WWE UK champion Pete Dunne vs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion Will Ospreay
has been announced for the Wednesday 1/17 IPW UK event in Milton Keynes.
Ospreay, who captured the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt at the 1/4 New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 12 show, noted on Twitter that, to the best of his knowledge, it was the first-ever in ring meeting of current WWE and IWGP singles champions:
Believe it or not, that's not actually the case. Then-WWF champion Hulk Hogan faced then-IWGP champion The Great Muta at the 5/3/93 Wrestling Dontaku event in Fukuoka, Japan with Hogan scoring the pinfall. Obviously, neither title was on the line.
Ospreay later noted on social media that when that match took place, neither he nor Dunne had been born yet. The champion vs. champion match has a nice hook to it for sure.
For more on IPW UK, click here.
Ospreay, who captured the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt at the 1/4 New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 12 show, noted on Twitter that, to the best of his knowledge, it was the first-ever in ring meeting of current WWE and IWGP singles champions:
Have no idea if this has ever happened.— ????????? (@WillOspreay) January 8, 2018
But for my knowledge, this will be the the first time a WWE champion & a IWGP Champion will be in the same ring at the same time. pic.twitter.com/A6KVSaLySg
Believe it or not, that's not actually the case. Then-WWF champion Hulk Hogan faced then-IWGP champion The Great Muta at the 5/3/93 Wrestling Dontaku event in Fukuoka, Japan with Hogan scoring the pinfall. Obviously, neither title was on the line.
Ospreay later noted on social media that when that match took place, neither he nor Dunne had been born yet. The champion vs. champion match has a nice hook to it for sure.
For more on IPW UK, click here.
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