Shingo Takagi has issued a challenge to a member of the Death Riders for next month’s Destruction in Kobe show.
Takagi spoke backstage after Sunday’s show at Sumo Hall and challenged Claudio Castagnoli to a match. The story is that blaming a tag loss in AEW in July for throwing him off his rhythm and leading to his lowest point total ever in the G1. Takagi & Drilla Moloney lost to Claudio Castagnoli & Pac on the July 2 episode of AEW Collision in San Diego, California.
He challenged Castagnoli to come to Kobe next month and face him after finishing the G1 with a 4-5 record and eight points. Takagi’s wins included ones against Ryohei Oiwa and Konosuke Takeshita.
Destruction in Kobe takes place on September 27 with five matches already announced by New Japan.
NJPW Destruction in Kobe – Sunday, September 27:
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji © vs. Hirooki Goto
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Gabe Kidd © vs. Drilla Moloney
- NJPW World Television Championship: Konosuke Takeshita © vs. Shun Skywalker
- Callum Newman vs. Jeff Cobb
- Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita vs. Aaron Wolf, Yuya Uemura & Taichi
