Shibata is All Elite.
AEW President Tony Khan shared that Katsuyori Shibata officially signed a contract with All Elite Wrestling. Accompanying Shibata’s #AllElite graphic was a statement from the former ROH Pure Champion. He issued the following:
Dear Tony Khan
Today, I have signed the contract with AEW under a permission from New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
In the past year, I worked for AEW/ROH and I learned how wonderful the AEW is.
This is the best environment where wrestlers can focus only on fighting in the ring.
And the love for professional wrestling is overflowing from Tony and all the people who work for him.
I want to make AEW’s ring the last end point of The Wrestler’s career.
I dedicate my wrestler life to Tony Khan, and AEW.
Thank you
Katsuyori Shibata
On the November 25th edition of AEW Rampage, Shibata lost the Pure Championship to Wheeler Yuta. He had been in possession of the championship since Supercard of Honor 2023.
