2023's Most Bizarre Wrestling Dating Rumour Is...
A wrestling couple made in heaven?
AEW star Kota Ibushi has dismissed rumours that he and pop star Lizzo are dating.
That's definitely a sentence you expected to read when you woke up this morning.
In what appears to be a completely made-up story, given there is no trace of it on either cited outlet's website, @SuperKickShow tweeted on Wednesday that per TMZ and Tokyo Sports, Lizzo and Ibushi are dating:
All Elite Wrestling Sensation Kota Ibushi is reportedly now dating pop Superstar Lizzo.
オールエリートレスリングセンセーションの飯伏幸太がポップスーパースターのリゾと交際中と報じられている Per Tokyo Sports and @TMZ#AEW #WWE #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/9bbnd8qtzm
Advertisement— The Superkick (@SuperKickShow) December 13, 2023
Kota, seemingly confused, responded a few hours later, asking who Lizzo is:
え？ダメですか？
Advertisement本当失礼かもしれませんがこの方は誰ですか？レスラー？
— 飯伏 幸太 (@ibushi_kota) December 14, 2023
Google Translate converts the above to:
picture? Is it not okay? I may be rude, but who is this person? Wrestler?
Ibushi has performed many a bizarre feat throughout his eclectic wrestling career, including piledriving his friends into toilets, shooting fireworks from atop a car roof, and expressing his belief that he'll live to 150 years old. Dating somebody he has never heard of may top that list.
Actually, not knowing who Lizzo is might top the list itself.
Ibushi, 41, formally signed with AEW in November, having made semi-regular guest appearances for the Tony Khan-helmed promotion since July. Lizzo, meanwhile, is currently at the centre of misconduct allegations - which she denies.