On January 4, 2014, at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, Shibata was defeated by Hirooki Goto, who was returning from an injury, which had kept him sidelined for the past five months [REF].
Shibata began competing outside of Japan in 2016, debuting at Ring of Honor's Death Before Dishonor XIV PPV on August 19, defeating Silas Young [REF].