{"id":130781,"date":"2022-01-07T10:45:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/recovery\/?p=130781"},"modified":"2022-01-07T10:45:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:45:22","slug":"njpw-star-pulled-from-wrestle-kingdom-16-night-three-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/01\/07\/njpw-star-pulled-from-wrestle-kingdom-16-night-three-event\/","title":{"rendered":"NJPW star pulled from Wrestle Kingdom 16 night three event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1867492059\" 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>Kenta has been removed from Wrestle Kingdom 16 night three.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After his Wrestle Kingdom match, KENTA sustained a dislocated left hip, broken nose, tendon damage in his finger and severe lacerations. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, he can not compete January 8.<\/p>\n<p>Details, card change: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tXUuQdekl6\">https:\/\/t.co\/tXUuQdekl6<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/prowrestlingpower?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#prowrestlingpower<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ctel9fxjP5\">pic.twitter.com\/ctel9fxjP5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1479313661856718848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/113199\">New Japan announced<\/a> on Thursday that because of injuries sustained during his match with Hiroshi Tanahashi at this year&#8217;s Wrestle Kingdom night 2, he would not be wrestling in the New Japan vs. NOAH matches on night three. The company said that Kenta suffered a dislocated hip, broken nose, tendon damage in his finger, and severe lacerations in the match. Tanahashi defeated Kenta for the IWGP United States Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Kenta was set to team with Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba on the show. They will now have a mystery partner.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/12\/28\/njpw-announces-dates-for-50th-anniversary-show-and-njpw-cup\/\">NJPW announces dates for 50th Anniversary Show and NJPW Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-94511745\"><div id=\"pwtor-3412881297\"><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>Kenta has been removed from Wrestle Kingdom 16 night three. After his Wrestle Kingdom match, KENTA sustained a dislocated left hip, broken nose, tendon damage in his finger and severe lacerations. As a result, he <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/01\/07\/njpw-star-pulled-from-wrestle-kingdom-16-night-three-event\/\" title=\"NJPW star pulled from Wrestle Kingdom 16 night three event\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1228,"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":[2,6],"tags":[5479,2149,404],"class_list":["post-130781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_japan","tag-kenta","tag-new-japan-pro-wrestling","tag-njpw"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/NJPWdark_3x2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130781","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=130781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130782,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130781\/revisions\/130782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}