Katsuyori Shibata suffered what was thought to be a career-ending subdural hematoma in 2017 after a bout with Kazuchika Okada. Shibata would eventually return to the ring in 2021 for an exhibition ...

New Japan Pro Wrestling's Katsuyori Shibata is going through experimental treatments and continues to experience profound vision problems as he recovers from a head injury that is expected to end his ...

Katsuyori Shibata will be in attendance next Wednesday, December 15 at the Best of the Super Jr./World Tag League finals. Shibata has expressed he has a major announcement that he would like to ...

Katsuyori Shibata made his return to NJPW at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19, saving Hiroshi Tanahashi from an attack by HOUSE OF TORTURE. EVIL, Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru were ...

Shibata returned to the ring for his first official match since being forced to retire in 2017 due to a subdural hematoma at Wrestle Kingdom 16, defeating Ren Narita. He previously wrestled an ...

After the match, HOUSE of TORTURE attacked Tanahashi. AEW’s Katsuyori Shibata made the save. He then challenged Tanahashi to face him at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty on January 5. Tanahashi ...

Katsuyori Shibata hopes to see the longtime rivals clash one last time. NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi will retire at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom in January 2026. The year leading up to that point is ...

Katsuyori Shibata is ready to commit, and Tony Khan says he wants him to stay. Shibata was previously signed to NJPW. He was forced to retire after he suffered a subdural hematoma in 2017. After he ...

Katsuyori Shibata will be taking some time away from ROH. Katsuyori Shibata dropped the ROH Pure Championship to Wheeler Yuta on the November 25 episode of AEW. The title change came after Yuta ...