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Kota Ibushi

December 19, 2023

Kota Ibushi (飯伏幸太, Ibushi Kōta, born May 21, 1982)[1][2][10] is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist who is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his tenure with New Japan-Pro Wrestling (NJPW).

Kota Ibushi
Ibushi in 2017
Born (1982-05-21) May 21, 1982 (age 41)[1][2][3]
Aira, Kagoshima, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Kota Ibushi[1]
Hustle Kamen Orange[4]
Oda Nobunaga[5]
Robin Mask[6]
Sammy Lee Jr.[4]
Tiger Mask W[7]
Billed height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1][2]
Billed weight93 kg (205 lb)[2][8]
Billed fromKagoshima Prefecture[9]
Trained byMikami[4]
Shuji Kondo[4]
DebutJuly 1, 2004[1][2][3]

His career began with the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion in 2004 and over the next eleven years became a three-time KO-D Openweight Champion, five-time KO-D Tag Team Champion and a two-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Two of the KO-D Tag Team title reigns was with Kenny Omega as the Golden☆Lovers; their combined total of 351 days is still a DDT record.

In 2009, Ibushi started working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and eventually signed with the promotion in 2013. In NJPW, Ibushi is a former NEVER Openweight Champion, three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. He resigned from both DDT and NJPW in February 2016 and has performed in several different organizations as a freelancer, including both DDT and NJPW as well as WWE, where he participated in the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic tournament.

After continuing to perform as a freelancer for NJPW after 2016 (including as Tiger Mask W, the protagonist of the anime of the same name, from 2016 to 2017), he signed a new full-time contract with NJPW in early 2019, winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first and only time in his career in 2021 before unifying it with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to become the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion later that year. Ibushi is also a former IWGP Tag Team Champion. Ibushi has also won several tournaments for NJPW, including the 2011 Best of the Super Juniors, the 2015 New Japan Cup and the 2019 and 2020 editions of the G1 Climax, being the only wrestler to have won all three tournaments. He is also one of only four wrestlers to win two consecutive G1 Climax tournaments alongside Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Kazuchika Okada, as well as the only wrestler to reach the finals stage of four consecutive G1 Climax tournaments.

Professional wrestling career edit

Dramatic Dream Team / DDT Pro-Wrestling edit

Early career (2004–2009) edit

On July 1, 2004, Ibushi made his professional wrestling debut for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), losing to Kudo. In 2005, Ibushi won his first championship, when he and Daichi Kakimoto defeated Darkside Hero! and Toru Owashi to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship. On June 25, 2006, he lost to Danshoku Dino in a match for the Championship[11] and spent most of later 2006 competing in multiple tag team matches.[12] In 2007 Ibushi's fortunes fared better and he began to win more matches, including defeating BxB Hulk at a co-promoted event held by DDT and Dragon Gate.[12] Later in 2007, Ibushi defeated Madoka to win the vacant Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship. In February 2008, Ibushi defeated Tanomusaku Toba to retain the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship and win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. He would go on to lose the Ironman championship to Danshoku Dino.[12] On July 20, 2008, Ibushi would defeat Kudo in the Next KO-D Openweight Championship One Day Tournament finals but would ultimately lose to the KO-D champion Dick Togo a month later.[12]

Golden☆Lovers and departure (2009–2016) edit

Main article: Golden Lovers

Ibushi would start teaming up with Kenny Omega as the "Golden☆Lovers" and on January 24, 2009 they defeated Harashima and Toru Owashi to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship and lost them in May to Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku.[12] In the summer of 2009, Ibushi won the first KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament and went on to win the KO-D Openweight Championship from Harashima.[12][13] During his time as champion he also won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship and would lose the Openweight Championship to Shuji Ishikawa. After winning the Best of the Super Juniors in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) his matches in DDT were mostly tag team matches with his partner Kenny Omega or matches involving IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. Ibushi's fortunes in 2011 were better, he teamed up with Danshoki Dino to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship, however after dislocating his shoulder he vacated the title.

Ibushi made his return at a DDT event on May 4, 2012, losing to El Generico.[14] On June 24, Ibushi defeated Yuji Hino to win DDT's KO-D Openweight Championship for the second time.[15] On August 18, Ibushi defeated Kenny Omega in the main event of Budokan Peter Pan to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship.[16] On September 30, Ibushi lost the title to El Generico.[17] On October 3, Ibushi won the third annual DDT48 general election and, as a result, earned an immediate rematch with El Generico.[18] Ibushi received his rematch on October 21, but was again defeated by El Generico.[19] On May 26, Ibushi, Gota Ihashi and Kenny Omega defeated the Monster Army (Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino) to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[20] Their reign lasted 28 days, before they lost the title back to the Monster Army, now represented by Honda, Hino and Hoshitango.[21] On August 18 at DDT's annual Ryōgoku Peter Pan event, Ibushi faced New Japan representative and reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada in a losing effort in a special non-title match.[22] On January 26, 2014, Ibushi and Kenny Omega defeated Yankii Nichokenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto) and Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo in a three-way match to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship.[23] On April 12, Ibushi and Omega became double champions in DDT, when they teamed with Daisuke Sasaki to defeat Team Drift (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[24] Their reign, however, lasted only 22 days, before they lost the title to Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) on May 4.[25] On September 28, Ibushi and Omega lost the KO-D Tag Team Championship to Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo.[26] On February 15, 2015, Ibushi won the KO-D Openweight Championship for the third time, defeating Harashima.[27] He lost the title back to Harashima on April 29.[28] On August 23, Ibushi won the KO-D Tag Team Championship for the fifth time, when he and Daisuke Sasaki defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi for the title.[29] They vacated the title on November 2, when Ibushi was sidelined indefinitely with a cervical disc herniation.[30]

On February 21, 2016, Ibushi announced his resignation from DDT.[31]

Independent circuit (2004–2010) edit

Ibushi competed in Wrestling Marvelous Future teaming with Onryo and lost to Garuda and Masa Takanashi. He would go on to compete for NJPW and Big Japan Pro Wrestling for a few months.[32] Ibushi teamed with Kudo to take on Kenta and Naomichi Marufuji in the first round of Differ Cup 2005 and lost. Ibushi would go on to become Hustle Kamen Orange for Hustle, teaming with Hustle Kamen Red and the rest of the Hustle Kamen stable.[32] Ibushi went on to team up with Fuka to win his first accomplishment in professionally wrestling, Dragon Mixture Tournament, by defeating Shinjitsu Nohashi and Yoshitsune in the final.[32]

It was announced on January 26, 2008, that Ibushi would be competing for Ring of Honor in the United States. On April 11, 2008, in Boston he made his debut in a match against Davey Richards, a match in which he was cheered as a winner despite losing. During his brief tour of ROH, he wrestled against Claudio Castagnoli and teamed with Austin Aries against The Briscoe Brothers only to come up on the losing end. His last appearance of his U.S. tour of ROH ended with a singles victory over El Generico. Ibushi competed for ROH during the promotion's second tour of Japan, teaming with Kenta against Naomichi Marufuji and Katsuhiko Nakajima in a tag team match. It was announced on April 6, 2008, that Ibushi would be competing for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in Burbank, CA. However, Ibushi would end up injured before his scheduled appearance, and was forced to miss the PWG event. On March 27, 2009, Ibushi made his debut for Philadelphia-based Chikara at the promotions annual King of Trios tournament where he formed a team with Kudo and Michael Nakazawa. After his team was eliminated in the first round by Equinox, Lince Dorado and Helios,[33] he went on to wrestle in the Rey de Voladores tournament over the next two days. On March 29, Ibushi defeated Player Dos to win the tournament and become the 2009 Rey de Voladores.[34]

On January 16, 2010, Ibushi participated in Evolve's first show, losing to Davey Richards in the main event.[35]

Dragondoor and El Dorado Wrestling (2005–2008) edit

Ibushi made his debut in Dragondoor on its debut show on July 19, 2005, taking part in Taiji Ishimori's babyface team along with Milanito Collection a.t. and Little Dragon. They were pitted in a handicap match against Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and Yasshi), but they were defeated. Ibushi then teamed up with Ishimori to take part in the Aquamarine Cup tag tournament, beating at the first round a team of Aagan Iisou (Toru Owashi and Shogo Takagi) but being eliminated at the second by another (Kondo and Yasshi). After wrestling in the short-lived promotion for some months, Ibushi did a special apparition in its last show, figuring as a new member of Italian Connection (Milano Collection A.T. and Berlinetta Boxer) under the name of "Ibushino", in parody to Yossino, to defeat Aagan Iisou.

After Dragondoor folded, Ibushi was revealed as a part of its new incarnation, El Dorado Wrestling. He wrestled in El Dorado debut show on April 24, 2006, teaming with Ishimori and Jumping Kid Okimoto in a losing effort against Aagan Iisou and their new member Pineapple Hanai, later known as Ken45º. He got his revenge in El Dorado's first big show, teaming up with El Blazer and Milanito Collection a.t. to defeat Kondo, Yasshi and Ken45º after a miscommunication among those. In late 2006, Ibushi teamed with Milano Collection AT to take part in Treasure Hunters Tag Tournament and reached the finals before being knocked out by Dick Togo and Shuji Kondo. Ibushi and Kagetora won a number one condership match for the UWA World Tag Team Championship and went on to win the championships by defeating Tokyo Gurentai (Mazada and Nosawa Rongai) and would later vacate the championships due to inactivity. Ibushi gained a total of four points in Greatest Golden League 2008 which was not enough to progress out of block A and to the semi-final.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling edit

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion (2009–2014) edit

In May and June 2009 Ibushi participated in the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament held by NJPW. Ibushi fought the likes of Koji Kanemoto, Taichi Ishikari and Jushin Thunder Liger, before losing in the semi-finals to Prince Devitt.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42] Ibushi was a participant in Pro Wrestling Noah's NTV Cup with tag team partner Atsushi Aoki and advanced to the finals before losing to Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Kotaro Suzuki.[43]

 
Ibushi in June 2011 after defeating Prince Devitt to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

On June 1, 2010, Ibushi entered his second Best of the Super Juniors tournament. After winning his block with six victories out of seven matches, Ibushi defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to advance to the semifinals of the tournament, where he was once again defeated by Prince Devitt.[44][45][46] On October 11, 2010, Ibushi returned to New Japan at Destruction '10 and teamed with his regular DDT partner Kenny Omega to defeat Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, after Ibushi pinned Devitt.[47] As a result of the pinfall victory, Ibushi was granted a shot at Devitt's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at New Japan's biggest event of the year, Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2011.[48][49] At the event Ibushi was unsuccessful in his attempt to win the title.[50][51] On January 23 at Fantastica Mania 2011, a New Japan and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre co–promoted event in Tokyo, Ibushi and Omega lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to Devitt and Taguchi.[52][53] On May 26, Ibushi entered New Japan's 2011 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. After losing his first two-round robin stage matches, Ibushi came back with a six match win streak to finish first in his block and advance to the semifinals of the tournament.[54] On June 10, Ibushi first defeated Davey Richards in the semifinals and then Ryusuke Taguchi in the finals to win the 2011 Best of the Super Juniors tournament and earn a shot at Prince Devitt's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.[55] On June 18 at Dominion 6.18, Ibushi defeated Prince Devitt to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[56][57] Ibushi made his first defense of the title on July 24, defeating Devitt in a rematch at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011, and his second on August 1, defeating Devitt's tag team partner Ryusuke Taguchi.[58][59] Ibushi then attempted to repeat Devitt's feat of holding both of New Japan's Junior Heavyweight Championships simultaneously, but on August 14, the Golden☆Lovers failed in their attempt to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Apollo 55.[60] On September 12, Ibushi was stripped of both the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and the KO-D Tag Team Championship, after he was sidelined with a dislocated left shoulder.[61]

Ibushi returned to New Japan on June 16 at Dominion 6.16, when he, Daisuke Sasaki and Kenny Omega defeated Bushi, Kushida and Prince Devitt in a six-man tag team match. Later in the event, Ibushi challenged Low Ki to a match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.[62] On July 29, Ibushi defeated Low Ki to also win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time.[63] Ibushi made his first successful title defense on September 7, defeating Kushida.[64] Ibushi followed up by also successfully defending the title against Ryusuke Taguchi on September 23 at Destruction.[65][66] On October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Ibushi lost the title back to Low Ki.[67][68] On January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome, Ibushi unsuccessfully challenged Prince Devitt for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship in a three-way match, which also included Low Ki.[69][70] On July 5, Ibushi was announced as a surprise participant in the 2013 G1 Climax.[71] He increased his weight from 84 kg (185 lb) to 88 kg (194 lb) to prepare himself for the heavyweight-level tournament.[72] Ibushi finished the tournament with four wins and five losses, failing to advance from his block.[73]

 
Ibushi in March 2015

On October 7, 2013, Ibushi, along with Naoki Sugabayashi and Sanshiro Takagi, representatives of both DDT and New Japan, held a press conference to announce that he had signed a dual contract with both promotions; three years with DDT and one year with New Japan, making him the first wrestler to have such a contract and officially have two home promotions.[74] Ibushi wrestled his first match under a New Japan contract on October 14 at King of Pro-Wrestling, where he, Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma were defeated in a six-man tag team match by Bullet Club (Prince Devitt, Bad Luck Fale and Karl Anderson).[75] Returning to the junior heavyweight division, Ibushi then began chasing Devitt for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.[76] On January 4, 2014, at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, Ibushi defeated Devitt to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the third time.[77] Ibushi made his first successful title defense against El Desperado on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka.[78] On March 6, Ibushi main evented New Japan's 42nd anniversary event, losing to Kazuchika Okada in the annual non-title match between the IWGP Junior Heavyweight and IWGP Heavyweight champions.[79] On April 3, Ibushi made his second successful defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Nick Jackson.[80] Three days later at Invasion Attack 2014, Ibushi and El Desperado unsuccessfully challenged Nick and his brother Matt, The Young Bucks, for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[81] Ibushi's third defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship took place on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2014, where he defeated Ryusuke Taguchi.[82] On May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena, Ibushi unsuccessfully challenged Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight Championship.[83][84] On June 21 at Dominion 6.21, Ibushi successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against the winner of the 2014 Best of the Super Juniors, Ricochet.[85] On July 4, Ibushi lost the title to Kushida in his fifth defense.[86] During the match, Ibushi suffered a concussion, which forced him to pull out of the 2014 G1 Climax.[87]

Heavyweight division (2014–2016) edit

On October 3, it was announced that Ibushi, now billed as a permanent heavyweight wrestler, had signed a one-year extension to his NJPW contract.[88] Ibushi would make his return after the G1 and at Power Struggle on November 8, attacked Shinsuke Nakamura after his match, issuing a challenge for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.[89] Ibushi received his shot at the title on January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, but was defeated by Nakamura.[90][91] On March 5, Ibushi entered the 2015 New Japan Cup, defeating IWGP Tag Team Champion Doc Gallows in his first round match.[92] After defeating Toru Yano in the second round on March 8,[93] Ibushi first defeated Tetsuya Naito in the semifinals and then Hirooki Goto in the finals on March 15 to win the tournament and earn the right to challenge for the singles heavyweight title of his choosing. Following the final match, Ibushi announced he had decided to challenge A.J. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[94] The match took place on April 5 at Invasion Attack 2015 and saw Styles retain his title.[95][96] From July 20 to August 14, Ibushi took part in the 2015 G1 Climax.[97] He failed to advance from his block with a record of four wins and five losses, scoring big wins over former IWGP Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles and reigning NEVER Openweight Champion Togi Makabe.[98][99] As a result, Ibushi received a shot at the NEVER Openweight Championship on September 23 at Destruction in Okayama, but was defeated by Makabe.[100] On November 2, NJPW announced that Ibushi was sidelined indefinitely due to cervical disc herniation.[101] In February 2016, Ibushi announced his resignation from NJPW.[31]

Return to the independent circuit (2016–2018) edit

On February 21, 2016, Ibushi announced that while he had been cleared to return to the ring from his herniated cervical disc, he had decided to resign from both DDT and NJPW and continue his career as a freelancer due to feeling he could not handle the burden of working two schedules. As a freelancer, he is billed as a representative of Ibushi Puroresu Kenkyujo ("Ibushi Pro Wrestling Research Institute").[31][102] He wrestled his return match and his first match as a freelancer at DDT's 19th anniversary event on March 21, where he and Gota Ihashi defeated Jun Kasai and Sanshiro Takagi, and Kenso and Michael Nakazawa in a three-way tag team match.[103] In April, Ibushi returned to the United States to take part in events held by Evolve and Kaiju Big Battel, while also appearing in the audience at WWE's NXT TakeOver: Dallas event.[104][105] On May 29, Ibushi made his debut for Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), defeating Tanomusaku Toba.[106] On August 11, Ibushi made his debut for Wrestle-1, defeating Jiro Kuroshio.[107]

WWE (2016) edit

On June 13, 2016, Ibushi was announced as a participant in WWE's Cruiserweight Classic tournament.[108] The tournament kicked off on June 23 with Ibushi defeating Sean Maluta in his first round match.[109] On July 13, Ibushi made his NXT in-ring debut, defeating Buddy Murphy at the NXT tapings.[110] The following day, Ibushi defeated Cedric Alexander in his second round match in the Cruiserweight Classic in a critically acclaimed match.[111] On July 15, Pro Wrestling Torch reported that Ibushi had signed a developmental contract with WWE.[112] In an interview published July 25, Ibushi admitted he had been offered a contract, but denied having signed it.[113] On August 26, Ibushi defeated Brian Kendrick to advance to the semifinals of the Cruiserweight Classic.[114] On September 14, Ibushi was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by eventual winner T. J. Perkins.[115] Afterwards, Pro Wrestling Torch went back on their earlier report and stated that Ibushi had not agreed to a WWE contract beyond the tournament, which was a factor in him losing the semifinal match.[116] On September 29, WWE announced that Ibushi would be teaming up with NXT's Hideo Itami in the upcoming Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.[117] When Itami was injured, Ibushi was paired up with T. J. Perkins. The two entered the tournament on October 13, defeating Lince Dorado and Mustafa Ali in their first round match. Later that same day, they were eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Sanity (Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton).[118]

Return to NJPW edit

 
Ibushi as Tiger Mask W in January 2017

Tiger Mask W (2016–2017) edit

On October 10, 2016, Ibushi returned to NJPW, taking part in a dark match prior to the King of Pro-Wrestling event. Ibushi wrestled the match as the masked character "Tiger Mask W", based on the anime series of the same name, defeating Red Death Mask.[7] The following day, NJPW announced that Tiger Mask W would return to the promotion in January 2017.[119] Tiger Mask W returned on January 4, 2017, defeating Tiger the Dark at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome.[120] On February 5, after successfully defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki, Kazuchika Okada brought up Tiger Mask W as his next possible opponent,[121] leading to a program between the two heading into NJPW's 45th anniversary show. On March 1, Tiger Mask W teamed with Tiger Mask to defeat Okada and Gedo in a tag team match.[122] On March 6 at the 45th anniversary show, Tiger Mask W was defeated by Okada in a non-title main event.[123]

Golden☆Lovers reunion (2017–2019) edit

On June 20, NJPW announced Ibushi, under his real name, as a participant in the 2017 G1 Climax. NJPW billed this as Ibushi's return to the company after two and a half years, not acknowledging his stint as Tiger Mask W.[124] Ibushi finished the tournament on August 11 with a record of five wins and four losses, failing to advance from his block.[125] On November 5 at Power Struggle, Ibushi unsuccessfully challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.[126] On January 4, 2018, Ibushi defeated Cody at Wrestle Kingdom 12. It had been previously billed as a title match for Cody's ROH World Championship, but Cody lost it to Dalton Castle, before he had the chance to defend it at Wrestle Kingdom 12.[127] At New Year Dash!! 2018, Ibushi was attacked by Cody after losing a match to Bullet Club, but leader Kenny Omega stopped him from doing so.[128] At The New Beginning in Sapporo, Ibushi returned the favor, saving Omega, who was involved in an altercation with other Bullet Club members Cody and Hangman Page. In doing so, they reunited the Golden☆Lovers tag-team for the first time since 2014.[129]

On night two of Honor Rising, the Golden☆Lovers won their return match as a team against Cody and Marty Scurll. After the match, Ibushi and Omega were confronted by the Young Bucks and challenged to a match at Strong Style Evolved on March 25.[130] At the event, the Golden☆Lovers defeated the Young Bucks. Although Ibushi would later become a regular in Bullet Club tag matches during the Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour in April and May 2018, he was not considered a member of the faction. On June 9 at Dominion in Osaka-jo Hall, Ibushi was in Omega's corner, as he defeated Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Ibushi, Omega and the Young Bucks all embraced in the ring, and formed a new sub-group called The Golden☆Elite.[131]

Ibushi then participated in the 2018 G1 Climax, finishing with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses, tied for top of his block. He proceeded to the finals due to a victory in his final block match against IWGP Heavyweight Champion and Golden☆Lovers partner Kenny Omega. This would make Ibushi the first professional wrestler to proceed to the final of the New Japan Cup, Best of the Super Juniors and the G1 Climax. However, he lost the final to Hiroshi Tanahashi. On December 9, Ibushi defeated Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship, but lost it one month later against Will Ospreay at Wrestle Kingdom 13.

G1 Climax and final IWGP Heavyweight Champion (2019–2021) edit

On February 11, 2019, Ibushi announced that he was staying in New Japan. He also said, that he will be first competitor in 2019 New Japan Cup. This came after speculation he was going to follow Omega to American promotion All Elite Wrestling.[132] Since this announcement he has wrestled exclusively in NJPW.[133] It was later revealed to be a two-year deal.[134] In the first round of the New Japan Cup on March 10, he defeated Tetsuya Naito to advance to the next round but lose to Zack Sabre Jr in the second round. Due to defeating Naito, he was granted an IWGP Intercontinental Championship match against Naito at April 2019's G1 Supercard. Ibushi successfully defeated Naito and became the IWGP Intercontinental Champion for the first time in his career.[135]

At Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall, Ibushi lost the IWGP Intercontinental Championship back to Naito.[136] Ibushi went on to compete in the 2019 G1 Climax winning the A block, finishing with 14 points, defeating Lance Archer, Bad Luck Fale, Will Ospreay, Zack Sabre Jr, Sanada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada. His only two losses came to KENTA at G1 Climax in Dallas and to Evil.[137] He went on the defeat the winner of the B Block, Jay White, in the finals to win the tournament.[138] This made Ibushi the first wrestler to win the G1 Climax, the New Japan Cup and the Best of the Super Jrs, the three main singles tournament in NJPW, in their career. He received his G1 Climax title shot on Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 14, where he was defeated by Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, before losing to White in a singles match on Night 2.[139][140][141]

On February 21, 2020, on the New Japan Road event, Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi, dubbing themselves Golden☆Ace, defeated the Guerrillas of Destiny to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, Ibushi's first time winning the title and first tag team title win in NJPW since 2010. In June, Ibushi entered the New Japan Cup, where he defeated Zack Sabre Jr in the first round, before losing to Taichi in the second round. On July 12, at Dominion, Ibushi and Tanahashi lost their IWGP Tag Team Championships to Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. On September 19, Ibushi entered G1 Climax 30, where he scored his first win in A Block against Kazuchika Okada. He only lost two matches during the whole tournament, against Shingo Takagi and the man he beat to win the previous year's G1, Jay White. On October 18, Ibushi won the tournament by defeating B Block winner, Sanada.

On November 7, 2020, at Power Struggle, Ibushi became the first man to unsuccessfully defend the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships challenge rights certificate, by losing the briefcase to White.[142] Even though he had lost the right to challenge at the Tokyo Dome, Tetsuya Naito allowed him to challenge on the 4th of January, as Jay White had declared he'd be taking that night off.[143][144][145]

On January 4, 2021, at Wrestle Kingdom 15, Ibushi pinned Tetsuya Naito in the main event to win the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships, becoming only the third man to win the IWGP Heavyweight and Junior Heavyweight Championships in history (the first two being Nobuhiko Takada and former Golden Lovers tag team partner Kenny Omega).[146][147] He went on to successfully defend both titles against Jay White the following night on Wrestle Kingdom 15 Night 2.[148] Ibushi would later declare his intentions to unify the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships.[149]

Inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion (2021–2023) edit

After several months of Ibushi claiming that he wanted to unify his Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles into one, NJPW announced on March 1, 2021, that the championships would officially be unified into the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the NJPW 49th Anniversary Show on March 4, with the winner of Ibushi's match against El Desperado for the Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles being crowned the inaugural champion; at the event, Ibushi won the match, making him the final IWGP Heavyweight Champion, the final IWGP Intercontinental Champion, and the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion.[150] On April 4 at Sakura Genesis, Ibushi dropped the championship to 2021 New Japan Cup winner Will Ospreay in his first defense, ending his reign at 31 days.[151][152] Ibushi would go on to make his fourth consecutive G1 Climax final, but would lose to Kazuchika Okada after suffering an arm injury, causing a referee stoppage.[153] On February 1, 2023, Ibushi's contract with NJPW expired, rendering him a free agent.

All Elite Wrestling (2023–present) edit

On the July 13, 2023 episode of Dynamite, Ibushi was announced as the mystery partner of The Elite in their Blood And Guts match against the Blackpool Combat Club, thus reuniting with Omega and reforming the Golden Lovers, now under the "Golden Elite" name (since Hangman Page and the Young Bucks are also competing). The team then won the match the following week.[154] On November 15, he signed a contract with the promotion.[155]

Ibushi once again teamed with Omega and Page to face Konosuke Takeshita, Jay White and Juice Robinson at All In in a losing effort.[156] He again wrestled at WrestleDream, teaming once again with Omega and with Chris Jericho in a losing effort against Takeshita, Sammy Guevara and Will Ospreay.[157]

Martial arts career edit

Prior to the start of his professional wrestling career, Ibushi practiced karate, winning a shinkarate K-2 tournament in 2003.[158] In 2006, Ibushi was planning on making his K-1 MAX debut, but it was cancelled after his opponent was injured.[158] On November 11, 2014, Ibushi announced he would be making his shoot boxing debut in an exhibition match on November 30.[158] The match with Ibushi's fellow DDT wrestler Michael Nakazawa ended in a draw.[159]

Championships and accomplishments edit

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kota, ibushi, 飯伏幸太, ibushi, kōta, born, 1982, japanese, professional, wrestler, martial, artist, currently, signed, elite, wrestling, best, known, tenure, with, japan, wrestling, njpw, ibushi, 2017born, 1982, 1982, aira, kagoshima, japanprofessional, wrestling. Kota Ibushi 飯伏幸太 Ibushi Kōta born May 21 1982 1 2 10 is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist who is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling AEW He is best known for his tenure with New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW Kota IbushiIbushi in 2017Born 1982 05 21 May 21 1982 age 41 1 2 3 Aira Kagoshima JapanProfessional wrestling careerRing name s Kota Ibushi 1 Hustle Kamen Orange 4 Oda Nobunaga 5 Robin Mask 6 Sammy Lee Jr 4 Tiger Mask W 7 Billed height1 81 m 5 ft 11 in 1 2 Billed weight93 kg 205 lb 2 8 Billed fromKagoshima Prefecture 9 Trained byMikami 4 Shuji Kondo 4 DebutJuly 1 2004 1 2 3 His career began with the Dramatic Dream Team DDT promotion in 2004 and over the next eleven years became a three time KO D Openweight Champion five time KO D Tag Team Champion and a two time KO D 6 Man Tag Team Champion Two of the KO D Tag Team title reigns was with Kenny Omega as the Golden Lovers their combined total of 351 days is still a DDT record In 2009 Ibushi started working for New Japan Pro Wrestling and eventually signed with the promotion in 2013 In NJPW Ibushi is a former NEVER Openweight Champion three time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and a one time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion He resigned from both DDT and NJPW in February 2016 and has performed in several different organizations as a freelancer including both DDT and NJPW as well as WWE where he participated in the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic tournament After continuing to perform as a freelancer for NJPW after 2016 including as Tiger Mask W the protagonist of the anime of the same name from 2016 to 2017 he signed a new full time contract with NJPW in early 2019 winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first and only time in his career in 2021 before unifying it with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to become the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion later that year Ibushi is also a former IWGP Tag Team Champion Ibushi has also won several tournaments for NJPW including the 2011 Best of the Super Juniors the 2015 New Japan Cup and the 2019 and 2020 editions of the G1 Climax being the only wrestler to have won all three tournaments He is also one of only four wrestlers to win two consecutive G1 Climax tournaments alongside Masahiro Chono Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Kazuchika Okada as well as the only wrestler to reach the finals stage of four consecutive G1 Climax tournaments Contents 1 Professional wrestling career 1 1 Dramatic Dream Team DDT Pro Wrestling 1 1 1 Early career 2004 2009 1 1 2 Golden Lovers and departure 2009 2016 1 2 Independent circuit 2004 2010 1 3 Dragondoor and El Dorado Wrestling 2005 2008 1 4 New Japan Pro Wrestling 1 4 1 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion 2009 2014 1 4 2 Heavyweight division 2014 2016 1 5 Return to the independent circuit 2016 2018 1 6 WWE 2016 1 7 Return to NJPW 1 7 1 Tiger Mask W 2016 2017 1 7 2 Golden Lovers reunion 2017 2019 1 7 3 G1 Climax and final IWGP Heavyweight Champion 2019 2021 1 7 4 Inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion 2021 2023 1 8 All Elite Wrestling 2023 present 2 Martial arts career 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 References 5 External linksProfessional wrestling career editDramatic Dream Team DDT Pro Wrestling edit Early career 2004 2009 edit On July 1 2004 Ibushi made his professional wrestling debut for Dramatic Dream Team DDT losing to Kudo In 2005 Ibushi won his first championship when he and Daichi Kakimoto defeated Darkside Hero and Toru Owashi to win the KO D Tag Team Championship On June 25 2006 he lost to Danshoku Dino in a match for the Championship 11 and spent most of later 2006 competing in multiple tag team matches 12 In 2007 Ibushi s fortunes fared better and he began to win more matches including defeating BxB Hulk at a co promoted event held by DDT and Dragon Gate 12 Later in 2007 Ibushi defeated Madoka to win the vacant Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship In February 2008 Ibushi defeated Tanomusaku Toba to retain the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship and win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship He would go on to lose the Ironman championship to Danshoku Dino 12 On July 20 2008 Ibushi would defeat Kudo in the Next KO D Openweight Championship One Day Tournament finals but would ultimately lose to the KO D champion Dick Togo a month later 12 Golden Lovers and departure 2009 2016 edit Main article Golden Lovers Ibushi would start teaming up with Kenny Omega as the Golden Lovers and on January 24 2009 they defeated Harashima and Toru Owashi to win the KO D Tag Team Championship and lost them in May to Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku 12 In the summer of 2009 Ibushi won the first KO D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament and went on to win the KO D Openweight Championship from Harashima 12 13 During his time as champion he also won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship and would lose the Openweight Championship to Shuji Ishikawa After winning the Best of the Super Juniors in New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW his matches in DDT were mostly tag team matches with his partner Kenny Omega or matches involving IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Ibushi s fortunes in 2011 were better he teamed up with Danshoki Dino to win the KO D Tag Team Championship however after dislocating his shoulder he vacated the title Ibushi made his return at a DDT event on May 4 2012 losing to El Generico 14 On June 24 Ibushi defeated Yuji Hino to win DDT s KO D Openweight Championship for the second time 15 On August 18 Ibushi defeated Kenny Omega in the main event of Budokan Peter Pan to retain the KO D Openweight Championship 16 On September 30 Ibushi lost the title to El Generico 17 On October 3 Ibushi won the third annual DDT48 general election and as a result earned an immediate rematch with El Generico 18 Ibushi received his rematch on October 21 but was again defeated by El Generico 19 On May 26 Ibushi Gota Ihashi and Kenny Omega defeated the Monster Army Antonio Honda Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino to win the KO D 6 Man Tag Team Championship 20 Their reign lasted 28 days before they lost the title back to the Monster Army now represented by Honda Hino and Hoshitango 21 On August 18 at DDT s annual Ryōgoku Peter Pan event Ibushi faced New Japan representative and reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada in a losing effort in a special non title match 22 On January 26 2014 Ibushi and Kenny Omega defeated Yankii Nichokenju Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto and Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo in a three way match to win the KO D Tag Team Championship 23 On April 12 Ibushi and Omega became double champions in DDT when they teamed with Daisuke Sasaki to defeat Team Drift Keisuke Ishii Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao for the KO D 6 Man Tag Team Championship 24 Their reign however lasted only 22 days before they lost the title to Shuten dōji Kudo Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi on May 4 25 On September 28 Ibushi and Omega lost the KO D Tag Team Championship to Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo 26 On February 15 2015 Ibushi won the KO D Openweight Championship for the third time defeating Harashima 27 He lost the title back to Harashima on April 29 28 On August 23 Ibushi won the KO D Tag Team Championship for the fifth time when he and Daisuke Sasaki defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi for the title 29 They vacated the title on November 2 when Ibushi was sidelined indefinitely with a cervical disc herniation 30 On February 21 2016 Ibushi announced his resignation from DDT 31 Independent circuit 2004 2010 edit Ibushi competed in Wrestling Marvelous Future teaming with Onryo and lost to Garuda and Masa Takanashi He would go on to compete for NJPW and Big Japan Pro Wrestling for a few months 32 Ibushi teamed with Kudo to take on Kenta and Naomichi Marufuji in the first round of Differ Cup 2005 and lost Ibushi would go on to become Hustle Kamen Orange for Hustle teaming with Hustle Kamen Red and the rest of the Hustle Kamen stable 32 Ibushi went on to team up with Fuka to win his first accomplishment in professionally wrestling Dragon Mixture Tournament by defeating Shinjitsu Nohashi and Yoshitsune in the final 32 It was announced on January 26 2008 that Ibushi would be competing for Ring of Honor in the United States On April 11 2008 in Boston he made his debut in a match against Davey Richards a match in which he was cheered as a winner despite losing During his brief tour of ROH he wrestled against Claudio Castagnoli and teamed with Austin Aries against The Briscoe Brothers only to come up on the losing end His last appearance of his U S tour of ROH ended with a singles victory over El Generico Ibushi competed for ROH during the promotion s second tour of Japan teaming with Kenta against Naomichi Marufuji and Katsuhiko Nakajima in a tag team match It was announced on April 6 2008 that Ibushi would be competing for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in Burbank CA However Ibushi would end up injured before his scheduled appearance and was forced to miss the PWG event On March 27 2009 Ibushi made his debut for Philadelphia based Chikara at the promotions annual King of Trios tournament where he formed a team with Kudo and Michael Nakazawa After his team was eliminated in the first round by Equinox Lince Dorado and Helios 33 he went on to wrestle in the Rey de Voladores tournament over the next two days On March 29 Ibushi defeated Player Dos to win the tournament and become the 2009 Rey de Voladores 34 On January 16 2010 Ibushi participated in Evolve s first show losing to Davey Richards in the main event 35 Dragondoor and El Dorado Wrestling 2005 2008 edit Ibushi made his debut in Dragondoor on its debut show on July 19 2005 taking part in Taiji Ishimori s babyface team along with Milanito Collection a t and Little Dragon They were pitted in a handicap match against Aagan Iisou Shuji Kondo Takuya Sugawara and Yasshi but they were defeated Ibushi then teamed up with Ishimori to take part in the Aquamarine Cup tag tournament beating at the first round a team of Aagan Iisou Toru Owashi and Shogo Takagi but being eliminated at the second by another Kondo and Yasshi After wrestling in the short lived promotion for some months Ibushi did a special apparition in its last show figuring as a new member of Italian Connection Milano Collection A T and Berlinetta Boxer under the name of Ibushino in parody to Yossino to defeat Aagan Iisou After Dragondoor folded Ibushi was revealed as a part of its new incarnation El Dorado Wrestling He wrestled in El Dorado debut show on April 24 2006 teaming with Ishimori and Jumping Kid Okimoto in a losing effort against Aagan Iisou and their new member Pineapple Hanai later known as Ken45º He got his revenge in El Dorado s first big show teaming up with El Blazer and Milanito Collection a t to defeat Kondo Yasshi and Ken45º after a miscommunication among those In late 2006 Ibushi teamed with Milano Collection AT to take part in Treasure Hunters Tag Tournament and reached the finals before being knocked out by Dick Togo and Shuji Kondo Ibushi and Kagetora won a number one condership match for the UWA World Tag Team Championship and went on to win the championships by defeating Tokyo Gurentai Mazada and Nosawa Rongai and would later vacate the championships due to inactivity Ibushi gained a total of four points in Greatest Golden League 2008 which was not enough to progress out of block A and to the semi final New Japan Pro Wrestling edit IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion 2009 2014 edit In May and June 2009 Ibushi participated in the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament held by NJPW Ibushi fought the likes of Koji Kanemoto Taichi Ishikari and Jushin Thunder Liger before losing in the semi finals to Prince Devitt 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Ibushi was a participant in Pro Wrestling Noah s NTV Cup with tag team partner Atsushi Aoki and advanced to the finals before losing to Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Kotaro Suzuki 43 nbsp Ibushi in June 2011 after defeating Prince Devitt to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipOn June 1 2010 Ibushi entered his second Best of the Super Juniors tournament After winning his block with six victories out of seven matches Ibushi defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to advance to the semifinals of the tournament where he was once again defeated by Prince Devitt 44 45 46 On October 11 2010 Ibushi returned to New Japan at Destruction 10 and teamed with his regular DDT partner Kenny Omega to defeat Apollo 55 Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship after Ibushi pinned Devitt 47 As a result of the pinfall victory Ibushi was granted a shot at Devitt s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at New Japan s biggest event of the year Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome on January 4 2011 48 49 At the event Ibushi was unsuccessful in his attempt to win the title 50 51 On January 23 at Fantastica Mania 2011 a New Japan and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre co promoted event in Tokyo Ibushi and Omega lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to Devitt and Taguchi 52 53 On May 26 Ibushi entered New Japan s 2011 Best of the Super Juniors tournament After losing his first two round robin stage matches Ibushi came back with a six match win streak to finish first in his block and advance to the semifinals of the tournament 54 On June 10 Ibushi first defeated Davey Richards in the semifinals and then Ryusuke Taguchi in the finals to win the 2011 Best of the Super Juniors tournament and earn a shot at Prince Devitt s IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 55 On June 18 at Dominion 6 18 Ibushi defeated Prince Devitt to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time 56 57 Ibushi made his first defense of the title on July 24 defeating Devitt in a rematch at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011 and his second on August 1 defeating Devitt s tag team partner Ryusuke Taguchi 58 59 Ibushi then attempted to repeat Devitt s feat of holding both of New Japan s Junior Heavyweight Championships simultaneously but on August 14 the Golden Lovers failed in their attempt to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from Apollo 55 60 On September 12 Ibushi was stripped of both the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and the KO D Tag Team Championship after he was sidelined with a dislocated left shoulder 61 Ibushi returned to New Japan on June 16 at Dominion 6 16 when he Daisuke Sasaki and Kenny Omega defeated Bushi Kushida and Prince Devitt in a six man tag team match Later in the event Ibushi challenged Low Ki to a match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 62 On July 29 Ibushi defeated Low Ki to also win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time 63 Ibushi made his first successful title defense on September 7 defeating Kushida 64 Ibushi followed up by also successfully defending the title against Ryusuke Taguchi on September 23 at Destruction 65 66 On October 8 at King of Pro Wrestling Ibushi lost the title back to Low Ki 67 68 On January 4 2013 at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome Ibushi unsuccessfully challenged Prince Devitt for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship in a three way match which also included Low Ki 69 70 On July 5 Ibushi was announced as a surprise participant in the 2013 G1 Climax 71 He increased his weight from 84 kg 185 lb to 88 kg 194 lb to prepare himself for the heavyweight level tournament 72 Ibushi finished the tournament with four wins and five losses failing to advance from his block 73 nbsp Ibushi in March 2015On October 7 2013 Ibushi along with Naoki Sugabayashi and Sanshiro Takagi representatives of both DDT and New Japan held a press conference to announce that he had signed a dual contract with both promotions three years with DDT and one year with New Japan making him the first wrestler to have such a contract and officially have two home promotions 74 Ibushi wrestled his first match under a New Japan contract on October 14 at King of Pro Wrestling where he Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma were defeated in a six man tag team match by Bullet Club Prince Devitt Bad Luck Fale and Karl Anderson 75 Returning to the junior heavyweight division Ibushi then began chasing Devitt for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 76 On January 4 2014 at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome Ibushi defeated Devitt to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the third time 77 Ibushi made his first successful title defense against El Desperado on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka 78 On March 6 Ibushi main evented New Japan s 42nd anniversary event losing to Kazuchika Okada in the annual non title match between the IWGP Junior Heavyweight and IWGP Heavyweight champions 79 On April 3 Ibushi made his second successful defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Nick Jackson 80 Three days later at Invasion Attack 2014 Ibushi and El Desperado unsuccessfully challenged Nick and his brother Matt The Young Bucks for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 81 Ibushi s third defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship took place on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2014 where he defeated Ryusuke Taguchi 82 On May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena Ibushi unsuccessfully challenged Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight Championship 83 84 On June 21 at Dominion 6 21 Ibushi successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against the winner of the 2014 Best of the Super Juniors Ricochet 85 On July 4 Ibushi lost the title to Kushida in his fifth defense 86 During the match Ibushi suffered a concussion which forced him to pull out of the 2014 G1 Climax 87 Heavyweight division 2014 2016 edit On October 3 it was announced that Ibushi now billed as a permanent heavyweight wrestler had signed a one year extension to his NJPW contract 88 Ibushi would make his return after the G1 and at Power Struggle on November 8 attacked Shinsuke Nakamura after his match issuing a challenge for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship 89 Ibushi received his shot at the title on January 4 2015 at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome but was defeated by Nakamura 90 91 On March 5 Ibushi entered the 2015 New Japan Cup defeating IWGP Tag Team Champion Doc Gallows in his first round match 92 After defeating Toru Yano in the second round on March 8 93 Ibushi first defeated Tetsuya Naito in the semifinals and then Hirooki Goto in the finals on March 15 to win the tournament and earn the right to challenge for the singles heavyweight title of his choosing Following the final match Ibushi announced he had decided to challenge A J Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 94 The match took place on April 5 at Invasion Attack 2015 and saw Styles retain his title 95 96 From July 20 to August 14 Ibushi took part in the 2015 G1 Climax 97 He failed to advance from his block with a record of four wins and five losses scoring big wins over former IWGP Heavyweight Champion A J Styles and reigning NEVER Openweight Champion Togi Makabe 98 99 As a result Ibushi received a shot at the NEVER Openweight Championship on September 23 at Destruction in Okayama but was defeated by Makabe 100 On November 2 NJPW announced that Ibushi was sidelined indefinitely due to cervical disc herniation 101 In February 2016 Ibushi announced his resignation from NJPW 31 Return to the independent circuit 2016 2018 edit On February 21 2016 Ibushi announced that while he had been cleared to return to the ring from his herniated cervical disc he had decided to resign from both DDT and NJPW and continue his career as a freelancer due to feeling he could not handle the burden of working two schedules As a freelancer he is billed as a representative of Ibushi Puroresu Kenkyujo Ibushi Pro Wrestling Research Institute 31 102 He wrestled his return match and his first match as a freelancer at DDT s 19th anniversary event on March 21 where he and Gota Ihashi defeated Jun Kasai and Sanshiro Takagi and Kenso and Michael Nakazawa in a three way tag team match 103 In April Ibushi returned to the United States to take part in events held by Evolve and Kaiju Big Battel while also appearing in the audience at WWE s NXT TakeOver Dallas event 104 105 On May 29 Ibushi made his debut for Inoki Genome Federation IGF defeating Tanomusaku Toba 106 On August 11 Ibushi made his debut for Wrestle 1 defeating Jiro Kuroshio 107 WWE 2016 edit On June 13 2016 Ibushi was announced as a participant in WWE s Cruiserweight Classic tournament 108 The tournament kicked off on June 23 with Ibushi defeating Sean Maluta in his first round match 109 On July 13 Ibushi made his NXT in ring debut defeating Buddy Murphy at the NXT tapings 110 The following day Ibushi defeated Cedric Alexander in his second round match in the Cruiserweight Classic in a critically acclaimed match 111 On July 15 Pro Wrestling Torch reported that Ibushi had signed a developmental contract with WWE 112 In an interview published July 25 Ibushi admitted he had been offered a contract but denied having signed it 113 On August 26 Ibushi defeated Brian Kendrick to advance to the semifinals of the Cruiserweight Classic 114 On September 14 Ibushi was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by eventual winner T J Perkins 115 Afterwards Pro Wrestling Torch went back on their earlier report and stated that Ibushi had not agreed to a WWE contract beyond the tournament which was a factor in him losing the semifinal match 116 On September 29 WWE announced that Ibushi would be teaming up with NXT s Hideo Itami in the upcoming Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 117 When Itami was injured Ibushi was paired up with T J Perkins The two entered the tournament on October 13 defeating Lince Dorado and Mustafa Ali in their first round match Later that same day they were eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Sanity Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton 118 Return to NJPW edit nbsp Ibushi as Tiger Mask W in January 2017Tiger Mask W 2016 2017 edit On October 10 2016 Ibushi returned to NJPW taking part in a dark match prior to the King of Pro Wrestling event Ibushi wrestled the match as the masked character Tiger Mask W based on the anime series of the same name defeating Red Death Mask 7 The following day NJPW announced that Tiger Mask W would return to the promotion in January 2017 119 Tiger Mask W returned on January 4 2017 defeating Tiger the Dark at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome 120 On February 5 after successfully defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki Kazuchika Okada brought up Tiger Mask W as his next possible opponent 121 leading to a program between the two heading into NJPW s 45th anniversary show On March 1 Tiger Mask W teamed with Tiger Mask to defeat Okada and Gedo in a tag team match 122 On March 6 at the 45th anniversary show Tiger Mask W was defeated by Okada in a non title main event 123 Golden Lovers reunion 2017 2019 edit On June 20 NJPW announced Ibushi under his real name as a participant in the 2017 G1 Climax NJPW billed this as Ibushi s return to the company after two and a half years not acknowledging his stint as Tiger Mask W 124 Ibushi finished the tournament on August 11 with a record of five wins and four losses failing to advance from his block 125 On November 5 at Power Struggle Ibushi unsuccessfully challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship 126 On January 4 2018 Ibushi defeated Cody at Wrestle Kingdom 12 It had been previously billed as a title match for Cody s ROH World Championship but Cody lost it to Dalton Castle before he had the chance to defend it at Wrestle Kingdom 12 127 At New Year Dash 2018 Ibushi was attacked by Cody after losing a match to Bullet Club but leader Kenny Omega stopped him from doing so 128 At The New Beginning in Sapporo Ibushi returned the favor saving Omega who was involved in an altercation with other Bullet Club members Cody and Hangman Page In doing so they reunited the Golden Lovers tag team for the first time since 2014 129 On night two of Honor Rising the Golden Lovers won their return match as a team against Cody and Marty Scurll After the match Ibushi and Omega were confronted by the Young Bucks and challenged to a match at Strong Style Evolved on March 25 130 At the event the Golden Lovers defeated the Young Bucks Although Ibushi would later become a regular in Bullet Club tag matches during the Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour in April and May 2018 he was not considered a member of the faction On June 9 at Dominion in Osaka jo Hall Ibushi was in Omega s corner as he defeated Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship After the match Ibushi Omega and the Young Bucks all embraced in the ring and formed a new sub group called The Golden Elite 131 Ibushi then participated in the 2018 G1 Climax finishing with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses tied for top of his block He proceeded to the finals due to a victory in his final block match against IWGP Heavyweight Champion and Golden Lovers partner Kenny Omega This would make Ibushi the first professional wrestler to proceed to the final of the New Japan Cup Best of the Super Juniors and the G1 Climax However he lost the final to Hiroshi Tanahashi On December 9 Ibushi defeated Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship but lost it one month later against Will Ospreay at Wrestle Kingdom 13 G1 Climax and final IWGP Heavyweight Champion 2019 2021 edit On February 11 2019 Ibushi announced that he was staying in New Japan He also said that he will be first competitor in 2019 New Japan Cup This came after speculation he was going to follow Omega to American promotion All Elite Wrestling 132 Since this announcement he has wrestled exclusively in NJPW 133 It was later revealed to be a two year deal 134 In the first round of the New Japan Cup on March 10 he defeated Tetsuya Naito to advance to the next round but lose to Zack Sabre Jr in the second round Due to defeating Naito he was granted an IWGP Intercontinental Championship match against Naito at April 2019 s G1 Supercard Ibushi successfully defeated Naito and became the IWGP Intercontinental Champion for the first time in his career 135 At Dominion 6 9 in Osaka jo Hall Ibushi lost the IWGP Intercontinental Championship back to Naito 136 Ibushi went on to compete in the 2019 G1 Climax winning the A block finishing with 14 points defeating Lance Archer Bad Luck Fale Will Ospreay Zack Sabre Jr Sanada Hiroshi Tanahashi and IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada His only two losses came to KENTA at G1 Climax in Dallas and to Evil 137 He went on the defeat the winner of the B Block Jay White in the finals to win the tournament 138 This made Ibushi the first wrestler to win the G1 Climax the New Japan Cup and the Best of the Super Jrs the three main singles tournament in NJPW in their career He received his G1 Climax title shot on Night 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 14 where he was defeated by Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship before losing to White in a singles match on Night 2 139 140 141 On February 21 2020 on the New Japan Road event Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi dubbing themselves Golden Ace defeated the Guerrillas of Destiny to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship Ibushi s first time winning the title and first tag team title win in NJPW since 2010 In June Ibushi entered the New Japan Cup where he defeated Zack Sabre Jr in the first round before losing to Taichi in the second round On July 12 at Dominion Ibushi and Tanahashi lost their IWGP Tag Team Championships to Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr On September 19 Ibushi entered G1 Climax 30 where he scored his first win in A Block against Kazuchika Okada He only lost two matches during the whole tournament against Shingo Takagi and the man he beat to win the previous year s G1 Jay White On October 18 Ibushi won the tournament by defeating B Block winner Sanada On November 7 2020 at Power Struggle Ibushi became the first man to unsuccessfully defend the Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships challenge rights certificate by losing the briefcase to White 142 Even though he had lost the right to challenge at the Tokyo Dome Tetsuya Naito allowed him to challenge on the 4th of January as Jay White had declared he d be taking that night off 143 144 145 On January 4 2021 at Wrestle Kingdom 15 Ibushi pinned Tetsuya Naito in the main event to win the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships becoming only the third man to win the IWGP Heavyweight and Junior Heavyweight Championships in history the first two being Nobuhiko Takada and former Golden Lovers tag team partner Kenny Omega 146 147 He went on to successfully defend both titles against Jay White the following night on Wrestle Kingdom 15 Night 2 148 Ibushi would later declare his intentions to unify the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships 149 Inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion 2021 2023 edit After several months of Ibushi claiming that he wanted to unify his Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles into one NJPW announced on March 1 2021 that the championships would officially be unified into the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the NJPW 49th Anniversary Show on March 4 with the winner of Ibushi s match against El Desperado for the Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles being crowned the inaugural champion at the event Ibushi won the match making him the final IWGP Heavyweight Champion the final IWGP Intercontinental Champion and the inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Champion 150 On April 4 at Sakura Genesis Ibushi dropped the championship to 2021 New Japan Cup winner Will Ospreay in his first defense ending his reign at 31 days 151 152 Ibushi would go on to make his fourth consecutive G1 Climax final but would lose to Kazuchika Okada after suffering an arm injury causing a referee stoppage 153 On February 1 2023 Ibushi s contract with NJPW expired rendering him a free agent All Elite Wrestling 2023 present edit On the July 13 2023 episode of Dynamite Ibushi was announced as the mystery partner of The Elite in their Blood And Guts match against the Blackpool Combat Club thus reuniting with Omega and reforming the Golden Lovers now under the Golden Elite name since Hangman Page and the Young Bucks are also competing The team then won the match the following week 154 On November 15 he signed a contract with the promotion 155 Ibushi once again teamed with Omega and Page to face Konosuke Takeshita Jay White and Juice Robinson at All In in a losing effort 156 He again wrestled at WrestleDream teaming once again with Omega and with Chris Jericho in a losing effort against Takeshita Sammy Guevara and Will Ospreay 157 Martial arts career editPrior to the start of his professional wrestling career Ibushi practiced karate winning a shinkarate K 2 tournament in 2003 158 In 2006 Ibushi was planning on making his K 1 MAX debut but it was cancelled after his opponent was injured 158 On November 11 2014 Ibushi announced he would be making his shoot boxing debut in an exhibition match on November 30 158 The match with Ibushi s fellow DDT wrestler Michael Nakazawa ended in a draw 159 Championships and accomplishments editCBS Sports NJPW Wrestler of the Year 2018 160 Chikara Rey de Voladores 2009 161 Dramatic Dream Team DDT Pro Wrestling IMGP World Heavyweight Championship 1 time 162 Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship 1 time 163 Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship 3 times 164 165 KO D 6 Man Tag Team Championship 2 times 166 with Gota Ihashi and Kenny Omega 1 20 and Daisuke Sasaki and Kenny Omega 1 24 KO D Openweight Championship 3 times 167 168 KO D Tag Team Championship 5 times with Daichi Kakimoto 1 Kenny Omega 2 Danshoku Dino 1 and Daisuke Sasaki 1 169 Go 1 Climax 2014 170 KO D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament 2009 171 172 KO D Tag League 2005 with Daichi Kakimoto 173 174 DDT48 Dramatic Sousenkyo 2012 2014 175 Best Match Award 2012 vs Kenny Omega on August 18 176 El Dorado Wrestling UWA World Tag Team Championship 1 time with Kagetora 177 9 Inside The Ropes Magazine Ranked No 6 of the top 50 wrestlers in the world in the ITR 50 in 2020 178 Japan Indie Awards Best Bout Award 2008 vs Kenny Omega DDT August 6 179 Best Bout Award 2011 vs Dick Togo DDT March 27 180 Best Bout Award 2012 vs Kenny Omega DDT August 18 181 Best Bout Award 2014 with Kenny Omega vs Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo DDT September 28 182 MVP Award 2007 2009 Kaientai Dojo Tag Team Best Bout K Award 2007 with Madoka vs Dick Togo and Taka Michinoku on December 1 183 Kaiju Big Battel KBB Hashtag Championship 1 time 184 New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 1 time inaugural 185 IWGP Heavyweight Championship 1 time final 186 187 IWGP Intercontinental Championship 2 times final 186 188 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 3 times 189 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 1 time with Kenny Omega 190 IWGP Tag Team Championship 1 time with Hiroshi Tanahashi 191 NEVER Openweight Championship 1 time 192 Best of the Super Juniors 2011 193 G1 Climax 2019 2020 194 195 New Japan Cup 2015 196 Concurso 2020 197 198 Nikkan Sports Best Tag Team Award 2010 with Kenny Omega 199 Technique Award 2009 2010 200 199 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No 5 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2021 201 SoCal Uncensored Southern California Match of the Year 2018 with Kenny Omega vs The Young Bucks on March 25 202 Sports Illustrated Ranked No 2 of the top 10 men s wrestlers in 2018 tied with Kenny Omega 203 Ranked No 8 of the top 10 wrestlers in 2020 204 Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award 2010 with Kenny Omega vs Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi NJPW October 11 205 Best Bout Award 2013 vs Shinsuke Nakamura NJPW August 4 206 Technique Award 2009 2019 207 208 Toryumon Mexico Young Dragons Cup 2006 9 Ultimo Dragon Fiesta Dragon Mixture Tournament 2006 with Daichi Kakimoto Fuka and Seiya Morohashi 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