F4Wonline reported on 16/4 that he was put in a medically induced coma and was expected to be hospitalised for at least ten days. He worked an afternoon charity show in Mashiki for earthquake victims and traveled to Fukuoka for a DDT show in the evening. It is believed that the next surgery will be to replace the pieces of skull that were removed to treat the original subdural haematoma.Īkebono was admitted to hospital on 12/4 after working two shows the previous day. Shibata gave an update this week on his REAL TALK blog on PKDX (which is behind a pay-wall) and noted that he was still experiencing some paralysis on the right side of his body and said he needs another surgery on his skull in May. The Fukuda story has even more relevancy given the current situation with Shibata, who in a cruel twist of fate suffered a similar injury during his match with Kazuchika Okada on 9/4. He was rushed to hospital for emergency brain surgery, but ended up passing away five days later at the age of just 27. About six minutes in, Shibata delivered a standard elbow drop and Fukuda lost consciousness. Fukuda wrestled Shibata on April 14 th 2000 in Kesenuma during the Young Lions Cup in a match he was scheduled to win. ![]() He underwent surgery and after extensive testing, returned to the ring in February 2000. Fukuda, who was brought into New Japan in 1998 as a top young shooter prospect, faced Shinya (Togi) Makabe on October 17 th 1999 in Kobe and sustained a subdural hemorrhage during the match. In last week’s Observer, Dave Meltzer told the story of Masakazu Fukuda, who tragically died after being cleared to wrestle six months after suffering a similay injury to Katsuyori Shibata. Our sincere condolences go out to the Anoa’i family for their loss. Anoa’i continued to work on the indies sporadically up until last year. He was part of the 2007 Champion Carnival and losing to Minoru Suzuki, TAJIRI & Satoshi Kojima, with his only victory in the tournament being over Toshiaki Kawada. RO’Z (as he was known in Japan) also went to the final of the 2006 Real World Tag League with his partner, Suwama, but lost to Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima. He had a relatively strong run in All Japan during the dark days of the company in 2006/7 and even challenged Minoru Suzuki for the Triple Crown Championship on 29/10/06. Rosey was repackaged as the comedy sidekick to the Hurricane in 2003 and remained with the WWE until being released in 2005. He went to FMW in 1999 with his cousin Eddie (Umaga) as the tag team Armageddon and continued to work indie promotions in the US until being brought into the WWE with Eddie in 2002 as Eric Bischoff’s hired assassins, Three Minute Warning. Anoa’i got his start in Puerto Rico for Carlos Colon in 1995 and had a run in ECW with his cousin Samu as the Samoan Gangster Party in 1996. ![]() The Anoa’i family issued a statement to WWE.com on 18/4. He was hospitalised in 2014 due to congestive heart failure and his ex-wife noted on Facebook that his health had been fragile recently. ![]() Matt Anoa’i (Rosey), the son of Sika and brother of Roman Reigns, sadly passed away on 17/4 at the age of just 47. Yes, CATS! If we have the time we will hopefully bring you a review of WWE Payback and possibly a Mid-South review too, however this all depends on if my new feline overlords will allow it. The Pro-Wres Digest for April 16 th – 29 Editor’s note: Due to the world famous CCN tech issues of doom, we were unable to publish the Digest last week, so we have a double edition for you lucky people this week! Unfortunately we will probably not have an edition for you next week, although this has nothing to do with tech issues and has everything to do with cats.
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