Police Report Confirms That Shinsuke Nakamura Was Indeed Bitten By A Dog This Past Monday
Last night, a rumor did the rounds which claimed that the reason Shinsuke Nakamura was forced to drop out of his US Title match against Jeff Hardy was because he was bitten by a dog. Well, it's true!
So yeah, Shinsuke Nakamura really was bitten by a police dog this past Monday, forcing him to miss his SmackDown LIVE US title match against Jeff Hardy.
The incident was confirmed by the Bakersfield Police Department via the following statement:
“On Monday, June 25, 2018, officers of the Bakersfield Police Department Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Team were conducting a protective sweep of the Rabobank Arena in preparation for the WWE Live Summerslam Heatwave Tour. "During the sweep, the EOD Team, which consisted of an explosive detection trained canine team and bomb technicians entered an area of the arena where an employee of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) was present. The canine entered the room to sweep for the presence of any explosive material. As the sweep took place the WWE employee was accidentally bit by the canine. The employee sustained an injury to his lower left leg. Medical aid was immediately summoned to the scene and the employee was transported to a local area hospital for medical treatment.”
"Accidentally bit?" Sounds like the pooch went into business for himself.
The extent of The King of Strong Style's injuries are not known, but hopefully he'll be back on the blue brand next week, and isn't barking mad about the whole ordeal.
Sorry.