{"id":119633,"date":"2021-05-20T11:25:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=119633"},"modified":"2021-05-20T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:25:37","slug":"will-ospreay-injured-iwgp-world-heavyweight-championship-vacated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/05\/20\/will-ospreay-injured-iwgp-world-heavyweight-championship-vacated\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ospreay injured, IWGP World Heavyweight Championship vacated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3604438485\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Will Ospreay sustained a neck injury, and the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship has been vacated as a result. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/96992\">New Japan Pro Wrestling released a statement on their website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1395326516418859008\">Twitter account<\/a> this morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Ospreay sustains neck injury; to vacate IWGP World Heavyweight Championship<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u3RAwkbyzV\">https:\/\/t.co\/u3RAwkbyzV<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UlWMVstp4z\">pic.twitter.com\/UlWMVstp4z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1395326516418859008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ospreay was injured during his May 4th title defense against Shingo Takagi as part of night two of <em>Wrestling Dontaku.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The statement on their website concluded with, &#8220;Further announcements on the status of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship will be made at a later date.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/05\/17\/new-japan-pro-wrestling-announces-date-for-return-to-live-shows\/\">New Japan Pro Wrestling announces date for return to live shows<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1347624011\"><div id=\"pwtor-747117721\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Will Ospreay sustained a neck injury, and the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship has been vacated as a result. 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