Zack Sabre Jr To Defend NJPW World TV Title Against Satoshi Kojima At 9/9 NJPW Road To Destruction

Changes made to September 9 NJPW Road to Destruction.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Satoshi Kojima will challenge Zack Sabre Jr for the NJPW World TV Title at the September 9 NJPW Road to Destruction event.

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ZSJ issued the challenge after defeating Ryohei Oiwa on September 8.

From NJPW:

On September 8, a scheduled NJPW World TV Championship match for Boltin Oleg was called off as Boltin was suffering from a 39 degree fever as a result of an infection in his left wrist. The Boltin will once again be absent from competition on September 9 in Korakuen Hall. We apologise to fans looking forward to seeing Boltin wrestle, and appreciate your understanding.

Further, after Zack Sabre Jr defended his NJPW World TV Championship against Ryohei Oiwa Friday night, he issued a challenge to Satoshi Kojima for the title tonight in Korakuen. Kojima has accepted and this match will take place instead of the originally planned singles bout for Kojima against Oskar Leube. The changes to tonight’s card are as follows:

Match 1

Oskar Leube vs Satoshi Kojima–>

Match 5, NJPW World TV Championship

Zack Sabre Jr. vs Satoshi Kojima

Match 4

Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Zack Sabre Jr.–>

Match 3

Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs Bad Dude Tito, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls

Fightful will have results from NJPW Road to Destruction following its conclusion on September 9.

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