New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that they had pulled El Phantasmo from the card of their New Japan Soul 2025 event earlier today in Aomori, Japan due to him recently suffering a right knee injury.
It was announced that Tomoaki Honma was El Phantasmo’s replacement for his Six-Man Tag Team match with Hirooki Goto & Yuya Uemura against TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, & Hartley Jackson), which was won by Honma’s team.
El Phantasmo has sustained a right knee injury and has not been cleared to compete tonight.
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) June 19, 2025
Tonight’s main event will see Tomoaki Honma replace ELP against TMDK.#njpw #njsoul pic.twitter.com/LAJxX2VOeJ
It is currently not known how long El Phantasmo will be out of action but he currently remains on the card for this Saturday’s New Japan Soul 2025 event in Yamagata.

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