Katsuyori Shibata (柴田勝頼, Shibata Katsuyori, born November 17, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional wrestling trainer currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He also makes appearances for AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH Pure Champion. In professional wrestling, he is known for his hard hitting offense. He spent most of his career with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as both a wrestler and trainer. In NJPW, he is a former three-time NEVER Openweight Champion, a one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion (with Hirooki Goto), and the winner of the 2017 New Japan Cup. He is also a former holder of Revolution Pro Wrestling's RPW British Heavyweight Championship. From March 2018 to July 2023, Shibata served as the head coach of NJPW's dojo in Los Angeles.
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KatsuyoriShibata (柴田勝頼, ShibataKatsuyori, born November 17, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional wrestling...
submission maneuver to win the match. After that, Orange Cassidy and KatsuyoriShibata faced Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty, accompanied...
Kuwana Kogyo High School in Kuwana, Mie, where he was classmates with KatsuyoriShibata. Goto later attended Kokushikan University, where he took part in...
Brendan White, NJPW young lions Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks. KatsuyoriShibata, was so impressed with Kidd and he went on to recommend him to NJPW...
Zapata, Chucho Villa, Garringo, Mario Segura, Pequeño Diamante and KatsuyoriShibata. Rey Hechicero made his debut on February 15, 2001, in his home town...
Dojo trainer, KatsuyoriShibata. On March 30, after successfully retaining the title against Leon Ruffin, Yuta was confronted by Shibata, setting up their...
Wheeler Yuta is the current champion in his third reign. He defeated KatsuyoriShibata at Rampage on November 25, 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As of...
is held by record three-time champion Wheeler Yuta, who defeated KatsuyoriShibata at Rampage on November 25, 2023. The ROH World Tag Team Championship...
Roppongi Vice after the match, only to be stopped and attacked by KatsuyoriShibata. Cassidy continued his title pursuit by challenging Wardlow for the...
Bullet Club. After the match, Kenta was attacked by KatsuyoriShibata for his betrayal, but Shibata was quickly overwhelmed by Bullet Club. In the main...
that year's G1 Climax and aligned with former tag partner KatsuyoriShibata. He turned on Shibata and joined the Bullet Club, and has since held the Strong...
Invasion Attack 2015, Sakuraba submitted KatsuyoriShibata in a tag team match, where he and Yano defeated Shibata and Hiroshi Tanahashi, igniting a rivalry...
April 6 at Invasion Attack 2014, where they defeated Hirooki Goto and KatsuyoriShibata. Gallows and Anderson's third successful defense took place just seven...
made it to the finals of the 2017 New Japan Cup, before losing to KatsuyoriShibata. On 9 April at Sakura Genesis 2017, Fale attacked IWGP Heavyweight...
and technical skill. Alongside fellow rookies Hiroshi Tanahashi and KatsuyoriShibata, Nakamura became known as one of the "new Three Musketeers". Nakamura...
match on the pre-show), main evented by 2017 New Japan Cup winner KatsuyoriShibata challenging Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship...
Satoshi Kojima, TMDK (Bad Dude Tito, Mikey Nicholls, and Shane Haste), KatsuyoriShibata, Zack Sabre Jr., and Will Ospreay, as well as Inoki's former student...
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