Just 5 Guys lost a member of their group when Yoshinobu Kanemaru joined the House of Torture faction.
However, it seems that Just 5 Guys will once again be back up to just five members as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA has announced that a fifth member will join the team at NJPW Destruction in Ryogoku on October 9.
The group currently includes SANADA, Taka Minchinoku, Taichi, and DOUKI.
SANADA has revealed that the Just 5 Guys name will remain, as they're introducing a new member at Destruction in Ryogoku on October 9th! pic.twitter.com/jxnMiLrgBH
— Ciarán (@CiaranRH93) October 1, 2023
Following Saturday’s NJPW Road to Destruction event, Lio Rush got on the mic to praise the promotion and called Japan his new home “by choice.” He said,
“As of right now, I don’t have a home. Right now, I’m currently in Japan. I’m currently in Tokyo because I sacrificed everything back at home, for this. I left it all in the past. When you want something bad in life, when you feel it deep in your soul, deep in your heart, deep in the pit of your gut, you have to go after it. You have to chase it, hunt it down, you better believe I’m going to hunt. 2016, I met this man [Kazuchika Okada] right here and I said, ‘One day, I will become the man in Japan.’ I know that isn’t done alone, and that’s why I have him. This is why I have CHAOS and I have family. It can’t be done alone. From this point forward, you’re looking at the man of Japan.”
“I currently don’t have a home. I stand corrected, Japan is my new home. Not by force, but by choice. I left everything. I left it all. Two suitcases, a couple of plane tickets because my family will be joining me. I will continue to fight. I believe in myself more than anybody will ever believe in me, even Okada. As much respect as I have for him and CHAOS, I believe in me. That’s why I’m here. To do something that’s never been done before. To step through the doors of New Japan and the gates of the Rising Sun and capture something that I’ve been dreaming about for a very long time. I want it all. I’ve done it all, seen it all, except one thing, the IWGP Junior Title.”
