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Manabu Nakanishi
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Manabu Nakanishi 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 H…
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Manabu Nakanishi 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.
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2020
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
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2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
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2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
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2020
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
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2020
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
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2020
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
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2019
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
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2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
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2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
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2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
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2019
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
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2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
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2019
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
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2018
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
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2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
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2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
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2018
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
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2018
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
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2017
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
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2017
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
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2017
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
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2017
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
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2017
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
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2017
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show
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2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
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2017
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
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2017
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
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2016
NJPW Power Struggle 2016
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2016
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
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2016
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
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2016
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016
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2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 19 (Final)
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2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 18
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2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 17
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2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 16
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2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 15
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2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 14
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2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 13
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2016
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 12
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