Aussie Open Relinquish NJPW Tag Team Gold Due To Mark Davis Injury

Some unfortunate news was revealed during Sunday night's NJPW Resurgence event — Aussie Open will be relinquishing both the IWGP and Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships due to Mark Davis being injured.

During Resurgence, Kyle Fletcher came out to the ring and announced the news, noting that he and Davis could not defend the IWGP Tag Team Championship at Dominion in June. Fletcher and Davis were originally going to defend the titles against EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI). The match will now be, EVIL and Takahashi versus Goto and YOSHI-HASHI with both the IWGP and Strong Openweight Tag Titles on the line.

Before tonight's news, Aussie Open had held the IWGP Tag Team Titles since defeating Bishamon on April 8 during NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023. It was their first reign as the champions. Fletcher and Davis were in their second reign as the Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions, which started after they defeated the then-champions Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) and Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada in a three-way match at NJPW Capital Collision 2023 on April 15. Fletcher and Davis are part of Will Ospreay's stable, United Empire, and have been since back in September 2021.

Resurgence is taking place in Long Beach, California at the Walter Pyramid. The show also includes a tournament to crown the first NJPW Strong Women's Champion and an IWGP United States #1 Contender's Tournament match between Ospreay and Tanahashi. Ongoing live coverage of Resurgence is available here.