NJPW G-1 Climax 2005 Teilnehmer/Bloecke/Lineups

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I promised on Thursday that I would post more details regarding the New Japan cancellation of Josh Barnett in the G-1 tournament. Here is the story.

Josh Barnett had been told to prepare for the G-1 tournament in advance. He trained for the tournament. He suffered a staph infection and recovered. His training went well for the most part. He was excited to appear for the tournament. His shoulder injury healed up very well and therapy sessions produced good results.

Josh Barnett, since being under contract to New Japan, has had a history of not being called or told directly by management about decisions regarding his career. Last year, I broke the story about a news conference last August in which PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara floated Barnett's name for fighting in PRIDE in October 2004. Nobody called Josh Barnett to tell him that he was going to work in PRIDE. He found that out from this web page.

On Thursday, news came of Josh Barnett being cancelled by New Japan in the G-1 tournament and replaced by Toshiaki Kawada. The reason given for Barnett's cancellation was his shoulder injury.

The truth is that Josh Barnett's shoulder injury is healed up. The truth is that Josh Barnett was scheduled to go to Japan and was told be be ready to go to Japan. He was supposed to get travel itinerary, the proper paperwork, and a plane ticket. He didn't receive anything from New Japan management this week.

Josh Barnett found out about Toshiaki Kawada taking his place from Japanese fighter Akira Shoji. Shoji thought that Kawada being in Block A would mean that Barnett would be able to face him. Josh realized what was going on. He later listened to a voicemail message that I had left him, telling him of New Japan's cancellation and Kawada replacing him.

To this moment, Josh Barnett has not received one word from New Japan management regarding the G-1 cancellation or his future status with the company. He found out about the news like everyone else does reading the Internet.

An official statement from Barnett is expected to be released in the next day or two. Barnett will make his future intentions very clear and is considering immediate plans for his future. Once the statement is issued, we will link or post it on the web page. I will also make sure that it is addressed to the Japanese press in Japanese (language). More details regarding the situation between New Japan and Josh Barnett will be made public later today on this web site with our new PPH 54 radio show, including words from Josh Barnett himself. However, his appearance will be coming with a unique twist

Sollte das stimmen, waere das spaetestens jetzt der Moment wo Josh Barnett NJPW verlassen sollte wenn er so verarscht wird.