Karl Anderson has confirmed that he will not be defending his NEVER Openweight Title at the NJPW Battle Autumn event on November 5 in Osaka.
Despite being previously scheduled for that event by NJPW, it was confirmed on the October 17th edition of WWE RAW that Anderson would be teaming with Luke Gallows and AJ Styles against Finn Balor, Domink Mysterio and Damien Priest at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia which is also scheduled for November 5.
Here is what Gallows and Anderson had to say about this situation via a social media post:
“You guys announced ‘Bright Lights’ ‘The Machine Gun’ Karl Anderson for a match November 5. Guess what, we’re a little double booked because you didn’t run it through me. So, he ain’t coming. We’re not coming unless it’s on our time,” stated Gallows.
“New Japan Pro-Wrestling, I love what you’ve done for the Good Brothers through these years. I am the greatest NEVER Openweight Champion of all time. I only work when the lights are bright. November 5, we’re not coming. We’ll come on our time. The Machine Gun will tell you when I’m coming to defend my championship,” said Anderson.
ATTENTION:::::!!!!!!!
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE GREATEST #NEVEROPENWEIGHTCHAMPION ON THE FACT THAT @njpw1972 BOOKED ME WITHOUT GOING THRU MY BOOKING AGENT @the_biglg ……. SO WITH THAT SAID …..
We gotta little problem.
Signed, @wwe ‘s #theOC ‘s Karl “Bright Lights” Anderson pic.twitter.com/b5N8yIW7Xa— Karl “The Machine Gun” Anderson (@MachineGunKA) October 19, 2022
There has been no official word yet from NJPW regarding the NEVER Openweight title match for November 5.
