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Will Ospreay, Tatsumi Fujinami off NJPW Wrestling Dontaku due to COVID-19

Posted: Apr 28th 2022 By: Bryan Rose

Will Ospreay and Tatsumi Fujinami are both off this weekend’s NJPW Wrestling Dontaku event due to COVID-19.

The company confirmed this morning that as a result of PCR testing, both are off the card that will take place May 1 at the Fukuoka Dome. As a result, a mystery opponent will replace Fujinami in the opening tag match, and Tomohiro Ishii will now challenge Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP United States Championship.

“As a result of PCR testing, it has been determined that Tatsumi Fujinami and Will Ospreay are both positive for COVID-19, and will not be able to wrestle on Sunday May 1 at Wrestling Dontaku," NJPW wrote on their website. "New Japan Pro-Wrestling deeply apologizes to fans who were looking forward to seeing Fujinami and Ospreay wrestle. We appreciate your understanding, and join fans in wishing a speedy recovery and return.”

Here is the updated lineup for Wrestling Dontaku:

Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight title
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii for the vacant IWGP United States title
El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title
EVIL vs. Tama Tonga for the NEVER Openweight title
Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb vs. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens for the IWGP Tag Team titles
Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and DOUKI for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles
Hiromu Takahashi vs. YOH
Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, and ? vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., and Taka Michinoku