It's over for Hideo Itami (Injured again, out for months)

[ADK]

Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Hideo Itami hurt his neck at a recent NXT live event and we’re told the injury will keep him from wrestling for months.

The injury occurred while taking a powerslam gone wrong during a tag match on October 1st where he teamed with Shinsuke Nakamura to take on Riddikk Moss and Tino Sabbatelli.

No word on his exact injury, but we’re told it’s related to his neck.

Itami recently returned from a shoulder injury that kept him out of action for over a year. He and Kota Ibushi were also just announced as a team in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic — which he more than likely won’t be able to participate in now.

Hideo Itami Injured at NXT Live Event, Could Be Out of Action for Months (VIDEO)

 

[mrken12]

That's a damn shame for him but this might be it for his NXT run. Especially when they have other Japanese wrestlers coming through who have connected better with crowds in a shorter period of time.

 

[jackswstd]

This dude has the worst luck ever. I think he's done, their Japanese quota is filling up fast and he just became expendable.

 

[The Rainmaker]

Goddammit

 

[David_TheMan]

When they first got him he was one of the hottest properties internationally now no one remembers him and the majority of americans still have no idea who he is.
What a terrible decision he made in retrospect

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Worst luck ever. It had to be an ether-like feeling to have Balor come in as his partner and surpass him so far.

 

[DoubleJ13]

Every time he starts building any momentum he ends up getting hurt.

Wonder who takes his spot with Ibushi in the tag tournament tomorrow

 

[Yayo Toure]

Have international stars wrestle guys green as grass and actually take bumps.

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

Disgusting botch by that dude who powerslammed him. WTF was he doing

 

[Norrin Radd]

Replace him with Tozawa

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Have international stars wrestle guys green as grass and actually take bumps.

Exactly. This is why the NXT roster is a mess. You've got top level international talent toiling away and spinning their wheels by working with some of the greenest guys on the WWE payroll. It doesn't make sense. Why sign these guys and waste them in Florida? So they can "pay their dues"?

It's a shame for both guys because I actually like Riddikk Moss, too. Dude has good presence, promo skills and a good look.

 

[puppetmaster]

He had some legit miles on him when he got there.


This has to be disheartening as fukk for him man, that shoulder surgery had to be a bytch to overcome and now this at what 35, 36

 

[Bob Loblaw]

a green guy injured him

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Maybe the best thing he could do is heal up and then maybe a surprise entrant in the G1 Climax in NJPW. I'd like to see that. I think any chance he had of being a star in WWE is probably done now.

 

[David_TheMan]

He'd be better off going to LU and working with them for a few months and getting some US exposure that way, but WWE it isn't happening..
i lowkey feel the same way about nakamura, no way he should still be fukking around in NXt, Roode and Ares included