El Phantasmo to miss additional NJPW events due to knee injury

NJPW wrestler El Phantasmo will miss more events due to a knee injury.

NJPW announced that after missing Thursday’s New Japan Soul show, ELP will also miss the Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22 legs of the tour due to the same injury.

Phantasmo, the NJPW World TV Champion, had been scheduled for six-man tag team bouts on both Saturday and Sunday in the headline bouts. The cards have been adjusted with 10-man tags earlier in the card shifted to eight-man tags, and substitutions for ELP in the six-mans. Boltin Oleg will sub for ELP on Saturday, and Tomoaki Honma will take his spot in Sunday.

No announcement has been made regarding the rest of the tour, and speciifically Monday’s New Japan Soul event set for Korakuen Hall in Tokyo where ELP is scheduled to team with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jado against Gabe Kidd, Taiji Ishimori, and Gedo in an undercard tag.

NJPW wrote:

“Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling. El Phantasmo, who was scheduled to compete at events Saturday in Yamagata and Sunday in Fukushima, has sustained an injury to his right knee and will not be appearing. We apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeing Phantasmo wrestle, and appreciate your understanding.“