{"id":75185,"date":"2020-08-29T06:56:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T10:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=75185"},"modified":"2020-08-29T06:56:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T10:56:11","slug":"title-changes-summer-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/08\/29\/title-changes-summer-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: A Number Of Title Changes At Summer Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer Struggle promised to be a big event as New Japan Pro Wrestling went to Jingu Stadium to hold the event.\u00a0 The stacked lineup featured a number of title matches and a majority of those titles changed hands as NJPW set itself up for an exciting end to the year.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tetsuya Naito Regains IWGP Heavyweight &amp; Intercontinental Championships<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1299654313015496705<\/p>\n<p>In the main event, <strong>Tetsuya Naito\u00a0<\/strong>got retribution on <strong>EVIL\u00a0<\/strong>for turning his back on him and Los Ingobernables De Japon by once again winning the IWGP heavyweight and intercontinental championships.\u00a0 EVIL&#8217;s reign ends at just 48 days as Naito got his big moment at Jingu Stadium<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Taiji Ishimori Wins IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">[\u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\uff65\u901f\u5831] 8.29 \u795e\u5bae\u7403\u5834\u5927\u4f1a\uff1a\u3084\u3063\u305f\u305c\u77f3\u68ee\u592a\u4e8c\uff01<br \/>\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/surrp0mcS1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/surrp0mcS1<\/a><br \/>IWGP Jr.\u30d8\u30d3\u30fc\u7d1a\u738b\u5ea7\u6226 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njsst?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njsst<\/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:\/\/t.co\/tQGQouyc6m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tQGQouyc6m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u9752\u7a7a\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9NEWS (@WPW_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPW_News\/status\/1299640230169907201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bullet Club&#8217;s Taiji Ishimori became a two-time IWGP Hr. Heavyweight Champion by defeating\u00a0<strong>Hiromu Takahashi\u00a0<\/strong>in a slightly surprising result.\u00a0 Most eyes will be on Takahashi&#8217;s next move as it is rumoured we could see him make the jump to being a heavyweight to finally ascend to the top of NJPW<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Minoru Suzuki Wins NEVER Openweight Championship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1299633299002986496<\/p>\n<p>It was a bad night for some members of LIJ as\u00a0<strong>Shingo Takagi\u00a0<\/strong>lost the NEVER Openweight title to Suzuki-Gun&#8217;s Minoru Suzuki.\u00a0 Both men personify the hard-hitting style of the NEVER title.\u00a0 Suzuki surprisingly only starts his second run as NEVER Champion.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Toru Yano Is THE King Of Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We live in the ultimate timeline where Toru Yano has pinned Kazuchika Okada to become the King of Pro Wrestling. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njsst?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njsst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpwworld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpwworld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jqeh1y3xZE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/jqeh1y3xZE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleTalk_TV\/status\/1299625428789927939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Toru Yano won the trophy to become the King Of Pro Wrestling pinning <strong>Kazuchika Okada\u00a0<\/strong>in the process.\u00a0 Yano must not defend this trophy until the year end but for now we can safely say that Toru Yano is the king of pro wrestling!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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. 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