Kota Ibushi made his highly anticipated AEW debut as part of ‘The Golden Elite,’ defeating the Blackpool Combat Club and their “allies” in a hellacious Blood & Guts match on last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
Formerly a massive name in Japan, Ibushi’s debut in All Elite Wrestling was met with a mixed response, with most agreeing that Blood & Guts was not the suitable environment for his debut and some criticizing his performance in the match as being too slow.
Ibushi recently took to Twitter to respond to the said criticism, and you can view the English translation of his statement as well as the original tweet below:
“I’m home. It’s my fault that I didn’t know thumbtacks and glass after all this time. I have thin wrestling shoes, so it penetrated, and it was just painful from the middle, and I ended up moving like an old man.
I’m sorry! Far from being unable to kick, both ankles were stiff. Life with a cane for the first time in my life No, I’ll be cured tomorrow! That is Kota Ibushi!”
ただいま❗
今更ながら画鋲やガラスなんてしらなかった自分が悪い。
自分は薄いレスリングシューズだから貫通してきて途中からひたすら痛くておじいさまのような動きになってしまった。
くやしい！蹴れないどころか両足首がぶっ凝れた人生初の杖生活❗いや、明日には治る！それが飯伏幸太だ！ pic.twitter.com/m4rxeT1U9s
— 飯伏 幸太 (@ibushi_kota) July 26, 2023
