NJPW News: Hype Videos For Next Week’s Okada vs. Tanahashi Title Match, Kota Ibushi Doesn’t Have Time For Bullet Club Drama

– At next week’s MJPW Wrestling Dontaku (Night 2) event on May 4, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi. Okada tied Tanahashi’s record 11 title defenses and a win over the challenger will give him the record here are two hype videos for the match…

– Kota Ibushi recently spoke with Tokyo Sports (translation by Chris Charlton) about being caught in the middle of the Bullet Club drama, which he’s not a fan of…

https://t.co/x4esZmhU2m Ibushi ‘I don’t know why the Bullet Club members have to fight each other. I want it to end. It doesn’t interest me at all, I just don’t want to be caught up in it anymore’ #njdontaku

— chris charlton (@reasonjp) April 26, 2018

Ibushi ‘I don’t want to bring backstage drama into the ring. I want to wrestle in the ring, and have the stories develop and amaze people there and there alone’

— chris charlton (@reasonjp) April 26, 2018

Ibushi ‘Even as I tag (in G☆L) I want to make a mark, show results on my own. I liked my match with Cody (at WK). I like him as a wrestler; to just have a normal match, I’m looking forward to it. Win or lose, I want this to be the end of all this, put it behind us and move on.’

— chris charlton (@reasonjp) April 26, 2018