Hiroshi Tanahashi off Best of Super Juniors with Injury

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By Dave Meltzer | @davemeltzerWON | May 22, 2016 9:15 am
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New Japan's top star Hiroshi Tanahashi has joined The Young Bucks on the injury list for the current Best of the Super Juniors tour due to a broken left shoulder.

As noted in the current issue of the Observer, Tanahashi was hurting badly during the ROH tour last week. At yesterday's tour opening show at Korakuen Hall, Tanahashi was destroyed by the Bullet Club in an angle, most notably by Kenny Omega. The angle was a storyline to explain his absence.

New Japan announced the injury and said he will be out the rest of the tour. They want him to heal up for one of the company's signature events of the year like the June 19th Dominion show at Osaka Jo Hall where he is set to face Omega in a ladder match.

All of Tanahashi's bookings for the rest of the tour will be filled by Satoshi Kojima, who will begin a new program against The Bullet Club.