Hiroshi Tanahashi pulled from Kazuchika Okada's NJPW farewell match due to injury

Hiroshi Tanahashi will not take part in Kazuchika Okada's NJPW farewell match due to a right ankle injury. NJPW announced just prior to bell time for night two of The New Beginning in Sapporo that Tanahashi would not be able to take part in Okada's farewell 10-man tag match due to a right ankle injury.  Toru Yano will replace Tanahashi in the tag match, which now consists of Okada, Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Matt Riddle, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira & Callum Newman. Tanahashi presumably suffered the injury in his match on night one of The New Beginning in Sapporo on Friday in his NJPW World TV Championship defense against Riddle.  NJPW's statement:  Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Hiroshi Tanahashi, who was scheduled to wrestle on today’s card in Sapporo, has sustained an injury to his right ankle and will be unable to compete. We apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeing Tanahashi wrestle, and appreciate your understanding. The follo