In what was said to be unrelated, in January, Vader was apparently stabbed on his legs, arms and stomach many times, said to be by the Yakuza, although nobody has given any kind of a good explanation as to what caused this. That’s why he disappeared in the middle of the tour in January with no publicity at first, and was later said to have suffered a knee injury, which came out was a work when he worked the TNA shots. That was the reason he was wrestling in a t-shirt on the TNA shows, to cover the relatively fresh wounds, most of which were covered by his wrestling costume."
