NJPW return date announced for former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
Hirooki Goto is returning to New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Goto hasn’t wrestled since dropping the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship to Zack Sabre Jr. on a NJPW television special on June 29. The following week, NJPW announced that Goto wasn’t medically cleared due to an elbow injury and had been pulled from the G1 Climax tournament.
At today’s NJPW press conference, Goto revealed that he will return to the promotion on Monday, October 13 at King of Pro Wrestling. His match on the show has not been announced.
“‘The Revolution is not over!” Goto said at today’s press conference.
NJPW Upcoming Schedule
Up next for NJPW is tomorrow’s Destruction in Kobe event.
NJPW Destruction in Kobe (Sunday, September 28) —
- IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Ren Narita
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Gabe Kidd defends against Shingo Takagi
- Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi defends against Taiji Ishimori
- IWGP Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi defend against OSKAR & Yuto-Ice
- NEVER Openweight Champion Oleg Boltin defends against Don Fale
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Great-O-Khan
- El Desperado, YOH, Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura & YOSHI-HASHI vs. DOUKI, SHO, EVIL, SANADA & Dick Togo
Konosuke Takeshita, winner of the 2025 G1 Climax, will challenge the winner of Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ren Narita for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at King of Pro Wrestling.
