Hideo Itami Pays Tribute To Katsuyori Shibata During WWE Tour of Japan

SportsKeeda reports that during WWE’s recent live event in Japan, Hideo Itami paid tribute to Japanese legend Katsuyori Shibata. Shibata worked with Itami in Pro Wrestling NOAH in a tag team called The Takeover.

Shibata suffered a subdural hematoma during an IWGP Heavyweight title match with Kazuchika Okada in 2017. He then announced his semi-retirement from wrestling and hasn’t wrestled in over a year.

During Itami’s match at a Smackdown event in Tokyo at the Ryogoku, he sat cross-legged in the ring and did Shibata’s pose. This led to a Shibata chant in the arena.

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