That instance made Goto lean into his faith.
Coming up for New Japan Pro-Wrestling is their Dominion event. Headlining that show will be Hirooki Goto defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Shingo Takagi.
Going into the event, NJPW1972.com rolled out an interview with Goto. As the conversation was ongoing, he opened up about his religious beliefs.
Goto was asked what led him to his faith and he shared that there was an instance when he was possessed and had to have an exorcism performed.
“Well, I was actually possessed by a spirit and I had an exorcism… It was back when, before I debuted, I'd injured my shoulder and I left NJPW for a while. Then through connections with a friend of mine in Nagoya, I had this purification done. That's when I started believing.”
As of this writing, here is the updated match card for Dominion on June 15th:
* IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi
* IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Gabe Kidd
* Dog Collar Chain Deathmatch: David Finlay vs. EVIL
* NEVER Openweight Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Oleg Boltin
* IWGP Tag Team Championships: United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman) (c) def. Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi
* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: YOH & Master Wato (c) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuya Uemura
* El Phantasmo & Shota Umino vs. T.M.D.K. (Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa)
* BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (SANADA, Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & TBA)
* Kickoff Show: Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato vs. Daiki Nagai & Masatora Yasuda
