Kota Ibushi provides an update and says his shoulder is not in perfect condition.
Kota Ibushi was set to have surgery on January 17. He was taken to the hospital after his match at NOAH The New Year on January 2, as he worked through an ankle injury, and he could not stand after the bout.
In a tweet on January 17, Kota Ibushi provided an update. He stated that it looked like the ligament had been completely torn. Ibushi also wrote that his shoulder was not in perfect condition, and he intended to fix everything this time.
The translation (via DeepL) is as follows:
“Sorry for the late report. It looks like the ligament was completely torn (there were already fewer ligaments in other places) and I was completely immobilized in a cast up to about below the knee.
Next, I will decide what to do with the left side, and the right one will be coming back every two weeks.s. My shoulder is not in perfect condition and I intend to fix everything this time. I apologize for the inconvenience. I will think about the rest in various ways.”
Pro Wrestling NOAH previously announced that Ibushi was diagnosed with “a right tibiofibular ligament tear and a right ankle lateral ligament complex injury as a result of a more thorough examination than his initial diagnosis.”
Ibushi previously missed over a year with a shoulder injury that he suffered in October 2021. He returned to the ring in March 2023, and he has only wrestled a handful of times ever since.
WrestleZone will provide more information as it becomes available.
