Chris Jericho Lost Some Of His Hair While Wrestling In Japan Last Week

Tetsuya Naito beat Chris Jericho at New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 13 at the Tokyo Dome on Friday to become IWGP Intercontinental Champion for the third time.

With the win, Naito has the second-most IWGP Intercontinental Championship reigns in NJPW history, behind Shinsuke Nakamura’s five.

The match was brutal as Jericho sustained a few welts due to cane shots from Naito. Jericho showed off the welts on Instagram.

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#WrestlingIsFake…??? @njpw1972 #JerichoVsNaito2 #WrestleKingdom13

A post shared by Chris Jericho (@chrisjerichofozzy) on Jan 4, 2019 at 5:29am PST

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Found another one! #NaitoHitAHomeRunOnMyRibs #wrestlekingdom13 @njpw1972

A post shared by Chris Jericho (@chrisjerichofozzy) on Jan 5, 2019 at 6:35pm PST

Jericho also lost a patch of his hair during the match. It apparently happened when Jericho took a piledriver outside of the ring because his hair got caught on the ramp when he turned to take the move.

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Lost a whole patch of hair at #WrestleKingdom13… #nevertakingapiledriverontherampagain #ithoughtthiswasawork #IGotScalped #OUCH

A post shared by Chris Jericho (@chrisjerichofozzy) on Jan 5, 2019 at 5:45pm PST

Here are more photos of Jericho from the show.

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Ready for #JerichoVsNaito2… #WrestleKingdom13 (jacket by @katelomaxart & tights by @kyllacustomrockwear)

A post shared by Chris Jericho (@chrisjerichofozzy) on Jan 4, 2019 at 1:37am PST

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#WrestleKingdom13 was amazing! Congrats to everyone for an awesome show. Check it out NOW on @njpwworld_official & @fitetv! Now im gonna spend the next 15 minutes trying to get out of bed… @njpw1972 #JerichoVsNaito2 (thx to @lockon27 for the great pix!)

A post shared by Chris Jericho (@chrisjerichofozzy) on Jan 4, 2019 at 3:28pm PST

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Whip it…whip it good! #WrestleKingdom13 #JerichoVsNaito2

A post shared by Chris Jericho (@chrisjerichofozzy) on Jan 5, 2019 at 1:22am PST

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One of the best times in my life & My career was having my dad #TedIrvine join me at #WrestleKingdom13. My hero, my idol and my best friend got to experience the country that has been a huge part of my life since 1991. Domo Arigato Teddy-San! (Pix by @famousbouncers)

A post shared by Chris Jericho (@chrisjerichofozzy) on Jan 5, 2019 at 12:22am PST

This was a rematch of their bout at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall last June, which saw Jericho beat Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.