Shinjiro Otani suffered a cervical cord injury while wrestling Takashi Sugiura for Zero1 last year.
Otani suffered the lethal injury on April 10, 2022, and underwent surgery on April 13.
Otani returned to the company at an event today in Takadanobaba.
Otani received flowers and thanked Tatsumi Fujinami for inviting him. He said,
“I will never lose the next time I fight. Since I was injured in April last year, many people have been sending me hot ale to do my best, don’t lose, stand up. But every time, I still think like this. I’m not the only one working hard. Not only the professional wrestlers who fight every day, but also everyone who came today is working hard and working hard for someone important while clenching their teeth somewhere every day. So, please let me send you a yell too. Please let me send a yell to everyone who works hard every day. Good luck! Let’s do our best! Do your best. I can’t lose. No matter what happens, you can’t lose. And the one who worked hard is a lie if he doesn’t get rewarded. I want to prove this word that I have been saying for many years with this body. Today, my friends in the professional wrestling world will cheer everyone up with their full power of professional wrestling. Yes, I am. So everyone, please enjoy professional wrestling as much as you can until the end today.”
Bodyslam is reporting that Colby Corino is a free agent yet again and is no longer expected to sign with WWE.
In February, it was reported that Corino had signed with WWE and would be reporting to the Performance Center in Orlando, FL in March. However, that’s no longer the case.
There have been conflicting reports about a hiring freeze in WWE following its acquisition by the Endeavor Group, and that seems to be the case here.
While it was reported that Corino had accepted the deal, he hadn’t actually signed a contract. He was offered a deal and both sides simply agreed to it.
However, things slowed down following’s WWE’s sale to Endeavor and Corino is now a free agent.
