Gabriel Kidd Suffers Neck Injury

NJPW announced an injury to Gabriel Kidd.

Gabriel Kidd will miss the upcoming Korakuen Hall events on August 26 and 27 due to a neck injury. 

From NJPW:

Gabriel Kidd has suffered a neck injury and will not be able to compete on Korakuen Hall cards on August 26 and 27. Changes have been made to both cards accordingly. 

We apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeing Kidd wrestle. We appreciate your understanding and wish Kidd the best in his recovery. 

Card changes:

August 26

Match 1

Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji & Gabriel Kidd vs YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto

Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji & Yuji Nagata vs YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto

August 27

Match 1

Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Yuya Uemura & Yota Tsuji 

Yota Tsuji vs Yuya Uemura

Match 2

Gabriel Kidd, Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata vs YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto

Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata vs YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto

Kidd's status for Summer Struggle in Jingu Stadium is unknown. He is not currently scheduled for the show. 

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