Jushin Thunder Liger Retires, Chris Jericho Aiding Australia Fire Relief Efforts | Fight-Size Update
Here’s your fight-size update for the morning of January 6, 2020:
– Jushin Thunder Liger had his retirement ceremony to kick off New Year Dash today. Surrounded by several members of the NJPW roster, Liger took one last selfie before leaving the ring.
Yes, Okada asked Liger for a selfie with the Chaos boys during the retirement ceremony #njdash pic.twitter.com/j2PDHfGRsJ
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) January 6, 2020
– Chris Jericho is auctioning off the t-shirt that he wore at Wrestle Kingdom 14 to help aid in the relief efforts for the massive wildfires in Australia. You can bid on the auction here, with the highest bid being AU $2,175.00 as of 8:00 a.m. ET.
– Below is WWE’s top 10 video on superstars getting hit with cake.
– IWGP United States champion Jon Moxley made one last appearance at NJPW at New Year Dash before going back to the United States, brawling with Minoru Suzuki. You can check out full results of New Year Dash here.
– Tessa Blanchard and Sami Callihan trade barbs after they won IMPACT Wrestling’s Match of the Year award.
– Two more locations for future episodes of AEW Dynamite are set to be announced today.
– Between the two nights of Wrestle Kingdom and New Year Dash, Kevin Kelly revealed that NJPW drew a total attendance number of 74,149 between the three shows.
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