Just under one minute into his debut match, Nakashima went down with a dislocated elbow.
The duo of Yuto Nakashima and Oskar Leube are no longer NJPW Young Lions and they are currently on excursion. Ahead of their ventures outside of Japan, NJPW1972.com conducted an interview with them.
They posted Nakashima’s interview and touched on his debut match in February 2021 against Yuya Uemura. Just under a minute into the bout, Nakashima suffered a dislocated elbow. He thought NJPW was going to fire him.
I mean, the second I got hurt, I thought, oh, that’s it, I’m fired… I definitely felt like sh*t, but I wasn’t fired, and as long as I was still here, I wanted a second chance. I tried to turn it into a positive.
When Nakashima comes back from excursion, he wants a match against NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi and revenge on Yuya Uemura.
I want to get revenge on everyone who beat me up as a Young Lion for sure. And I came into this business because I want to fight strong guys, and I want a belt to be able to do that… I definitely want some revenge on Uemura for the injury in my debut match. And I want Tanahashi on our home turf in Gifu.
Nakashima and Leube were in action at Revolution Pro Wrestling’s February 4th show in London, England. They picked up a win in their tag match.
