Both KENTA and Kota Ibushi had a tremendous showing at the opening of the G1 Climax in Dallas, Texas last Saturday night; however, the former IWGP Intercontinental Champion has revealed on social media that he suffered an ankle injury during his bout against the former WWE star (translation courtesy of
fightful.com):
“The leg was clean bone without fractures! Is it a ligament? Is it sprain? Yesterday I walked 100 steps today, although I did not stop cold sweating in 30 steps. Because there was an abnormal natural self-healing ability + hyperbaric oxygen treatment to tomorrow 200 steps goal! I woke up because of the time difference and pain, so I will go to the first floor anytime. I will not give up as much as I can from where I can !”
Luckily, the ankle injury doesn’t sound major as Ibushi has stated that there were no fractures and he does not plan to withdraw from the tournament. The New Japan star's next match-up in the G1 Climax will be this Sunday on July 14 against former IWGP Tag Team Champion, EVIL. Hopefully his injury doesn't get worse and hinder any future plans for the former NEVER Openweight Champion.