Manabu Nakanishi
Manabu Nakanishi (中西 学, Nakanishi Manabu) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who was primarily associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, one-time G1 Climax winner and three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. Nakanishi has always stayed based in Japan, but has wrestled for various other promotions including World Championship Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1. Nakanishi's career slowly declined after a spinal injury in 2011, but he continued to wrestle for a further nine years, before retiring on February 22, 2020. In 1992, Nakanishi won bronze in freestyle wrestling at the Asian Championships. Later that year, he competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and placed eleventh.
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
as uncreditedTakashi Omura (Hiroshi Tanahashi) was once a popular professional wrestler, but he isn't popular...
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Tokyo Serendipity
as Satan GokokujiYui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new...
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
as HimselfKing of Pro-Wrestling (2015) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New...
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
as Manabu NakanishiWrestling Dontaku 2017 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling...
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Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
as HimselfWidely regarded as the best wrestler in the world today, Bryan Danielson is a master of his...
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NJPW Nexess
as uncreditedNJPW presents a wrestling pay-per-view event from the Tokyo Dome in Tokoy, Japan.
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NJPW New Year Dash 2017
as Manabu NakanishiFallout from New Japan Pro-Wrestling's biggest event of the year.
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 1995
as uncreditedThe third Wrestling Dontaku was held on May 3, 1995, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Dome....
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom I
as Manabu NakanishiWrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダム in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu in Tōkyō Dōmu)...
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NJPW Destruction In Okayama
as HimselfDestruction in Okayama (2015) is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro...
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NJPW New Year Dash 2016
as HimselfHot off the happenings of Wrestle Kingdom 10, New Japan Pro Wrestling returns to Korakuen Hall...
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WCW World War 3 1995
as KurasawaSixty men fill three rings for one gigantic Battle Royal for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight...
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NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Manabu NakanishiDominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan...
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TNA Wrestling: Global Impact! Japan
as Manabu NakanishiGLOBAL "iMPACT!" : TNA WRESTLING VS. NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING On January 4, 2008, the superstars...
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
as Manabu NakanishiNJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New...
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NJPW New Year Dash 2018
as Manabu NakanishiNJPW New Year Dash !! 2018 took place in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on January 5, 2018
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WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI
as KurasawaBig Van Vader takes on Ric Flair & Arn Anderson in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match. Harlem Heat & Sister...
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
as Manabu NakanishiNJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New...
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NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
as HimselfDominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New...
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NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
as Himself1. Yuji Nagata, Captain New Japan, Alex Shelley, KUSHIDA & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu...
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III
as uncreditedWrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダムIII in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu III in Tōkyō Dōmu)...
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 1
as Manabu NakanishiThe New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan...
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NJPW Final Dome
as uncreditedNJPW closes out the final Tokyo Dome show of the 20th Century with a loaded card featuring the...
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
as uncreditedWrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced...
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
as HimselfWrestling Dontaku 2015 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro...
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NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
as uncreditedA NJPW wrestling event that celebrates the 25th Anniversary of NJPW superstar Masahiro Chono.
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NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
as uncreditedNJPW 45th Anniversary Event took place on March 6, 2017 from the Ota City General Gymnasium in...
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NJPW Tag League Finals 2015
as uncreditedThe World Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by New...
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WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
as KurasawaThe Giant battles Hulk Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. "The Macho Man" Randy...
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
as HimselfDestruction in Kobe (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan...
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV
as HimselfWrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome (レッスルキングダムIV in 東京ドーム, Ressuru Kingudamu IV in Tōkyō Dōmu) was...
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NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
as Himself1. Satoshi Kojim & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan 2. Tiger Mask...
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NJPW Dominion 6.19
as uncreditedDominion 6.19 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by New Japan...
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
as Manabu NakanishiNJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New...
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NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Finals
as uncreditedG1 Climax Finals: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship:...
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
as HimselfDestruction in Kobe (2015) is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling...
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Night 2
as Manabu NakanishiThe New Beginning in Sapporo (2020) was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan...
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as uncreditedNew Japan Pro Wrestling is a Japanese promotion founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. Owing to its...
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