyweight tag team champion has now made the jump to the biggest and hottest company in Japan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey World.<\/p>\n<p>I AM HERE.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJPW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NJPW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KENTA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#KENTA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RVXqyckOHO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RVXqyckOHO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KENTA aka Lil\u2019K (@KENTAG2S) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KENTAG2S\/status\/1137679185105702918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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.\u00a0 Make sure to watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/njpwworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJPW Dominion on NJPW World<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Japan Pro Wrestling&#8217;s Dominion show has already been a newsworthy event as\u00a0Shingo Takagi\u00a0declared himself for the\u00a0G1 Climax after defeating\u00a0a heavyweight in an upset and titles have changed hands.\u00a0 The latest piece of news involves the debut for former WWE\u00a0and\u00a0Pro Wrestling NOAH\u00a0star KENTA. 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