Katsuyori Shibata Archives

The last time we physically saw Katsuyori Shibata, he was trying to get backstage at an NJPW event after sustaining a crippling injury from a headbutt delivered to Kazuchika Okada that has put him in the hospital ever since In May, the man simply known as The Wrestler in Japan underwent surgery to repair some of the[...]

 We previously talked to you about Katsuyori Shibata and the career-threatening injury that put him on the shelf Many expected that we would have heard one way or the other by now about him either somehow being cleared to return or retiring from the ring altogether Instead, word got out on Twitter from MMA/Pro-Wrestling podcaster Striggga[...]

Last month, we told you about the career of Katsuyori Shibata and how his winning the New Japan Cup was a sign of change in the company toward a man who worked hard to get back to a place he should have been for years. Last Sunday, he wrestled against current IWGP champion Kazuchika Okada in[...]

One of the best stories NJPW could possibly tell is slowly coming into focus, and it just took the next step with Katsuyori Shibata winning the 2017 New Japan Cup. In order to tell this story, we need to wind the clock back a bit NJPW was formed in 1974 by Antonio Inoki, and slowly became one of the[...]