The match has been made official.
The current NEVER Openweight Champion Hirooki Goto has been trying for weeks to get "The Golden Star" Kota Ibushi to accept his challenge for a shot at the NEVER Openweight Championship. Ibushi continuously denied the opportunity because he felt that Goto needed to prove himself or show how much the championship is worth.
Ibushi denied, denied and denied until day two of World Tag League when the two finished a six-man tag team match. Goto got on the microphone and asked Ibushi one more time to face him for the belt and Ibushi declined the offer again. Goto then stated that he has given up on trying to fight Kota and for some reason those words led Ibushi to accepting the challenge and agreeing to face Goto for the NEVER Openweight Title.
散々却下してきて安易な罠にかかった。
— 飯伏 幸太 (@ibushi_kota) November 18, 2018
騙された。
策に嵌められた。
全ては後藤さんの手のひらで転がっていたかもしれない。という罠かも知れないですよ、後藤さん。気をつけて。
never戦決まったのなら出来る限り早くやりたいと思います。
ちょっと…まぁまぁ…かなりすごい楽しみしかない！！！
NEVERは自由だ。全ては俺の手のひらの上・・・
— 後藤 洋央紀 Goto hirooki (@510njpw) November 18, 2018
It was officially announced over the NJPW Twitter page that on December 9th which is the final day of World Tag League, Kota Ibushi and Hirooki Goto will square off with the NEVER Openweight Championship hanging in the balance.
【12月9日（日）岩手大会・追加カード決定！】
— 新日本プロレスリング株式会社 (@njpw1972) November 19, 2018
後藤洋央紀vs飯伏幸太の“NEVER無差別級選手権”がついに実現！https://t.co/3gSCJLiEMp#njwtl #njpw pic.twitter.com/0ATDWf7OH7
To stay up to date on the World Tag League standings, check out Fightful's published on the topic.
