{"id":835773,"date":"2018-08-07T20:52:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T00:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=835773"},"modified":"2018-08-07T20:52:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T00:52:48","slug":"tama-tonga-undergoes-disciplinary-action-from-new-japan-pro-wrestling-tfs1103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tama-tonga-undergoes-disciplinary-action-from-new-japan-pro-wrestling-tfs1103\/","title":{"rendered":"Tama Tonga Undergoes Disciplinary Action From New Japan Pro Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is no secret that since the conclusion of the G1 Special in San Francisco<\/em> that the Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa) and Bad Luck Fale have been on a destructive path.\u00a0 In addition to the trio decimating the Bullet Club that resulted in a civil war, ringleader Tonga has been extremely vocal since then, particularly on social media.\u00a0 While this new change of attitude is indeed necessary in the ring, but perhaps Tonga has went a little too far recently.<\/p>\n

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Having heated exchanges with fans and wrestlers on social media reached a boiling point at the end of July when Tonga picked a verbal exchange with WWE Superstar Roman Reigns.\u00a0 At one point, Tonga had been suspended from Twitter after those exchanges although it isn\u2019t known if that was the reason for his suspension on the social media site.<\/p>\n

Tonga has also been participating in the 2018 G1 Climax<\/em>, with notable performances followed with strong language post-matches.\u00a0 There were no signs of Tonga slowing down with his new attitude.\u00a0 After the G1 Climax Day 15 event, it was widely reported<\/a> that Tonga had went into the crowd with a chair and ended up putting his hand around the neck of a fan in attendance.\u00a0 According to Fightful<\/a>, videos surfaced of the incident, prompting New Japan Pro Wrestling to take action against the Bullet Club member.\u00a0 They issued the following statement<\/a> on their website:<\/p>\n

\u201cNJPW takes actions taken by our wrestlers seriously. In light of recent inappropriate conduct by Tama Tonga including SNS usage, the company has decided to take disciplinary actions against said wrestlers, and will issue updated guidelines to all wrestlers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n