Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
According to sources in Japan, Tomoaki Honma has started to train for an in-ring return at a New Japan Pro Wrestling gym and is reportedly already taking bumps.
On March 3rd, 2017, Honma was involved in a match with Jado and suffered a severe cervical vertebrae injury while taking a draping DDT. Honma spent 3½ months in a Japan hospital and had to relearn to walk.