SANADA out with fractured orbital bone *NJ Cup Spoilers*

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

NJPW star SANADA is out of action after suffering an injury during the New Japan Cup.

NJPW has announced that SANADA suffered a fractured left orbital bone in his New Japan Cup third-round match against Will Ospreay. The match took place this Thursday, with Ospreay defeating SANADA by referee stoppage to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament.

SANADA will miss -- at minimum -- the rest of the New Japan Cup tour. There isn't currently a timetable for when he will be able to return to the ring.

"In last night’s main event in Shizuoka against Will Ospreay, SANADA sustained an injury that led to the match being stopped. On medical evaluation at a nearby hospital, it was determined that SANADA has sustained a fractured left orbital bone," NJPW wrote.

"We apologize to fans who were looking forward to seeing SANADA wrestle, and appreciate your understanding. There is currently no timetable for SANADA’s return to action. New Japan Pro-Wrestling joins fans in wishing SANADA the best in his recovery."

SANADA was scheduled to team with Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI against Ospreay, Jeff Cobb & The Great-O-Khan at Friday's New Japan Cup show. That was changed to a tag match where Ospreay & Cobb defeated Naito & BUSHI.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Huge bummer

 

[Cwalker]

Damn that sucks. He’s really come into his own the last few years so I wish him a quick recovery

 

[Chris]

Yeah right after finally getting a major singles title by beating Tanahashi really sucks

 

[Comrade Khan]

wonder if he was supposed to beat osprey or if it was a switch due to injury

 

[Comrade Khan]

logical njpw booking though was probably ospreay beating sanada to set up a us title feud

 

[Cwalker]

I don’t watch a lot of Japan anymore(Or wrestling in general) but SANADA and Ospreay sounds like a great match on paper

 

[Chris]

I bet Ospreay was supposed to win yeah and I halfway expected Sanada in the states soon, possibly for the Chicago show in April bc they try and get the US champion for American PPVs at least

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Yup my guess of Sanada being injured came to past after seeing the NJ Cup last night. I'm pretty sure he suffered the injury when he was Horizontal for a standing Shooting Star Press and Ospreay didn't take a second to look and his knee or knee cap caught him the face. I wonder if Ospreay knew if he was injured because when he won the dude got on the floor and was acting like he was hurt. I was even like come on Ospreay but once I saw the Camera caught Sanada talking I was like okay thank goodness he's fine and fuck the stupidity going on with Will.