Absolute Intense Wrestling says Pat Tanaka took travel money from the promotion and never arrived for a weekend of appearances in Cleveland. In a statement on X, AIW said it made an agreement with Tanaka and “gave him the necessary funds to get here after his travel arrangements fell through Wednesday night.” It said he missed his scheduled seminar Friday, was out of contact from Thursday evening until about 3:30 PM Saturday despite roughly 15 calls, then called to say he’d been in a car wreck and in a ditch, was booking a flight with his miles, and asked to have his match moved later on the card. “It is Sunday morning and Pat Tanaka has still not arrived and we have not heard from him since.” AIW closed the statement: “We wanted the Pat Tanaka experience and it seems we got it. We love to gamble on these wild card old timers so I’m sure we will be in this situation again with one of these guys down the road.” WWE referee Jason Ayers replied that Tanaka “still owes me $40 for a show...