Next month, Jon Moxley will wrestle on Japanese soil for the first time since 2020.
Moxley is returning to Japan as part of the card for NJPW Dominion. His match for the show has yet to be confirmed, but it appears that NJPW
is building to Moxley challenging for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team titles.
Moxley
told Sports Illustrated that returning to Japan is something that he's "really stoked" about. He's worked for NJPW in the United States since 2020, but it's not the same thing to him as wrestling in Japan.
“I’m really stoked about going back to Japan,” Moxley said. “Now I don’t have to worry about going back and forth between New Japan and AEW. The working relationship is really good, and that makes it easy for me. I still work for New Japan Strong in the U.S., but it’s not the same as being over there in Japan. It’s been so long. I need it. There are still a lot of big matchups. I’m really excited about it.”
Moxley will be in action at NJPW Resurgence in California this Sunday, teaming with Wheeler Yuta & Shota Umino against Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Rocky Romero.
Okada, Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi are the current NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions.
Moxley and Okada have never faced each other before, but Okada believes that Moxley's charisma is "incredible."
“Moxley is a wrestler with great charisma,” Okada told Sports Illustrated. “I can’t really speak to how good he is until I wrestle him, but I can definitely say that Moxley’s charisma is incredible. So yes, I’m very excited for Long Beach.”
Tanahashi is facing Will Ospreay in a singles match at Resurgence. The winner will advance to Dominion to face Lance Archer in the finals of NJPW's IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship tournament. The wrestler who wins that match will be next in line for a shot at Kenny Omega's title.
Dominion is being held in Osaka on Sunday, June 4.
