Various: Nakamura Injury Update, Rey Mysterio on WWE 2K19, Indies

Shinsuke Nakamura Injury Update

As noted before, Shinsuke Nakamura suffered an injury rumored to be related to an incident involving a police dog biting his leg at Monday’s SmackDown brand house show in California.

In an update to Nakamura’s injury status, PWInsider’s Mike Johnson confirmed the Wrestling Observer’s report of Nakammura suffering a leg injury due to a dog bite. Johnson reported that the injury occurred during a pre-show security routine at the Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, California. While on patrol, a police dog stopped to sniff Nakammura and without any warning or provocation, bit him on the leg.

Johnson also reported that WWE pulled Nakamura from Monday’s house show as a medical precaution and was pulled from tonight’s episode of SmackDown due to not being medically cleared. Nakamura was also reported to be backstage during tonight’s episode of SmackDown still feeling sore from Monday’s incident.

Rey Mysterio Comments on Being WWE 2K19’s Pre-Order Bonus

During Monday’s episode of RAW, 2K Games ran a commercial revealing Rey Mysterio as the pre-order bonus for this year’s WWE video game, WWE 2K19. The company recently released an official press statement celebrating the occasion and featured comments from Rey Mysterio on his digital return to WWE’s video game series.

“Since my WWE debut in 2002, ‘Never Say Never’ – the WWE 2K19 campaign theme – has been a big part of my career. It is an honor to join the likes of Kurt Angle, Goldberg, Sting, Ultimate Warrior and Arnold Schwarzenegger as one of two WWE 2K19 pre-order playable characters.”

WWE 2K19 is currently scheduled to arrive on October 9th for PS4, PC, and Xbox One. Those who pre-order the game will be able to get it early on October 5th instead.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

House of Hardcore announced that their July 12th event in Adelaide, Australia has been canceled although the rest of their upcoming tour of Australia is still scheduled to occur.

Joey Janela recently announced a new match for the card of GCW Joey Janela’s Lost in New York event on August 17th in Queens, New York. This was revealed to be a singles match of Nick Gage versus Meng.

In honor of Vader’s legacy, NJPW recently released a singles match from 1990 featuring Stan Hansen versus Vader at the Tokyo Dome for free on New Japan World.