{"id":95802,"date":"2021-07-10T09:40:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T13:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=95802"},"modified":"2021-07-10T09:40:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T13:40:31","slug":"robbie-eagles-returns-to-njpw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/07\/10\/robbie-eagles-returns-to-njpw\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Eagles Returns to NJPW &#038; Challenges El Desperado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/07\/09\/njpw-summer-struggle-in-sapporo-2021\/\" target=\"_self\">Summer Struggle<\/a> event in Sapporo El Desperado defended his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship in the main event against\u00a0<strong>Taiji Ishimori.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Desperado won the match, making his second successful defense of the title.\u00a0 After the match, Robbie Eagles appeared via video and staked his claim as the next challenger for the championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30ed\u30d3\u30fc\u30fb\u30a4\u30fc\u30b0\u30eb\u30b9\u304b\u3089\u30e1\u30c3\u30bb\u30fc\u30b8\u304c\u5230\u7740\uff01<br \/>\u300c\u6b21\u306eIWGP\u30b8\u30e5\u30cb\u30a2\u30d8\u30d3\u30fc\u7d1a\u738b\u5ea7\u306e\u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u30e3\u30fc\u306f\u4ffa\u3060\uff01\u300d<\/p>\n<p>YouTube\u3067\u6311\u6226\u8868\u660e\u306e\u52d5\u753b\u3092\u7dca\u6025\u516c\u958b\uff01<br \/>\u21d2<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cuk6nRR7yz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/cuk6nRR7yz<\/a><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:\/\/twitter.com\/RobbieEagles_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RobbieEagles_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5UWgc3AEdt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/5UWgc3AEdt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e (@njpw1972) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpw1972\/status\/1413842563295973376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This video and challenge means we will see Robbie Eagles return to New Japan Pro Wrestling for the first time since December 2020 when he competed in the Best Of the Super Junior, finishing with a respectable 8 points.<\/p>\n<p>Since his last NJPW appearance Eagles has been keeping himself busy in Australia competing all over the country in a number of major matches.\u00a0 Now he is set to return to the big stage with NJPW to help revitalize the Jr. Heavyweight division which has been suffering in recent times due to injuries and COVID-19.\u00a0 With Eagles in the mix we could see him add to both the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship title picture and the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship title picture, both of which are in need of fresh bodies at the moment.\u00a0 Will Eagles be the first of a number of talent brought in to help the division?\u00a0 Well, that remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured image<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ls6_DByfTDVKQ88ojVyq2g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ie\/detail\/1286239933\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ls6_DByfTDVKQ88ojVyq2g',sig:'54SXkyWYoNCiOuqokETYzRG19pom8_aqtscs2fzzHYk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1286239933',caption: true ,tld:'ie',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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