El Phantasmo got told his grandfather passed away 1 hour before facing Okada in the G1. Heartbreaking post match interview

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1. That’s sad

2. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

3. That’s one hell of a promo. I’d really like to see him advance from B Block behind Okada, but I think it’ll be Ospreay.

4. If I was in the crowd the next time he wrestled I’d be screaming E. L. P. At the top of my lungs. Fuck that sucks.

5. Praying for ELP

6. … Fuck it, change all the plans and put him in the finals.

7. Nothing really hurts quite like losing a loved one. If he decided to quit the G1 and go be home with his family, I don’t think any of us would blame him. And honestly, I would hope he considers it because it can’t be easy on him to be in a foreign country for a month, having to put on a smile and entertain others when he’s hurting so much inside.

   He could potentially miss his Grandfather’s funeral because of all this too.

   If I could make it to any of those shows, I’d be screaming for ELP at the top of my lungs for the guy.

8. Can somebody just hug that guy, please?

9. Reminds me of last year’s Tag League when Chase Owens had to pull out when he was teaming with Bad Luck Fale when someone passed away in his family.

   Hope people are around ELP during this difficult time.

10. Fuck man, I kinda know what he’s going through. I lived on the other side of the world by myself for years and missed 3 funerals (gramma, grampa, step-mom). There was no way I’d be able to travel back home for the funerals, so i’d just work those days that I found out. Once I moved back to Canada, lockdown happened and I lost step-dad and his father, and there weren’t even funerals.

11. Watching this had me in tears for him, I wish him nothing but the best and that I could be chanting his name

12. Oh man. Poor guy. This is really, really tough to listen and watch. Sorry for his loss 😞

13. To anyone who will be in the crowd, you scream this mans name to the damn heavens. ELP!

14. This is making me love ELP that much more. I recently lost a grandparent and I know how hard it’s been for me and I didn’t have to go entertain people right after. That guy is one hell of a performer and I am rooting for him even more now. That match with Okada was already amazing but to do it an hour after hearing he lost his grandfather is just beyond my scope of comprehension.

15. He sounds like Mick Foley, something about the voice and cadence.

    But yeah, I wouldn’t blame him if he needed to go home.

16. This makes him giving that kid with their dad his shirt way sweeter and sadder and makes the titty twisting way funnier. Hope he’s doing okay

17. Give him the run of a lifetime

18. Oof. Powerful.

19. This resonates with me… a lot since my Grandmother when she passed a couple years ago I was in Law school. She fought for two weeks longer than they expected, but when I went to school a month before, I had a feeling that she’d be gone soon since she had pancreatic cancer. When I last visited the day before I went, I could tell that even if she was putting on a brave face, she was weaker. Like you’re chasing a dream and your life goes on without you and maybe you need to leave a bit and not be there to say something. I was just two hours away by car. I was able to visit her one more time and be back for the funeral. But just, felt so rough. I can only imagine what it is like for him to be in Japan during the hardest tournament in wrestling but something that even partaking in is a big stamp of “I made it,” knowing your Grandfather is on his deathbed, fighting, but at 91, his time is up.

    ELP has always been a really solid wrestler, great personality. His G1 “speech” this year had me in stitches. But this, I think I connected with him on a different level and found new respect. He poured his heart out, mixing his story of being factionless after being kicked out of Bullet Club, no friends, with the genuine feelings he is going through.

    I give the man my condolenses, love, and respect. ELP, I doubt you’ll read this, but you are the fucking man. I know your Grandfather is with you in spirit and is so fucking proud of you.

20. <3

21. Incredible promo so real and actually shows the human side of what these wrestlers go through and the things they lose just to entertain us hope he really wins the block or becomes runner up just for that promo alone!