Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey has been made official for the IMPACT x NJPW Multiverse United show.
As a result of his right shoulder injury sustained during New Japan Cup, Will Ospreay will not be competing at Multiverse United.
In his place, Hiroshi Tanahashi will face Mike Bailey! https://t.co/jti1hpq4NV#NJPWxIMPACT pic.twitter.com/KMT1rVfNlN
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 22, 2023
Mike Bailey was originally scheduled to face Will Ospreay at Multiverse United on March 30th but Ospreay had suffered a shoulder injury during his New Japan Cup 2023 match with Mark Davis. The injury will prevent Ospreay from participating at Multiverse United.
After the conclusion of the New Japan Cup 2023, Tanahashi had offered to take Ospreay’s spot against Mike Bailey during a press conference and the new match was made official a short time afterwards.
Here is the updated card for IMPACT X NJPW Multiverse United:
The updated card is as follows:
- Impact World Title Match Kushida vs. Josh Alexander (c)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Bailey
- Fatal 4 Way for the Impact World Knockouts Title: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw vs. Miyu Yamashita vs. Mickie James (c)
- Impact X-Division Title Six-Way Scramble: Kevin Knight vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Rocky Romero vs. Rich Swann vs. Clark Connors vs. Trey Miguel (c)
- Fatal 4 Way for the Impact World Tag Team Titles: Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis) vs. NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin) vs. TMDK (Shane Haste, Bad Dude Tito) vs. The Bullet Club (Ace Austin, Chris Bey) (c)
- Jeff Cobb vs. Moose
- NJPW Strong Openweight Champion KENTA vs. NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion Minoru Suzuki
- PCO, Fred Rosser, Sami Callihan and Alex Coughlin vs. Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Eddie Edwards and Impact Digital Media Champion Joe Hendry
