Dragon Gate USA & EVOLVE owner Gabe Sapolsky issued the following statement on Twitter about why Dragon Gate talent from Japan will be unable to compete on this weekend’s iPPVs in New Orleans:
Ok, since so many are asking it was a visa issue. We had spent the last couple of months working on this. It seems like it would be….
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) April 1, 2014
….resolved on a daily basis. Things kept coming up about proof that were never needed before and, frankly, ridiculous for people…
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) April 1, 2014
….who have been coming over here legally for years. We thought this would be resolved on a daily basis for the last couple of months….
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) April 1, 2014
….Finally it was resolved on Friday, but it was too late for Japan to do what they needed to. We missed it by ONE DAY….
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) April 1, 2014
….we found this out on Saturday night and released the statement saying they wouldn't be there at that time….
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) April 1, 2014
….so we missed it by 1 day after weeks of work. Good news is now everything is good and DG talent will be back later in the year.
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) April 1, 2014