{"id":32439,"date":"2016-09-26T10:50:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=32439"},"modified":"2016-09-26T12:43:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T17:43:29","slug":"inside-matt-sydals-passport-trouble-keeping-off-njpw-show-including-will-affect-wrestlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/26\/inside-matt-sydals-passport-trouble-keeping-off-njpw-show-including-will-affect-wrestlers\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Matt Sydal&#8217;s &#8220;passport trouble&#8221; keeping him off NJPW show, including how it will affect other wrestlers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-306111586\" 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>By Sean Radican and James Caldwell, PWTorch Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matt Sydal, who is under contract to New Japan Pro Wrestling, curiously missed last week&#8217;s big &#8220;Destruction&#8221; shows.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Sydal was removed from his position as NEVER Openweight Six-man Tag Champion and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/25\/925-new-japan-destruction-results-elgin-defends-ic-title-vs-naito-new-six-man-tag-champs-bullet-club-gets-new-member\/\">replaced by David Finlay on Sunday&#8217;s show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/findevan\" target=\"_blank\">Sydal said on Twitter<\/a> that he had &#8220;passport trouble&#8221; trying to get to Japan to make the tour. It points to a larger issue that many wrestlers are facing.<\/p>\n<p>According to wrestlers, the country of Japan is looking to clean up the work visa process, which is making it more difficult to renew or obtain visas.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sydal, he was stuck at the LAX airport in Los Angeles on September 20\/21 and slept overnight trying to make it to Japan. He ended up in Hawaii after his passport issues.<\/p>\n<p>Four days later on Sunday night, Sydal said that he&#8217;s staying in Hawaii and going off the grid &#8220;until this sorts out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With New Japan booking Ring of Honor, U.S., and international wrestlers on a regular basis, the company is looking to make sure everyone&#8217;s visa situation is in proper order to avoid situations like Sydal being unable to make a big tour.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-180573345\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/findevan\/status\/780190057265192961<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/findevan\/status\/780191231137624064<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/findevan\/status\/778575121028042753<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1346152242\"><div id=\"pwtor-965158569\"><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>By Sean Radican and James Caldwell, PWTorch Staff Matt Sydal, who is under contract to New Japan Pro Wrestling, curiously missed last week&#8217;s big &#8220;Destruction&#8221; shows. As a result, Sydal was removed from his position <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/26\/inside-matt-sydals-passport-trouble-keeping-off-njpw-show-including-will-affect-wrestlers\/\" title=\"Inside Matt Sydal&#8217;s &#8220;passport trouble&#8221; keeping him off NJPW show, including how it will affect other wrestlers\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15971,"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":[6],"tags":[368,87,404],"class_list":["post-32439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_japan","tag-matt-sydal","tag-new-japan","tag-njpw"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ROHNJPW.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32439","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32442,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32439\/revisions\/32442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}