{"id":129906,"date":"2021-12-15T10:20:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T16:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/recovery\/?p=129906"},"modified":"2021-12-16T23:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T05:51:42","slug":"katsuyori-shibata-set-for-return-to-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/12\/15\/katsuyori-shibata-set-for-return-to-the-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Katsuyori Shibata set for return to the ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3337540185\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Katsuyori Shibata will make his return to the ring at Wrestle Kingdom 16 on January 4. This will be Shibata&#8217;s first match since suffering a serious head injury in 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">Katsuyori Shibata to wrestle at Wrestle Kingdom 16 night one on January 4<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MnvBeOmwYY\">https:\/\/t.co\/MnvBeOmwYY<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njwk16?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#njwk16<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o252wa4mV9\">pic.twitter.com\/o252wa4mV9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1471130257449426945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shibata is a former Never Openweight Champion and IWGP Tag Team Champion. 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