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NJPW has revealed its plan to crown new IWGP Tag Team Champions. Great-O-Khan & HENARE were scheduled to defend the titles against The Young Bucks at Wrestle Dynasty, but the belts have officially been declared vacant after HENARE sustained a knee injury. Now, it will be O-Khan and a partner of his choosing facing The Young Bucks at the January 5 event to determine new champions. The injury to HENARE happened near the end of World Tag League. He and O-Khan were still in contention to win B Block at the time but had to withdraw from the tournament. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi went on to win World Tag League. While the winners usually get an IWGP Tag Team title shot, Naito & Hiromu are not sure if they’ll ever challenge for the titles. Wrestle Dynasty is set to include talent from NJPW, AEW, Stardom, CMLL, and ROH. It will be the first time The Young Bucks have wrestled in Japan since 2019. NJPW has also confirmed that the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Global Heavyweight Champio

This article first appeared on F4WOnline.com and was syndicated with permission.

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