Ren Narita has been sidelined due to an injury.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Ren Narita suffered an injury to his right arm at the Road to Destruction event on September 9th. As a result, he will be unable to compete at the NJPW Road to Destruction event on September 11th.
As of this writing, there is no word on how long Narita will be out of action.
From NJPW:
Ren Narita, who was scheduled for action on September 11 in Sendai, sustained an injury to his right arm on September 9’s Road to Destruction event in Korakuen Hall, and will not be able to compete.
We apologize to fans who were looking forward to seeing Narita wrestle and we appreciate your understanding.
The following changes have been made to the night’s card:
3rd Match
Shota Umino & Jado vs Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru-> cancelled
5th Match
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg & Ryusuke Taguchi vs EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo & SHO — >
4th Match
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino & Ryuske Taguchi vs EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO
The eighth match card will now be seven matches.
NJPW joins fans in wishing Ren Narita a full and fast recovery.
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