Tetsuya Naito to undergo eye surgery *Wrestling Dontaku SPOILERS*

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

NJPW's Tetsuya Naito will be undergoing eye surgery according to a report.

Tokyo Sports reports that Naito, 39, will have surgery on his right eye to repair superior oblique muscle paralysis, which has been causing him to have double vision.

Naito underwent a similar surgery in 2019, and was out of action for 20 days following the operation.

The Tokyo Sports article quotes Naito as saying that his eye is in worse shape now than when he first underwent surgery for the eye muscle paralysis three years ago, but that the upcoming Best of the Super Juniors tournament provided a break in his schedule to allow for the surgery.

While the junior heavyweight tournament is going on in May, NJPW's top heavyweights will be in the United States for a pay-per-view in Washington D.C. on May 14 and an NJPW Strong taping in Philadelphia on May 15.

If his recovery timetable is similar to the last time he had the eye surgery, Naito would hypothetically be back in action in time for the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view on June 26.

Naito challenged Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of Wrestling Dontaku today at the PayPay Dome, where Okada retained the title.

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Man not liking Naito racking up injuries of late hopefully he does make to Forbidden Door. Positive thoughts and prayers hermano.

 

[Alexa]

Isn't that the same thing that cause Milano to retire?

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Isn't that the same thing that cause Milano to retire?

Oh my God that is right or something similar to it after Gedo went to town on that area during a Match. Milano's Inferior Oblique Muscle Palsy made him retire in 2010 and that is scaring me that once again Naito has having similar problems. In 2010 I would say what you can do with such a thing vs back then is night and day but if he keeps having problems Naito might have to retire earlier than he expects. I wear Glasses so when I hear guys with Eye problems it scares me especially when you're saying he's having Double Vision because that is how I feel if I take my Glasses off I'm blind as a Bat. I hope this Surgery will be the last of his with this.

 

[Alexa]

Oh my God that is right or something similar to it after Gedo went to town on that area during a Match. Milano's Inferior Oblique Muscle Palsy made him retire in 2010 and that is scaring me that once again Naito has having similar problems. In 2010 I would say what you can do with such a thing vs back then is night and day but if he keeps having problems Naito might have to retire earlier than he expects. I wear Glasses so when I hear guys with Eye problems it scares me especially when you're saying he's having Double Vision because that is how I feel if I take my Glasses off I'm blind as a Bat. I hope this Surgery will be the last of his with this.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. If he keeps having this eye problem then like Milano he would be forced, in a manner of speaking, to retire and while Naito has had a great career it would be sad to see cut shorter than expected.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Hope surgery goes well n he can come down for FD in June Hes in my top 3 njpw guys n he leaves japan so seldomly that i would be gutted if he missed it

 

[Comrade Khan]

I loved Naito so much when i first started watching njpw i would openly trash Okadas booking .

 

[Alexa]

I loved Naito so much when i first started watching njpw i would openly trash Okadas booking .

Who didn't?