Shinsuke Nakamura Injury Update

As previously reported, Shinsuke Nakamura was pulled out from last week’s SmackDown Live after sustaining an injury due to a bite from a police dog during a routine checkup at the WWE Live Event in Bakersfield.

When the SmackDown roster was touring Tokyo, Japan, Shinsuke Nakamura made an appearance at the event in crutches at the Live Event.

We didn’t have enough information about Nakamura’s return from injury until now. Nakamura spoke with Nikkan Sports and revealed that he is expected to be back in action in two weeks.

The Bakersfield Police Department had issued the following statement regarding Shinsuke’s injury with the police dog:

On Monday, June 25, 2018, officers of the Bakersfield Police Department Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Team were conducting a protective sweep of the Rabobank Arena in preparation for the WWE Live Summerslam Heatwave Tour.

During the sweep, the EOD Team, which consisted of an explosive detection trained canine team and bomb technicians entered an area of the arena where an employee of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) was present. The canine entered the room to sweep for the presence of any explosive material. As the sweep took place the WWE employee was accidentally bit by the canine. The employee sustained an injury to his lower left leg. Medical aid was immediately summoned to the scene and the employee was transported to a local area hospital for medical treatment.