20-year veteran Shuji Kondo announced that he’ll be stepping away from the ring for a period of time due to an Achilles injury. Kondo shared the news on his personal Twitter page.
According to Cagematch.net, Kondo’s latest match was on March 7th for Dragon Gate and he was teaming with Gamma and they defeated Kagetora and Yosuke Santa Maria.
アキレス腱が切れたので、しばらく休みます。
無念。— 近藤 修司 (@kondo_shuji) March 9, 2021
The 43-year old has consistently been wrestling for Dragon Gate since last year. He starting working with the organization in 2019.
Here are the results from the 3/7/21 Dragon Gate ‘Champion Gate’ show:
- Jason Lee, Kota Minoura & La Estrella def. Don Fujii, Kzy & U-T
- R.E.D. (Dia Inferno, Diamante & H.Y.O) def. Bokutimo Dragon, Ryo Saito & Ultimo Dragon
- Gamma & Shuji Kondo def. Kagetora & Yosuke Santa Maria
- Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda & YAMATO def. R.E.D. (Eita, HipHop Kikuta, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & SB KENTo)
- Open the Twin Gate Championship: Masaaki Mochizuki & Takashi Yoshida def. R.E.D. (BxB Hulk & KAI) (c)
- Open The Dream Gate Championship: Shun Skywalker (c) def. Kaito Ishida
