Yoji Anjo
Briefly returning to Florida, he was preparing for his third tour of Japan. Shortly after wrestling Mike Graham and David Babylon, he was hospitalized for appendicitis and had emergency surgery. According to doctors, his appendix was about 24 hours from rupturing. He had already been scheduled to appear for the "Magna03 Series" but called Hattori to cancel the tour. However, he was back in the gym within three weeks and was eventually cleared to wrestle in Japan the day of the first tour. He later went on to team with Riki Chosyu against Yoji Anjo &amp; Koichiro Kimura at the Tsubame Civic Gym in Niigata Prefecture on October 22 and, teaming with Lex Meyer, against Takao Omori &amp; Shiro Koshinaka at the Thajo City Gym in Miyagi. Three days later, he returned to NWA Florida to wrestle Scoot Andrews at the Leaman School in St. Petersburg.