Former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA has been pulled from a slate of upcoming NJPW events. After already missing two shows, NJPW has announced that SANADA is off the remainder of its Wrestling Dontaku tour. He will miss two more Road to Wrestling Dontaku events, both nights of Wrestling Dontaku, and All Together 2024. SANADA has been out of action since April 27 due to illness. NJPW wrote that he's returning to Tokyo for a medical appraisal: After missing two events on the Road to Dontaku, it has been determined that SANADA be absent from the remainder of the Dontaku tour, as well as All Together as he returns to Tokyo for a medical appraisal. We apologise to fans looking forward to seeing SANADA wrestle and appreciate your understanding. : Wrestling Dontaku is being held this Friday (May 3) and Saturday (May 4). At night one, SANADA, Taichi & Yuya Uemura were supposed to face Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman & Francesco Akira. It will now be a two-on-two tag match with Taichi & Uemura facin
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