Several current and previous personalities of the WWE, including Tama Tonga, Bayley and Finn Balor, recently used social networks to react to the heartbreaking publication of a SmackDown star about the death of the Japanese legend Kuniaki Kobayashi. The star referred to is Karl Anderson.
Kuniaki Kobayashi was one of the big names that the quadrilateral has never stepped on in Japan. He began his career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in 1973, where he became the IWGP Junior heavyweight champion. According to reports, the legend fought against various types of cancer throughout his life and, unfortunately, died of pancreatic cancer on September 9, 2024, at the age of 68.
SmackDown's superstar, Karl Anderson, Recently he resorted to Instagram to pay tribute to Kuniaki Kobayashi. Anderson revealed that the legend helped him a lot during his time at NJPW. He also shared a sincere story about his encounter with Kobayashi during the recent WWE tour in Japan.
Several current and previous personalities of the WWE reacted with an I like the heartbreaking of Karl Anderson's publication, including Tama Tonga, Finn Balor, Jinder Mahal, Otis, R-Truth, Mia Yim, Ludwig Kaiser, Shinsuke Nakamura, Ivar, Natalya, Matt Cardona, Samoa Joe, Samoa Joe, Tonga Law.
Meanwhile, Adam Pearce and Bayley left comments in the publication. Both stars reacted with heart emojis.
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Karl Anderson and Finn Balor were partners before joining the wwe
Finn Balor and Karl Anderson have become popular in WWE in recent years. The duo has also fought with each other on multiple occasions in the headquarters in Stamford.
However, before joining WWE, Finn Balor and Karl Anderson were teammates during their stage in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The stars were part of the famous Stable Bullet Club, along with Bad Luck Fale and the current member of Bloodline, Tama Tonga.
It will be interesting to see if Balor, Anderson and Tonga will form a team again in the future.
