Latest Japan Pro Wrestling will likely be bidding farewell to certainly one of their longest standing foreign talents in the approaching days, a talent that has been heavily linked with a move to WWE over the past few weeks.
The corporate officially confirmed via their website that they’ve come to terms with the departure of Jeff Cobb, who has reportedly been listed on WWE’s internal roster for a while following months of great interest. NJPW have apologized to their fans for the sudden nature of the news, and the changes to the schedule that they’ve needed to make, before wishing him the very best of luck in whatever he chooses to do next.
Cobb had just won the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships with Callum Newman as a part of the United Empire on the Sakura Genesis event on April 5, defeating Tetsuya Naito and Hiromu Takahashi of Los Ingobrenables de Japon. Now that Cobb is leaving the corporate, the titles have officially been vacated, but Newman will get a likelihood to get his title back as he’ll now team up with Great-O-Khan to tackle Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI) in a match to find out the brand new champions on the Wrestling Redzone in Hiroshima event on April 26.
Newman wasn’t done there as he told NJPW officials that he not only wants to guide the United Empire in a brand new direction, but he desires to do it because the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. He may get his wish at Wrestling Dontaku on May 4 as he face Goto for the title within the show’s essential event. As for Cobb, he’ll wrestle NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi on April 19 at Korakuen Hall on the primary night of the “Road to Wrestling Dontaku” tour in what will likely be his final match for the corporate.
