IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion Kota Ibushi left Wrestle Kingdom 15 as a duel champion, but he didn't come out of the event unscathed.
Ibushi spoke to NJPW, where he confirmed he suffered a foot injury at night one of the event, during his match against Tetsuya Naito, though he finished the bout. Kota explained:
"It was that first match with Naito, January 4. I think it was when I took a Frankensteiner off the top, and just landed right on my instep. So I think it either sprained or tore a ligament. It’s an injury soccer players get from time to time; I was told it’s best not to move it for three months, but then I had Jay White the very next night. I got to the building early the next day and got it patched up and treated well enough to just about wrestle," said Ibushi. "I was able to jump, and put some power into it. Then it was really a matter of getting what treatment I could and working around it. It wasn’t so much about healing as it was to stop it getting worse. It’s about the same as it was around when I wrestled SANADA. I’m having to train around it, since I can’t really run like I would normally."
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
