Update on Kota Ibushi injury suffered at AEW Collision taping
Image: JJ Williams
Kota Ibushi may have suffered a broken femur in his match with Josh Alexander during Wednesday’s AEW Collision taping that will require surgery.
Our Bryan Alvarez confirmed the news Thursday which was first reported by PWInsider after incident on Wednesday night.
As described by our JJ Williams who is in attendance, Ibushi fell off the top rope to the outside of the ring as his leg appeared to give out. He didn’t make it back into the ring in time and Alexander won the match by countout.
Kenny Omega then made his return to fight off the Don Callis Family and tended to Ibushi afterward. The house lights were lowered as medical personnel assisted Ibushi, eventually carrying him out on a stretcher to an ambulance. AEW head Tony Khan later came out and thanked the fans for being “good fans” and re-iterated how dangerous wrestling is.
He had not been announced for next weekend’s WrestleDream pay-per-view, nor was Omega. It’s unclear if the Alexander match will still air and how that affected plans for the PPV.
The 43-year-old Ibushi last competed at August’s Forbidden Door as part of the Will Ospreay-led team in the unsanctioned steel cage match. After a lengthy absence from AEW, he returned in June to re-align with Omega against the Callis crew with five matches total since his return.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.