https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/362171[New Japan] EVIL declares he will take over the main event at the Dome on January 4th, calling the rivalry between Zack and Takeshita "second-place or worse."
>This is an extremely unreasonable statement from EVIL, the leader of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's House of Torture (H.O.T.). EVIL, who will challenge NEVER Openweight Champion Voltin Oleg (32) at the Ryogoku Kokugikan event on the 13th, justifies the theft of the belt. He has also put himself forward as the main eventer for the Tokyo Dome event on January 4th next year. What is the reasoning behind this selfish claim?>EVIL announced his challenge immediately after H.O.T.'s Don Fale was defeated by Volchin at the Kobe event on September 28th. At the Hiratsuka event on the 4th, which was the opening match of the new series, he suddenly committed a brutal act of stealing the belt from NEVER.>On a late afternoon with autumn just around the corner, the reporter's smartphone rang loudly, displaying the four sinister letters "EVIL"... One would think he would speak about his enthusiasm for the championship match, but instead he criticized the champion with an absurd excuse: "I'm just pissed off at that bastard Voltin who had the nerve to stand up to Fale, so I'm just punishing him. He does such cowardly things every time...I can't forgive him." Regarding the stolen belt, he brazenly said, "It just so happened that he had it, but since it ended up in my hands, I guess this belt is the pinnacle of New Japan right now," and continued his egocentric assertion.>Needless to say, the highest title in the organization is the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, and at the Ryogoku tournament, current champion Zack Sabre Jr. will face off against G1 Climax winner KONOSUKE TAKESHITA in a showdown. 