>>14621527he was too beaten up from the previous week. unlike wrestlers who can recover from vicious assaults in a week or less, non-wrestling managers usually can't recover that quickly. in kayfabe nana is probably in ICU right now.
maybe also useful plot device because when he does return they can make a thing of nana being conflicted, or the embassy giving him an ultimatum to side with them instead of swerve. remember, the embassy was a thing long before they merged with swerve.
