Former NEVER Openweight Champion HENARE has been away from the ring since December 2024 after suffering a knee injury through the World Tag League tournament, where he and Great-O-Khan entered because the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Now there was an update on his recovery, and it is just not something fans of the Recent Zealand native will wish to hear.
In accordance with Fightful Select, Recent Japan Pro Wrestling are usually not expecting HENARE to seem in any respect in 2025, and have made plans without him in mind. Nevertheless, that may completely rely on his recovery process as he was set to have surgery before the top of 2024, but there was no word on how the surgery went. HENARE’s run with NJPW has been plagued with injuries over the past few years as he missed six months of motion in 2021 attributable to a serious neck injury, and in addition missed three months of motion in 2024 after suffering deep laceration through the United Empire’s “Dog Pound” Steel Cage match against the Bullet Club War Dogs, a match HENARE finished by having nearly all of his head bandaged as much as stop the bleeding.
Despite the pinnacle and knee injures, 2024 was a breakout yr for HENARE as a member of the United Empire in NJPW. He won his first singles title for the corporate, the aforementioned NEVER Openweight Championship, in June by defeating Shingo Takagi, and would go on to have his best G1 Climax run of his profession up to now as he picked up eight points, which included a win over current IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto. HENARE would then win the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships in November with Great-O-Khan from TMDK, and was on the right track to win the 2024 World Tag League until he got injured.
