Tag Archives: Katsuyori Shibata

Ring Of Honor Wrestling have confirmed that the following matches will take place as part of this Thursday’s episode of Ring Of Honor TV on HonorClub. — Athena (c) vs. Kiera Hogan for the ROH Women’s World Championship. — Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Alex Coughlin for the ROH Pure Championship. — Zack Sabre Jr. (c)  Continue Reading »

Ring Of Honor Wrestling have announced that the following matches will take place as part of next week’s episode of Ring Of Honor TV on HonorClub. — Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Alex Coughlin for the ROH Pure Championship. — Athena (c) vs. Kiera Hogan for the ROH Women’s World Championship. PLUS: Zack Sabre Jr. defends  Continue Reading »

Alex Coughlin issued a challenge to his former NJPW LA Dojo mentor Katsuyori Shibata for a future ROH Pure Championship Match during Thursday’s episode of Ring Of Honor TV on HonorClub, with no date announced as of writing for the potential student vs. mentor match. Coughlin was part of the first class of NJPW’s LA  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Ring Of Honor Wrestling event. ROH Supercard Of Honor 2023 took place on March 31st, 2023 at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California and aired live on FITE TV and Bleacher Report. ROH SUPERCARD OF HONOR: ZERO HOUR Singles Match Jeff Cobb defeated “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams.  Continue Reading »

Ring Of Honor Wrestling crowned a new ROH Pure Champion during tonight’s ROH Supercard of Honor pay-per-view as Katsuyori Shibata defeated Wheeler YUTA to become the new Champion. Shibata’s victory brings an end to YUTA’s 111-day reign as the Champion.

All Elite Wrestling President and Ring Of Honor Wrestling owner Tony Khan officially confirmed on his Twitter account that Wheeler YUTA will be putting his ROH Pure Championship on the line against Katsuyori Shibata as part of this Friday’s ROH Supercard of Honor pay-per-view at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. The announcement comes  Continue Reading »

In an update on Katsuyori Shibata appearing on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite to challenge Orange Cassidy for the AEW All-Atlantic Championship on this Friday’s episode of AEW Rampage, Shibata’s appearance was based off a recent request that he had made, according to a report from Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer. The report notes that Shibata  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that Katsuyori Shibata and Hiroshi Tanahashi will host a training seminar on June 24th at the LA Dojo. The training seminars, priced at $200, will run from 10am-1pm and from 4pm-7pm. A HUGE opportunity for wrestlers looking to up their game! On June 24, the LA Dojo hosts a  Continue Reading »

Katsuyori Shibata noted during an appearance at the opening of the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo in the United States over the weekend that he does not consider himself retired from being a professional wrestler. Shibata, who has been appointed the Head Coach of the dojo in Los Angeles, said that while he is focused  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that Katsuyori Shibata, who was forced out of the ring last year due to injuries, has been confirmed as the Head Coach of the Los Angeles dojo beginning next week. Scorpio Sky will be working at the dojo as an Assistant Head Coach.

In an update on New Japan Pro Wrestling superstar Katsuyori Shibata’s injury status, the news is not so good, according to a report from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The report notes that after having emergency surgery to relieve the swelling on his brain from a subdural hematoma that he suffered at NJPW Sakura Genesis and  Continue Reading »

In an update on Katsuyori Shibata’s injuries, there is currently no timetable set for his return, however Shibata himself is hopeful of a return before the end of the year. Shibata was injured during the main event of NJPW’s Sakura Genesis pay-per-view back in April during his match against Kazuchika Okada when he hit Okada  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that Katsuyori Shibata has been pulled from their upcoming events after he was hospitalized for a subdural hematoma. The injury was caused by a nasty headbutt during his match against IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada and resulted in Shibata being transported to a local hospital immediately after the match as  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling star Katsuyori Shibata is off this week’s New Japan live events with an unspecified cervical spine injury. As of writing, there is no word as to the severity of the injury and how long Shibata will be out of action as he is scheduled to defend his NEVER Openweight Championship against  Continue Reading »

Speaking through his official Twitter account, former WWE superstar Cody Rhodes noted that his 90-day non-compete clause with the WWE will expire on August 19th and teased that he will be appearing at several events on the independent scene, as well as potentially going to Japan. Rhodes teased a checklist of items which you can view  Continue Reading »

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the 20 competitors for the 2015 G1 CLIMAX tournament during the finals of the 2015 Best of the Super Juniors tournament on New Japan World. The tournament begins on July 20th and finishes on August 16th. The 20 names confirmed for the tournament are Kazuchika Okada, AJ Styles, Hirooki Goto,  Continue Reading »