This has been a very rough weekend with a number of major injury reports coming out. Here’s a quick recap so far:
At New Japan’s Resurgence event last night, Mercedes Mone suffered a broken ankle in the main event for the STRONG Women’s Championship. Out indefinitely. Fans hoping she would show up at the New Japan/AEW Forbidden Door event next month can probably expect it to be not for a match if she does.
Also in New Japan, Mark Davis suffered an undisclosed injury recently. Out indefinitely. Aussie Open has vacated the IWGP Heavyweight and STRONG Tag Team Championships as a result.
Taiji Ishimori suffered a cervical vertebra injury yesterday and is out of the fest of Best Of The Super Junior 30, meaning at least a week. Out indefinitely.
In DDT, Shunma Katsumata suffered a shoulder injury in defending the DDT Extreme Championship yesterday. Out indefinitely. He had to vacate the title and the KO-D Tag Team Championship he held with MAO. KANON is also out indefinitely with a shoulder injury.
Over in GLEAT, KAZMA SAKAMOTO is dealing with thigh inflammation and had to miss this weekend’s event. Out indefinitely.
Finally, All-Japan announced that despite having recent surgery for an aneurysm, Atsushi Onita will return on 6/11 to defend the All-Asia Tag Team Championship, possibly against the advice of PWF President Dory Funk Jr. Funk encouraged Onita to not rush back and consider vacating the titles but Onita refused (Yoshitatsu is the other title holder).
More as it becomes available.
UPDATE: DDT has clarified Katsumata’s injury. Not shoulder but actually fractured right talus bone (ankle). Out a while per DDT meaning months.
