In a post on his official Twitter account, Lio Rush revealed that he was off this weekend’s 2023 PWG Battle of Los Angeles tournament due to a nasty facial injury suffered at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17.

New Japan announced during today’s New Year Dash!! event that Rush was dealing with a broken nose and would not be able to compete. Rush later revealed in his Twitter post that he had no broken facial bones, but would miss this weekend’s PWG events stating, “Nasty spill last night on the ramp left me with a few stitches and a massive headache. No broken facial bones. Thank you to the #NJPW staff for taking care of me. I’ll be good. Unfortunately BOLA is out the question. See ya in a few weeks.”

Rush was set to face off against Dragon Gate star SB KENTo in the first round of the tournament.