On the April 24 “AEW Dynamite,” Moxley successfully defended the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. He defeated Powerhouse Hobbs in the show’s main event, before calling out his next opponent, Ren Narita, by calling him a dead man. If Moxley gets past Narita at NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku event on May 4, he will travel back to the United States to defend the title against his protégé Shota Umino, a man who has been by his side in Japan since his very first match in NJPW.

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