#Pro Wrestling Noah

[busaikuknee]

#pro wrestling noah #njpw #zack sabre jr #kaito kiyomiya #my gifs #thanks zack.

[ponchaka]

The fathers of Puroresu

Rikidozan, Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki

#rikidozan #giant baba #antonio inoki #puroresu #pro wrestling #njpw #jwa #ajpw #pro wrestling noah #wwf #wcw #wrestler #fan art #roman trevisiol #roman_henshin #artists on tumblr #posca marker #posca pens #posca #illustration

[caranoirs]

#great sakuya #great muta #keiji muto #pro wrestling noah #noah new year 2024 #02/01/2024 #*gifs #*noah #*sakuya #*muta #paint #i’ve prolly made too many gifs from this match but what can i say. i was charmed #flashing cw

[alibomaye]

#go shiozaki #kenta #pro wrestling noah #2009 #gif

[fang-revives]

Syb's Shibata Match Recs

Since there's renewed interest in The Wrestler because of his amazing match with Bryan Danielson, I thought now might be a great time to drop some match recs for him! All of these have links you can watch right now. I also recommend this article about his time on the Japanese Indies/MMA, this summary video of his return arc to NJPW, and this fanvid, which captures his vibe so well (cw: it includes the headbutt spots from Shibata vs. Okada).

Katsuyori Shibata & KENTA vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Go Shiozaki Of the "Takeover" matches where Shibata and KENTA tagged, this is the one I recommend most often! It's a gritty, hard hitting slugfest, with lots of crazy spots. And as a benefit you get to see two of the all-time greats, Misawa in his late prime and Shiozaki as he's starting to rise as NOAH's future ace. Both Shibata and KENTA are in peak form here.

Katsuyori Shibata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Atsushi Sawada & Shinichi Suzukawa I feel like it's only fair to give some context on Shibata's MMA period. Here he is tagging in a "shoot style" wrestling match with one of the all time MMA greats, Sakuraba. I love this match because it feels like it encapsulates 2 things about Shibata: 1. he's a much better pro wrestler than he his MMA fighter. 2. he's (especially in this period) a loaded canon ready to fight at the drop of a hat. I love how excited he is in this. I hate that he jumps so hard he bonks himself immediately on the head. Dumbass (affectionate).

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura I watched quite a few matches from Shibata's "prodigal son returns" arc in NJPW, and this one was the standout to me. Maybe some of the Tanahashi matches are more narratively punchy, but this was my first exposure to Nakamura in peak form, and boy is that a powerful thing.

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada (! INJURY WARNING !) The fact that I'm recommending this match knowing what happened to Shibata after... okay, seriously, this is one of the greatest wrestling matches I have ever seen in my life. The intensity and the way the story builds up to it. God. It's tragic to a high degree that Shibata's best work ended up so fraught like this. I wish there were 0 unprotected headbutts in this match, because it would still be one of the best matches I've ever seen. If you can stomach the implications of this being the match that almost killed him (it took me a long time to watch it) -- it really is That Good.

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ren Narita Shibata's comeback story really ended here, it feels like. After years of gruelling recovery while he trained the next generation at the LA Dojo, he was finally able to go in the ring at Wrestle Kingdom, against his protege Ren Narita (in identical dress!). Rumor has it that Shibata went off-script and personally pissed off NJPW by changing this from a grappling rules match to a regular wrestling match -- I dunno if that's true, but for sure The Wrestler was back after this match :)

There are other Shibata matches and moments I've known and loved, but this is a good summary of his back-catalogue. Thanks for reading and enjoy!

#katsuyori shibata #njpw #aew #pro wrestling noah #the thing you need to understand about shibata is he's like. both a straightlaced no nonsense by the book dojo dad #and he's also a punkass shit. he's both things at once. anyways

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

#Darby Allin #Keiji Mutoh #Sting #Mutoh #Great Muta #Muta #aew #njpw #pro wrestling noah #new japan pro wrestling #Noah #AJPW

[rennarita]

#njpw #pro wrestling noah #effie's gifs #ren narita #shota umino #:)))))

[shiranuikaii]

#Kenta Kobashi #Noah #Pro Wrestling Noah

[playingthesaint7823]

She do got that shit on

#utami hayashishita #marigold #pro wrestling noah #joshi puroresu #women’s wrestling

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#talkin #tik tok #pro wrestling noah #hayata #zack sabre jr #wrestling #noah

[jasvvy]

#pro wrestling NOAH #NOAH #timothy thatcher #adam brooks

[busaikuknee]

#pro wrestling noah #ring of honor #kenta #naomichi marufuji #katsuyori shibata #wheeler yuta #my gifs

[ponchaka]

The Four Pillars of Heaven

from left to right, top to bottom: Akira Taue, Kenta Kobashi, Toshiaki Kawada and Mitsuharu Misawa.

#mitsuharu misawa #misawa #kenta kobashi #kobashi #akira taue #taue #toshiaki kawada #kawada #ajpw #king's road #pro wrestling noah #noah #puroresu #pro wrestling #wrestler #fan art #roman trevisiol #roman_henshin #artists on tumblr #illustration #posca marker #posca #poscaart

[caranoirs]

between despe’s wild grinning & yo-hey's uncontrollably giddy expression, everything about the first few minutes of this match screams "you wanna fuck me so bad it makes you look stupid.” yo-hey coquettishly tucking his hair behind his ear afterwards as well skdjsk

#el desperado #yo-hey #njpw #pro wrestling noah #wk17 #21/01/2023 #*gifs #*njpw #*noah #*despe #*yohey #yo-hey is so gf i can’t explain it

[elitehanitje]

🥰

#Kenta Kobashi #AJPW #All Japan Pro Wrestling #Pro Wrestling Noah #NJPW #PWN #Pro Wrestling Illustrated #AEW #WWE

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

#njpw #new japan pro wrestling #aew #wwe #roh #wwf #ring of honor #pro wrestling noah #impact wrestling #world wrestling federation #Noah #TNA