Fujita injured, out for 6 months?

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

IWGP Heavyweight champion Kazuyuki Fujita [Inoki International] tore his right achilles' tendon during training and had a surgery in Tokyo on 2001/12/12.
It is estimated that he will be out for six months, which means he probably will not be able to participate on either Inoki Festival on New Year's Eve or New Japan's annual Tokyo Dome card on 2002/01/04.

As of the 14th, there has been no official announcement from New Japan or Inoki's office on his condition or the status of the heavyweight title.

[El Gran Kurtisimo]

While I wish Fujita a quick recovery, I have to admit that I have a little guilty pleasure from it. Just in the hope that they'll finally put that belt on someone who can work.