{"id":16111,"date":"2016-04-10T06:18:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T11:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=16111"},"modified":"2016-04-11T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T21:49:31","slug":"410-njpw-invasion-attack-news-four-big-title-changes-two-title-matches-new-title-matches-set-bullet-club-ricochet-ospreay-debuts-sanada-g1-climax-tour-dates-roh-announcers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/10\/410-njpw-invasion-attack-news-four-big-title-changes-two-title-matches-new-title-matches-set-bullet-club-ricochet-ospreay-debuts-sanada-g1-climax-tour-dates-roh-announcers\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/10 NJPW Invasion Attack News &#8211; four big title changes, two other title matches, new title matches set up, Bullet Club, Ricochet, Ospreay debuts, Sanada, G1 Climax tour dates, ROH announcers, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1397414349\" 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><strong>New Japan PPV News &amp; Notes 4\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; New Japan hit a big reset button with the &#8220;Invasion Attack&#8221; PPV Sunday in Tokyo, booking four big title changes.<\/p>\n<p>Included was <strong>Naito<\/strong> capturing the IWGP World Hvt. 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