Major AEW X NJPW Forbidden Door Injury - Title Match Changed & Replacement Named
More devastating injury news ahead of one of the Championship matches this Sunday.
Tomohiro Ishii is injured and will not appear at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door this Sunday.
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'The Stone Pitbull' was set to compete against Miro, Malakai Black and PAC in a four-way to determine the first ever AEW All-Atlantic Champion. He will now miss the show, with New Japan Pro Wrestling themselves confirming the news along with an update on Ishii's replacement.
They said;
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"Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Tomohiro Ishii, who was scheduled to compete on June 26 at AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door, has sustained a left knee injury and is not medically cleared to compete.We apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeing Ishii wrestle and appreciate your understanding.After a hard fought qualifying match in Korakuen Hall on June 21, Clark Connors will take Ishii’s place in the All-Atlantic Championship four way at Forbidden Door."
Connors lost to Ishii in a qualifier for the pay-per-view match earlier this month, having defeated Tomoaki Honma in an earlier qualifier. This will be his second appearance in AEW having wrestled a 10-man tag alongside fellow NJPW wrestlers against The Factory on a May 17th edition of Dark.