NJPW star Tomohiro Ishii looked as if it would suffer a hamstring injury during his match with Conglomeration stablemate Orange Cassidy on Wednesday’s edition of “AEW Dynamite,” but in response to a brand new report, the injury may not have been as bad because it seemed. Dave Meltzer revealed more in regards to the status of the “Stone Pitbull” on “Wrestling Observer Radio.”
“Ishii, from what I gather, will not be hurt badly,” Meltzer said. “It looked like he tore his hamstring, however the only thing I heard afterwards is that, ‘We dodged a bullet’ after I asked about Ishii. So, I do not know any more details than, ‘We dodged a bullet’ or, ‘It looks like we dodged a bullet.’ ‘We dodged a bullet’ may sound prefer it’s confirmed that he’s okay. It was more ‘We could have.'”
Cassidy and Ishii defeated Clark Connors and Gabe Kidd on “Dynamite.” At one point in the course of the match, nonetheless, Ishii dropped to the canvas and began holding his leg, and was checked on by the referee. He was ultimately capable of proceed the match, and he and Cassidy won with an Orange Punch-to-Brainbuster sequence. Ishii was revealed to be Cassidy’s partner earlier within the night after Roderick Strong abandoned the “Freshly Squeezed” one once more after walking out on him during a match the previous week.
The match was Ishii’s first back in AEW after suffering a shoulder injury during a match against PAC on “AEW Collision” last November. Following the injury, he made his return to the ring at Wrestle Kingdom 20 within the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship Rambo match.
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