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>Two weeks before I was sidelined, I was in pain like I was sleeping in the wrong place. Every time I played a match, it was like, 'It hurts'. I had a narrower range of movement in my neck, but I could still passive. So I think it was a travel day, but when I woke up in the morning, it was hard to get up, it was hard. I wanted to practise in the ring, but I couldn't even carry people. Of course, I couldn't do ukemi or rope work, and it took me about five minutes to even get off the apron to the ground. I had to miss the tournament because I couldn't compete with this.
>I couldn't even go about my daily life on my own, so I decided to stay at my sister's house. I can't sleep or get up by myself. When I went to bed and woke up, I got help from my sister. When I ate my meals, I had to lean against the wall with a neck pillow that I use while travelling on expeditions. I couldn't even turn around when I was called. As soon as I found out about the injury, I thought maybe I had worked a little too hard with the US tour, and I was very disappointed, but I thought God gave me a break. But after a long period of just lying down and looking at my mobile phone, I lost motivation for everything, and it was like I was a 'cripple' who had completely lost the passion for pro wrestling.
>While I was absent, there were big matches in Stardom, and I watched them on SNS. But the heat stayed off. It was only when I started to be able to move a little bit that I started going to the venues, and I started to get the feeling back that 'Stardom is great, wrestling is interesting' from a fan's point of view. Then the feeling of 'I should have been in this match' came back, and I started to want to get in the ring as soon as possible.
