#ibushi kota

[cryocannon]

golden lovers for @moonsaultzine 🌟♎

#moonsault zine #myart #aew #njpw #golden lovers #kenny omega #kota ibushi #ibushi kota #all elite wrestling #puroresu #pro wrestling #professional wrestling #wrestling

[ppolppool]

🌟💙

#ibushi kota #kota ibushi #ibushi #wrestling #pro wrestling

[harvey-dent]

💫 G🌟L 🌠 (^ε^)-☆

#while art posting . sure #gl doodle from the other day idk!!!!!!! #juice party pack #golden lovers #njpw #Kenny omega #kota ibushi #ibushi kota #aew #all elite wrestling #wrestling #bullet club #art

[questintheskies]

“I’m a lover, not a fighter. You guys don’t know by now, I’m a lover, not a fighter. There’s one thing I learned throughout this rivalry of ours. When push comes to shove, you guys are as tough as they come. You taught us what it means to not only be a professional wrestler, but to be a wrestler. That’s just for real, guys, come on, put it up. I’ve bled, I’ve sweat, I’ve cried, I’ve been maimed, I’ve got scars that will never heal. But a wise man once said, ‘I can do this all day.’

“If you don’t want this to end here, we can keep this thing going. But I think I speak on behalf of all of this. The Golden Elite respects you. We respect this business. We respect the blood you’ve poured. We respect these fans that paid a ticket to see blood and guts. And if you guys want, I’ll shorten my career. I’ll shorten my life to keep this fight alive, but I’m willing to stick my hand out and shake yours. If you guys wanna let bygones be bygones, because love you or freaking hate you, Moxley, love you or hate you, Claudio, love you or hate your ugly ass [to Wheeler Yuta], I respect each and every one of you.

“I even respect the guy that couldn’t make it. Brian Danielson, who broke his arm for this company, who broke his arm for this business. I respect Ibushi, who flew for over 24 hours to make it here.

“I can’t. I can’t let that effort be in vain. If you guys want to keep doing it, so help me, God, I’ll keep doing it, but I’m gonna do it with a newfound respect for each and every one of you. But I’m gonna stick my hand out just this once, just once as a sign of respect, because gosh darn it, I respect the hell outta you guys.

[Each side shakes hands with the other. Blackpool Combat Club exit.]

“I’m not gonna lie, I never expect a scene like this to happen ever again.

“But one thing I do respect is that I will see Ibushi again here in an AEW ring and as long as I am an active performer in professional wrestling, I’m gonna go wherever these guys [points to Young Bucks] go.

“So whether I see you guys in Boston, whether I see you guys down the road for now, I must bid you adieu. So goodbye Boston and good night, BANG.”

#the elite #bte #being the elite #wrestling #aew #all elite wrestling #nick jackson #matt jackson #the young bucks #adam page #hangman adam page #kota ibushi #ibushi kota #puroresu #the golden elite #jon moxley #mox #claudio castagnoli #wheeler yuta #blackpool combat club #飯伏幸太 #the golden star #kenny omega #the cleaner #the best bout machine

[lucrezianoin]

Reminder that I have a full list of all Golden Lovers interactions with links since they met till 2019!!

#golden lovers #kenny omega #ibushi kota #aew

[thistledropkick]

Desperado: He's still crazy as ever lol

Ibushi: Hm? Everyone's doing this kind of thing and I wanted to do it too! I was sportsmanlike and had a clean fight!

It was my first match in AEW so instead of introducing myself after the match, I wanted to express that by taking a bump , , or something like that, but why does my back hurt.

Anyway, I'm not crazy (probably)

Desperado: Wa ha ha ha ha!

Your lack of self-awareness is the scariest part!

#el desperado #ibushi kota #kota ibushi #njpw #aew #my translation #It makes me so so happy to see these two talking to each other again #Ibushi sees an old tag partner say 'he's still crazy as ever' with no context and assumes correctly 'he must be talking about me' lol #apologies as always if I made any mistakes - I am running on very little sleep right now!!

[allgoldenelite]

okay so here's my summary of ibushi's latest 2 videos (here and here) from his youtube channel

pls make sure to read this at your own discretion. it's honest, but not exactly cheerful.

this summary is not entirely chronological; i've grouped some points together for cohesion

the vids were taken about 2 weeks after marufuji vs ibushi was announced, so around 12/17 ish (i'm just bringing this up bc i saw some confusion bc ibushi was reported by noah to be in the us rn until at least the 27th)

ibushi starts out the 1st vid by saying how completely different american and japanese wrestling are; the example he uses are cheers, [in aew] whenver anyone makes their entrance the crowd is chanting their name

in japan it has a different quality to it; [i assume he's talking about coming out at the noah show to challenge marufuji here] it's strange to him when he can only hear his theme and there's neither boos nor cheers, but he was glad it got a reaction

as for how he's doing physically: says he'll be frank: his left ankle and the back of his right hand (there's a visible dent on one side of the back of his hand and he says he doesn't have much grip strength there but for powerbombs and germans he grabs his wrist with his left hand so he can still do those) are fractured and his shoulder isn't healed cause he never got surgery for it

the ankle is the worst out of the 3, he can't jump or do highflying and walking 400 m (0.25 miles) is his limit, even walking around everyday is pretty rough

he's been able to benchpress 88 lbs now, with 200 as a one time thing, but he can't do much actual wrestling match practice, worries about what he can do; sums it up as that physically things aren't really on the up and up at all

but he believes marufuji is going through the same thing [being hurt in a lot of different places] and that the match won't be bad because of that; he believes it will be good precisely bc of the shape they are in, the injuries they've sustained

as he's said in the past, he doesn't care about what place he is on the card even tho ppl care a lot about match order, but he has the opportunity of being in the main with marufuji, so [he'll make the most out of it]

the ring remains a place for him to express himself, unable to highfly or injured as he may be, that's part of it too

he could go out there and be like "no i'm recovering i'm practicing hard everything's going swell" but that wouldn't change the fact that it's not true

he's doing what he can do get better, but operating within the limits of his body and how he can workout

even so, he won't give up and expresses confidence, [he seems motivated for the match and to go through with all of this], he's been doing this for 20 years and nothing scares him anymore

he says his instinct/6th sense for wrestling isn't as sharp [anymore] either since he doesn't really wrestle outside of aew these days, and again japanese and american wrestling are completely different and he's matching himself to wherever he wrestles, so he will do the same for the noah match

as long as it's getting a reaction out of ppl, he's happy; as long as he's getting something out of it he's happy, there's no right or wrong here for him

he's not nervous for the match at all, just hopes he can put himself out there in his purest form, so that ppl can decide for themselves what it is he represents for them/how they experience them

the video ends with him saying that he doesn't wanna be gloom, but if something unfortunate happens [i interpret this to mean another injury] this will be his last [match]

[he also then says make sure to watch his matches (since you won't know which one will be the last), and while i don't think he's lying with the sentiment here at all, my suggestion would be to take this as it is for now but not despair too hard about it]

the 2nd vid is mostly a recap of him seconding a kickboxer he trains for his match at korakuen hall on 12/17, interspliced with more footage from ibushi talking in the secret base

just as the fictitious "ibushi pro wrestling research institute" represents his status as a freelancer and a means by which he express himself in his purest form to ppl, it's also a means by which he can take on ppl under his wing

[ibushi has talked on twitter before how he has several trainees who are former/current kickboxers or MMA fighters wishing to become pro wrestlers] he thinks more of them will make their debut in the future; he's not doing this to boast that he's the one training them, it just naturally happened this way

even tho the ipwri is not actually a promotion, [ppl he's training and ibushi himself] get announced/lower third-ed as being from there, so it has established itself in the world

[there's a backstage scene here of ibushi talking to machida (machida lost the match) and altho there isn't much to tl (it's just ibushi basically giving him a pep talk), i still think it's worth checking out, it's very sweet]

lastly he says the institute is taking applications and as long as your feelings/motivations come across, he's happy to read them, even tho there are already too many ppl showing interest rn

#translation tag #translation #kota ibushi #ibushi kota #rasslin #/long

[thegoldenelite]

https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/kota-ibushi-has-arrived-in-aew

#kota ibushi #ibushi kota #the golden lovers #golden lovers #im sorry i couldn't think of a caption but i thought this was worth looking at🥹 #loving ibushi hours. always💖 #didn't see anyone post this yet so

[wrestler-smash-or-pass]

Kota Ibushi?

#kota ibushi #ibushi kota #golden lovers #golden elite #ddt pro #ddt wrestling #njpw #new japan pro wrestling #aew #all elite wrestling #smash or pass #tumblr polls #pro wrestling #wrasslin #wrestling

[hangkennyy]

GUYS

#kenny omega #kota ibushi #ibushi kota #aew #golden lovers

[phantomstatistician]

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#orange cassidy #chuck taylor #donovan danhausen #hook #kenny omega #hangman #ibushi kota #trent barreta #maxwell jacob friedman #dean ambrose #eddie kingston #matt jackson #nick jackson #daniel bryan #aew #all elite wrestling #fanfiction #ao3 #statistics #phantom statistician #orange cassidy x chuck taylor #chuck taylor x orange cassidy

[cryocannon]

u know that one barbie meme

#mysketch #golden lovers #kenny omega #kota ibushi #this is kayfabe lol #aew #njpw #wrestling #ibushi kota #barbie 2023 #barbie meme

[ppolppool]

I love this guys

#el desperado #despy #njpw #ibushi kota #kota ibushi #ibushi #alex zayne

[eldesperadont]

Kenny disappeared from NJPW in 2019 and that place was filled with a man that couldnt be more of the polar opposite emotionally in Ibushis life. Jay White is Kennys direct successor as Bullet Club leader and top gaijin of the company, and he made sure to make Ibushis life absolute hell in the absence of his partner - and still Kota came out on top of their feud in the end..

hi im having thoughts about the 2019/2021 Ibushi/Jay rivalry and how them facing each other again cause of Kenny has me crazy

#im currently writing a long ass summary of their history in preparation for the trios match #and summed up why i care about it sm in such a short time rn with this post what the fu- #ibushi kota #kenny omega #jay white #njpw

[questintheskies]

Kota Ibushi is The Elite's 5th man!!!

#the elite #bte #being the elite #wrestling #aew #all elite wrestling #nick jackson #matt jackson #the young bucks #adam page #hangman adam page #kota ibushi #ibushi kota #puroresu #the golden lovers #the golden elite #飯伏幸太 #the golden star #kenny omega #the cleaner #the best bout machine

[valkyrie-night-103]

I’ve been at A&E all day and I still feel like shit but here’s a A6 pencil drawing of Kota Ibushi on the budokan balcony. Forgive the slightly-off anatomy, I didn’t have any references so this was all from memory. I don’t draw often but this one’s nice so I thought it was worth sharing.

#aew #all elite wrestling #kota ibushi #ibushi kota #kenny omega vs kota ibushi #golden lovers #wrestling #ddt pro #ddt wrestling #wrestling art #wrestling fanart #new japan pro wrestling #njpw #njpw fanart #aew fanart