{"id":123935,"date":"2021-07-28T21:04:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T02:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=123935"},"modified":"2021-07-28T21:04:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T02:04:05","slug":"hiroshi-tanahashi-set-to-challenge-for-the-iwgp-us-championship-appears-via-video-on-dynamite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/28\/hiroshi-tanahashi-set-to-challenge-for-the-iwgp-us-championship-appears-via-video-on-dynamite\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiroshi Tanahashi set to challenge for the IWGP US Championship, appears via video on Dynamite"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-900560079\" 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>The IWGP US Champion has a legendary challenger waiting in the wings.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/28\/7-28-aew-dynamite-tv-results-kellers-detailed-report-and-analysis-of-ftr-vs-santana-ortiz-jericho-vs-gage-christian-luchasaurus-jungle-boy-vs-hardy-family-office\/\">this week&#8217;s episode of AEW Dynamite<\/a>, Hiroshi Tanahashi declared he would be challenging the winner of Lance Archer vs. Hikuleo and wanted the title on the line. Tanahashi appeared in a pre-recorded video package and said he wanted the US championship because it&#8217;s one title that he hasn&#8217;t held before. Archer won the match to retain the title.<\/p>\n<p>Tanahashi is a New Japan Pro Wrestling legend. Recently, he lost to Shingo Takagi at Wrestle Grand Slam from the Tokyo Dome with the Takagi&#8217;s IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on the line. Tanahashi is a multi-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and has also held the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, Tag Team Championship, and Never Openweight Championship.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/26\/7-25-njpw-wrestle-grand-slam-at-tokyo-dome-report-radicans-report-on-cobb-vs-okada-l-i-j-vs-tekkers-takagi-vs-tanahashi\/\">7\/25 NJPW WRESTLE GRAND SLAM AT TOKYO DOME REPORT \u2013 Radican\u2019s report on Cobb vs. Okada, L.I.J. vs. Tekkers, Takagi vs. Tanahashi<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-497394264\"><div id=\"pwtor-509255634\"><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>The IWGP US Champion has a legendary challenger waiting in the wings. On this week&#8217;s episode of AEW Dynamite, Hiroshi Tanahashi declared he would be challenging the winner of Lance Archer vs. Hikuleo and wanted <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/28\/hiroshi-tanahashi-set-to-challenge-for-the-iwgp-us-championship-appears-via-video-on-dynamite\/\" title=\"Hiroshi Tanahashi set to challenge for the IWGP US Championship, appears via video on Dynamite\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":44473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6163,2,6],"tags":[6121,6120,4016],"class_list":["post-123935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew-news","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_japan","tag-aew","tag-all-elite-wrestling","tag-hiroshi-tanahashi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/07\/GunnBilly_TanahashiTedLondon3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123937,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123935\/revisions\/123937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}