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Kota Ibushi Gives Update On Surgery Recovery, Says He Can Go Home
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Kota Ibushi gave an update on his recovery from surgery for a broken femur, saying he had his final checkup and can “go home.” As noted earlier this month, the AEW star suffered the injury during his match with Josh Alexander on AEW Collision. Ibushi underwent surgery for the injury soon after. He was told at the time that he will be out of the ring for two years.
Ibushi posted to his Instagram account to give the latest update on his status. He shared a photo of his surgery scar and wrote:
Okay, today’s my final checkup! Including my waist, they removed 42 medical staples! Now I can go home! Everything was going well, but reality is reality. Since I had a fractured femur, I’d be fine in 8-12 months. After that, they said it would take two years to fully recover and include ring training. It was completely unexpected, but that’s what they told me at the beginning, and it’s only the 18th day since surgery!
Today, I met up with the AEW doctor at the hospital for the first time since my surgery. The moment we met, he asked me, “Are you doing squats with weights yet?” I replied, “No!” Not understanding what he meant, I thought, “Oh, it’s a video of me standing and sitting down,” so I showed him the video. It might have been a little early, but it was normal. I was so relieved, I told him to stop, but apparently he’d heard I was doing squats and lunges with weights. With a fractured femur, I couldn’t do that, so I won’t. It was a day that made me realize how quickly stories like this could spread, and also taught me the dangers of the internet.
Ibushi was planned for a match alongside Kenny Omega against Mark Davis and Josh Alexander at AEW WrestleDream before the injury. On behalf of 411, our best wishes to Ibushi for a quick and full recovery.
