{"id":47661,"date":"2017-09-09T16:14:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T21:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=47661"},"modified":"2017-09-09T16:17:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T21:17:04","slug":"update-kenny-omega-suzuki-interview-njpw-returns-910-destruction-kobe-ppv-roh-dbd-ppv-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/09\/09\/update-kenny-omega-suzuki-interview-njpw-returns-910-destruction-kobe-ppv-roh-dbd-ppv-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Kenny Omega, Suzuki interview, NJPW returns with 9\/10 &#8220;Destruction in Kobe&#8221; PPV, ROH DBD PPV update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-342061238\" 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>-PWTorch has confirmed that Kenny Omega had minor knee surgery this past week. The Wrestling Observer originally reported that Omega had arthroscopic surgery on a torn meniscus in his left knee. Omega had been working through the injury for a long period of time. He is still expected to return to defend the IWGP U.S. Championship against Juice Robinson on Sept. 24 at the &#8220;Destruction in Kobe&#8221; PPV.<\/p>\n<p>-NJPW has been offering more English language articles on their site recently. Kevin Kelly did an article previewing the landscape of NJPW heading into the &#8220;Destruction&#8221; PPVs that will air in September. You can read his article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/14403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-Minoru Suzuki also did an interview for the NJPW1972.com in English ahead of his NEVER Openweight Title defense against Michael Elgin. Suzuki didn&#8217;t seem to think very highly of Elgin when asked about snot seeing powerhouses like Elgin that often in NJPW. &#8220;Not often we\u2019? Or \u2018not often you?,&#8221; said Suzuki. &#8220;Do your goddamn homework. Elgin, to me, he\u2019s a big piece of shit. That\u2019s all he is to me.&#8221; You can read the entire interview\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.njpw1972.com\/14310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-NJPWWorld.com will air Destruction in Fukushima at 3a.m. EST on Sept. 10. The complete lineup will see the following matches:\u00a0\u00a0NEVER Openweight Title Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Michael Elgin, NEVER Openweight Six-Man Champions L.I.J. (EVIL &amp; SANADA &amp; BUSHI vs. CHAOS (IWGP Hvt. Champion Kazuchika Okada &amp; Toru Yano &amp; Rocky Romero), CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii &amp; Will Ospreay) vs. L.I.J (Tetsuya Naito &amp; Hiromu Takahashi), Juice Robinson &amp; David Finlay vs. Bullet Club (Leo Tonga &amp; Bad Luck Fale), IWGP Hvt.Tag Team Champions War Machine (Hanson &amp; Rowe) vs. Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga &amp; Tanga Loa and Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. &amp; Lance Archer), IWGP IC Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi &amp; Togi Makabe &amp; IWGP Jr. Hvt. Champion KUSHIDA &amp; IWGP Jr. Hvt. Tag Team Champions Ryusuke Taguchi &amp; Ricochet vs. Suzuki Gun (Takashi Iizuka &amp; Taka Michinoku &amp; El Desperado &amp; Yoshinobu Kanemaru &amp; Taichi), CHAOS (Baretta &amp; Jado vs. Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi &amp; Chase Owens), Tomoyuki Oka &amp; Katsuya Kitamura vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto &amp; YOSHI-HASHI), and Yuji Nagata &amp; \u00a0Hirai Kawato vs. Manabu Nakanishi &amp; Shota Umino).<\/p>\n<p>-ROH has added some matches to their Sept. 22 &#8220;Death Before Dishonor XV&#8221; PPV lineup:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Death Before Dishonor XV, Las Vegas, Nev. (Sept. 22):<\/strong> Matches announced for the show so far include ROH World Champion Cody (Rhodes) vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Minoru Suzuki, ROH World TV Champion &amp; NJPW Jr. Hvt. Champion KUSHIDA vs. Kenny King in a ROH World TV Title match, Jay White vs. Punishment Martinez in a Las Vegas Street Fight, Chuck Taylor vs. Marty Scurll, Silas Young vs. Jay Lethal in a Last Man Standing match, and ROH World Six Man Champions Bullet Club (Adam Page &amp; Matt Jackson &amp; Nick Jackson) vs. The Winner of The Kingdom vs. Bully Ray &amp; The Briscoes. The Young Bucks are also scheduled to defend the ROH World Tag Team Titles on the show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4290250509\"><div id=\"pwtor-2652126801\"><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>-PWTorch has confirmed that Kenny Omega had minor knee surgery this past week. The Wrestling Observer originally reported that Omega had arthroscopic surgery on a torn meniscus in his left knee. 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