Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi
Manabu Nakanishi
Ring name(s) Kurasawa[1]
Manabu Nakanishi[1]
Billed height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Billed weight 125 kg (280 lb)[1]
Born January 22, 1967 (1967-01-22) (age 44)[1]
Kyoto, Japan
Trained by Karl Gotch
Joe Malenko
Hiroshi Hase
Kensuke Sasaki
Debut October 13, 1992[1] with Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Scott Norton & Super Strong Machine

Manabu Nakanishi (中西 学 Nakanishi Manabu?, born January 22, 1967) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.[1] He is a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

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Amateur wrestling career

Nakanishi participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, representing Japan in Greco-Roman wrestling. He did not place in the tournament.

Professional wrestling career

New Japan Pro Wrestling (1992–1995)

Nakanishi debuted for New Japan Pro Wrestling in October 1992. His in-ring style was very basic early in his career. After winning the Young Lions Cup in 1995, in order to hone his skills and bulk up, he went on an excursion to North America and joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), under the name Kurasawa.

World Championship Wrestling (1995-1996)

As Kurasawa in WCW, he was a member of the Stud Stable led by Colonel Robert Parker.[2] He frequently teamed with Meng, with whom he feuded against Sting and Road Warrior Hawk. He broke the arm of Hawk using a seated armbar after their tag team match at Clash of the Champions XXXI, in which they lost.[3] He was also known there for nearly defeating "Macho Man" Randy Savage. It was here that Nakanishi learned the infamous "Road Warrior Workout" from Hawk and Animal, who also taught this routine to Kenta Kobashi and Kensuke Sasaki.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (1996–present)

When Nakanishi came back to New Japan in 1996, he appeared more confident and stronger. With his new change in attitude and in-ring style, he found instant success. He formed The Bull Powers with Satoshi Kojima, who returned from Europe. In May 1997, he and Kojima won the IWGP Tag Team Championship. He had arguably the upset win of the decade in the 1999 G-1 Climax, submitting then-IWGP Heavyweight Champion and nWo Japan leader Keiji Mutoh, to win the tournament.

As the years went by, Nakanishi was never able to capitalize on his win in the G-1 Climax as he constantly came up short in big matches, and Antonio Inoki's focus on pushing MMA fighters in 2002-2005 made matters worse for him. When the company suffered a massive exodus in main event talent (including Shinya Hashimoto, Shinjiro Otani, Sasaki, and Mutoh), it was considered that Nakanishi might finally live up to his potential, but once again he was overlooked, as New Japan started to look towards building their younger talent like Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura, Togi Makabe, and Hirooki Goto. He formed the popular tag team, Wild Child, with Takao Omori in late 2006 and together they enjoyed another IWGP Tag Team title reign. In May 2009, Nakanishi finally captured the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, pinning Hiroshi Tanahashi. He went on to hold the title for nearly a month until losing it back to Tanahashi. For the 2010 G1 Climax Tag League Nakanishi formed a tag team named Muscle Orchestra with Strong Man. The team made it to the semifinals of the tournament and was at the end of the year named Tag Team of the Year by Tokyo Sports Grand Prix.[4][5] On January 4, 2011, at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, Muscle Orchestra unsuccessfully challenged Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a three–way match, which also included Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode).[6][7] On February 20 Muscle Orchestra received another shot at Bad Intentions and the IWGP Tag Team Championship, but were again unable to win the title.[8] On June 4 Nakanishi was injured during a six man tag team match after taking a German suplex from Wataru Inoue. The match was stopped immediately and Nakanishi was stretchered out of the arena in a neckbrace.[9] The following day it was announced that Nakanishi had suffered a spinal cord injury, which resulted in numbness and temporary paralysis, but was expected to make a full recovery.[10]

In wrestling

  • Nicknames
    • "Yajin"(野人)
    • "The Japanese Hercules"
    • "The Last Gorilla of Primates"(霊長類最後のゴリラ)
    • "Manabu Akashiya"(明石家学)
    • "Mr. Unbelievable"
  • Entrance themes
    • "Zwptune" by Bruce Kulick (NJPW, 1992–1993)
    • "Naval Gun" (NJPW, 1993–1995)
    • "Kurasawa" (WCW, 1995–1996)
    • "Hard Shuffle" (NJPW, 1996–1998)
    • "No Problem" (NJPW, 1998–2002)
    • "Seize The Tatics" (NJPW, 2002–present)

Championships and accomplishments

  • Tokyo Sports Grand Prix
    • Best Tag Team (2010) – with Strong Man[5]
    • Fighting Spirit Award (1999)[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Manabu Nakanishi profile". OWOW. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/manabu-nakanishi.html. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  2. ^ a b "Stud Stable". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/stud-stable.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Sting & Road Warrior Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa with Col. Robert Parker". World Championship Wrestling. WCW Clash of the Champions XXXI. 1995-08-06.
  4. ^ "(Results) New Japan, 11/7/10". Strong Style Spirit. 2010-11-07. http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=2248. Retrieved 2011-01-04. 
  5. ^ a b "2010 Tokyo Sports awards – New Japan involvement". Strong Style Spirit. 2010-12-09. http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=2343. Retrieved 2010-12-09. 
  6. ^ "レッスルキングダムⅤ in 東京ドーム" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=132. Retrieved 2011-01-04. 
  7. ^ Gerweck, Steve (2011-01-04). "1/4 TNA-NJPW Results: Tokyo, Japan". WrestleView. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1294158810. Retrieved 2011-01-04. 
  8. ^ "The New Beginning" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. 2011-02-20. http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=142. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  9. ^ "(Results) New Japan, 6/4/11". Strong Style Spirit. 2011-06-04. http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=2881. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
  10. ^ "(Results) New Japan, 6/5/11". Strong Style Spirit. 2011-06-05. http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=2887. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
  11. ^ a b c d "Chip Minton vs Kurasawa". World Championship Wrestling. WCW Saturday Night.
  12. ^ "Finishing Moves List". Other Arena. http://www.otherarena.com/nCo/finish/finish.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
  13. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Japan: New Japan G-1 (Grade-1) Climax Tournament Champions". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 375. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  14. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Japan: New Japan Young Lions Cup Tournament Champions". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 375. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  15. ^ a b http://www.purolove.com/njpw/profiles/manabunakanishi.php
  16. ^ a b "2000 New Japan Awards". Strong Style Spirit. http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/2000-awards.html. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  17. ^ a b "2002 New Japan Awards". Strong Style Spirit. http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/2002-awards.html. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 
  18. ^ ""PWI 500": 101–200". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2010-07-29. http://prowrestlingillustrated.blogspot.com/2010/07/pwi-500-101-200.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  19. ^ http://www.purolove.com/tokyosports.php

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