Police Issue Statement on Dog Attacking Nakamura

The Bakersfield police department issued the below statement regarding reports that one of their dogs attacked Nakamura this past Monday.

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.

As previously reported, Nakamura was pulled from his scheduled match against Jeff Hardy at Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings and his status for weekend Japan events remains unknown. We will keep you updated.