Hiroshi Tanahashi injured, change made to NJPW Collision card

  • Ian Carey
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Hiroshi Tanahashi has been pulled from tonight’s NJPW Collision in Philadelphia. 

NJPW announced on Sunday that Tanahashi was injured on last night’s Capital Collision card. Tanahashi would later reveal that he suffered a broken rib. 

Additionally, TJP has encountered travel problems and will not perform on tonight’s show either. 

Tanahashi had been scheduled to team with Lio Rush and Tomohiro Ishii against TJP and Aussie Open. With TJP and Tanahashi out, Aussie Open have now agreed to defend their newly won Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships against Ishii and Lio Rush in a two-on-two tag match. Aussie Open won the titles last night in a three-way match against then-champions The Motor City Machine Guns and Kazuchika Okada & Tanahashi. 

NJPW has scheduled a meet-and-greet session with Tanahashi at 3 p.m. Eastern time at the 2300 Arena. 

From NJPW1972.com:

Hiroshi Tanahashi, who was scheduled to tag with Lio Rush and Tomohiro Ishii against Aussie Open and TJP tonight in Philadelphia, sustained an injury during Capital Collision Saturday and will be unable to compete.

Additionally, TJP is unable to attend due to travel issues. We deeply apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeing Tanahashi and TJP wrestle and appreciate your understanding

NJPW Collision in Philadelphia, Sunday, April 16, 5 p.m. Eastern time on FITE TV PPV —

  • Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) defend against Tomohiro Ishii & Lio Rush
  • IWGP US title number one contender’s tournament: Lance Archer vs. Fred Rosser
  • Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi vs. KENTA & Chase Owens
  • Orange Cassidy vs. Gabriel Kidd
  • Homicide & Rocky Romero vs. SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Zack Sabre Jr., Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
  • ROH Pure Rules match: Alex Coughlin vs. Tracy Williams
  • El Desperado & Volador Jr. vs. Delirious & Kevin Knight