Why Will Ospreay Attacked Bea Priestley At NJPW New Japan Cup Finals 2021
New details on Bea Priestley's NJPW future after controversial New Japan Cup angle.
The controversial angle that closed yesterday's NJPW New Japan Cup Finals show may have been booked to write Bea Priestley off ahead of her contract with the promotion expiring.
Speaking on today's episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer stated that while there's a chance this may not have been her final New Japan appearance (and she could feasibly show up at Sakura Genesis 2021 on 4 April), Bea's NJPW contract runs out soon and she won't be renewing.
This is Priestley's decision. Per Meltzer, she has opted against re-signing with the company - not the other way around.
The angle went down after Ospreay, Priestley's real-life boyfriend, defeated Shingo Takagi to win this year's New Japan Cup, earning a shot at Kota Ibushi's IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in the process. Shockingly, Ospreay then hit Priesley with a cutter, stunning the audience into silence moments later.
In his backstage promo, Ospreay asked that if he was willing to do that to Bea, who he loves, what was he going to do to Ibushi on 4 April?
Priestley has been by Ospreay side in NJPW since debuting on a G1 Climax show in October 2020. She currently wrestles for World Wonder Ring Stardom, the market-leading Joshi promotion owned and operated by NJPW's parent company, Bushiroad.