EVOLVE Wrestling has announced that former EVOLVE Wrestling Champion Zack Sabre Jr. will be leaving the promotion to take on a full-time deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Sabre recently dropped the EVOLVE Wrestling Championship to Matt Riddle after holding the strap since February of 2017.

If you’re strictly a WWE fan, you may remember that Sabre competed in the first WWE Cruiserweight Classic in 2016.

Here is the announcement from Zack Sabre Jr. on leaving EVOLVE: