Yuki Mashiro of Ice Ribbon acknowledges the workers have not been getting paid and the President seems to be AWOL.

Yuki Mashiro tearfully talked about unpaid wages and no communication from Ice Ribbon President Kazuhito Goshima after winning the ICE×∞ Championship:

"Well... I can't go into details, but we haven't been able to get in touch with him since a month ago, or since last month, or maybe late last month, and all of our calls and contacts have been cut off, and he hasn't responded to anything. No matter how many times we contact him or call him, he doesn't respond. Even though we all contacted President Goshima, he never responded, so we were all really anxious going into today. What should we do? What should we do? How? Everyone is naturally really anxious about the president being gone, and yes, we're putting our bodies on the line, risking our lives to do this, so the fact that the person who is in charge of the money and other aspects is gone, I'm sorry, I can't really explain it well, I'm sorry."

If wrestlers' salaries are not being paid:

"I can't say it myself, but that's the situation. Yes. That's why I was in a very anxious state heading into today."