injury

Harumafuji Out

Andy Fall Tournament 2015 ,

The makuuchi bouts will start in a few hours. Harumafuji is sadly an early scratch. His elbow was really bothering him the last few tournaments so I’m hoping he gets to recover.

Okinoumi is facing the roughest first two days. His tournament starts with Hakuho on day one, Terunofuji on day two. His fellow komusubi, Tochinoshin, makes his return to sanyaku today against Kakuryu, to be followed with Kisenosato tomorrow. Both will have a rough first week.

Osunaarashi faces Goeido and Kotoshogiku in his first two days, definitely two winnable bouts for the Egyptian. The bout of the day will be Takarafuji vs Ichinojo. Endo vs Amuru will be interesting, too.

Endo Shooting for July Comeback

Andy Injuries ,

According to Yahoo! Japan, Endo is shooting for recovering by July’s Natsu Basho. Any later and he would likely be demoted from Makuuchi into Juryo. However, his oyakata does not want to rush things so if he’s not 100% he will not compete.

update* I think Endo will be ranked M12 or M13 in May and he’ll need to go kyujo for the whole tournament. The article says they don’t even know yet if he’ll need surgery. They haven’t assessed because of the swelling. Going kyujo in May will drop him into Juryo already for the July tournament. This is what happened to Homasho last year. He was M2 with one win when he was injured. Next tournament he was M13 and kyujo. Then he was demoted all the way to Juryo 9, going kyujo again dropped to Makushita 7 and announced his retirement. Endo has a bit of an advantage since he had 4 wins when he was injured but he was also ranked lower at M5.

Knees: Endo, Aminishiki, Chiyootori

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Chiyootori’s knee buckled as he tried to get the special prize today. His injury adds to Aminishiki and Endo. None of the three could walk away from the dohyo under their own power. Endo seemed in the least pain of the three but all of these cases show how the Kyokai needs to make a change in the way it handles injuries. These wrestlers need medical attention quickly and they should not be walking after these injuries. After seeing what Homasho and Tochinoshin went through, and how he battled back from the lower ranks just last year, I’m not sure Aminishiki will have that much time to battle back.

Chiyootori makes it three
Chiyootori makes it three