Hiromu Takahashi is your new IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion.
The Time Bomb defeated Bullet Club’s Taiji Ishimori at this morning’s WrestleKingdom 15 (night two) to begin his third-reign with the Junior title, marking the second year in a row he’s won it back at NJPW’s biggest show of the year.
Highlights from “WRESTLE KINGDOM 15 in TOKYO DOME Night 2” (Jan 5th)
Watch NOW▶︎https://t.co/CcdQ1XrpWACould Hiromu Takahashi keep the momentum from last night?
Or will Taiji Ishimori finish off Takahashi and continue to rule the junior division?✔ #wk15day2 #njpwworld pic.twitter.com/yoUfRytLUx
— njpwworld (@njpwworld) January 5, 2021
【Thank you!】#njwk15#wk15day2#TickingTimeBomb#もっともっともっともっともっともっともっと pic.twitter.com/n776wnXP1a
— 高橋ヒロム / Hiromu Takahashi (@TIMEBOMB1105) January 5, 2021
Takahashi earned this opportunity by winning this year’s BOSJ tournament, then besting the Super J-Cup winner (El Phantasmo) on night one of WrestleKingdom 15.