Aussie Open has been forced to relinquish their titles.
At NJPW Resurgence on May 21, Kyle Fletcher came to the ring and highlighted Aussie Open's successful run in recent months. He noted that wrestling such a tough schedule can take a toll, and he revealed that Davis is currently injured. Fletcher announced that he and Davis will be unable to compete at NJPW Dominion, where they were scheduled to defend the titles against Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) and House Of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi).
Fletcher then announced that both titles will be on the line at NJPW Dominion in the bout between Bishamon and House of Torture.
Aussie Open has vacated the IWGP and NJPW Strong tag-team titles at #njresurgence, as Kyle Fletcher announces Bishamon vs. House of Torture will decide their successors.#njpw @NJPWofAmerica pic.twitter.com/KHwcc1AmRs
— Monthly Puroresu (@MonthlyPuroresu) May 22, 2023
BREAKING
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) May 22, 2023
Due to an injury for Mark Davis, Aussie Open has vacated both the NJPW STRONG and IWGP Tag Team Championships.
Dominion will see both titles decided on June 4. #njdominion #njpwSTRONG #njresurgence pic.twitter.com/rEWvkZFaeL
Davis has not wrestled since NJPW Wrestling Dontaku on May 3, where Aussie Open teamed up with Great-O-Khan to defeat MDK (Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste). It's unclear how long he will be out of action.
Aussie Open won the IWGP Tag Team Championship by defeating Bishamon at NJPW Sakura Genesis. They captured the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship by defeating the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) and Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi at NJPW Capital Collision.
Fightful will provide more information as it becomes available, and we will have coverage of NJPW Dominion as it airs on June 4.
Catch up on our coverage of NJPW Resurgence here.
