Seriously, there's no way anyone can dislike Tanahashi. He brings this earnest, hardworking talent every match he has. Still has one of the best frog splash on the scene after nearly 20 years!
As u know, before the tournament on July 17,2006, Brock Lesnar bailed on NJPW with IWGP heavy retained. However, since the day, Tana have changed & had responsibility to represent NJPW. Then it was also The Birth of ACE.
1:00 Three Musketeers in every Generation, believes Tanahashi 1:55 Tanahashi beats Giant Bernard to become IWGP Champion in 2006 3:23 IWGP Heavyweight Champion Nakamura made Tanahashi jealous Nakamura beat Tanahashi Hiroshi Tanahashi has a Samuri-like mentality 4:18 WrestleKingdom III against K.G. Muto High Fly Flow (Frog Splash) 5:21 Carrying The Weight of The Company
Been watching Tanahashi since he and Nakamura fought for the U-30 title at the Dome in 2005, and it’s been amazing to watch him go from a first time IWGP Heavyweight Champion that the crowd was reluctant to accept, to the beloved veteran and all time great he is today. What a ride! I gotta admit that when I first saw him and Nakamura I liked the latter a lot more (and that was back when he was still “Shy-suke” with next to no personality); Tanahashi just seemed very bland in the ring at first glance by comparison. But oh how wrong I was. Because the thing about Tana is that the more you love pro wrestling and appreciate the little things about it, the more you come to love Tanahashi, because hardly anybody else is as good at the little things as Tanahashi is. He’s everybody’s ideal opponent. He truly is the Ace.
Tanahashi is excellent at the selling game and that makes you care about the match and the stakes no matter who he's up against he'll make you look like a star.
are you me? at first i dont really fancy tanahashi with his goody 2 shoes personality but for some reason one day after he finish his match he'll cut a promo,do the guitar solo bit and shook every fan hands,the japanese fans loves him to the point want his sweat(this i never get but meh,maybe their culture to me its a bit eek),seeing his interaction with the fans the one that change my perspective of him,most of his matches are good too despite his injuries(i notice he walk awkwardly to the ring),he doesn't need to do 450s or burning hammers,dangerous backdrop suplexing etc to win the japanese fans.
abdiel miranda Normally I’d just link you to njpwworld.com, because you should pay and support them if you want to watch their wrestling, just like everybody else. But in this case New Japan actually uploaded the match to their UA-cam channel several years ago, so you can watch it for free legally. Here ya go ua-cam.com/video/CassXSU4OzQ/v-deo.html Edit: actually, scratch that! It appears that was just a retrospective video with the ending sequence of all of their matches up to that point. Looks like you have to sign up for NJPW World after all.
I have been watching wrestling for many many years now. In my eyes no one will ever come close to Tanahashi. He is what a wrestler should be, always gives everything till he has no more for his fans and makes sure everyone in the building gets their moneys worth. GO ACE
I'm new to Tanahashi. Been hearing more about him among AEW fans with the Forbidden Door being open. Not sure how but this video made me like him already, especially the snippets of his bout with his former mentor. I feel there's some incredible storytelling there. This dude keeps coming up in the GOAT conversations and ranks high on the PWI lists every year so I figure he's definitely worth checking out
From Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami and Riki Chosu. To Keiji Mutoh, Masahiro Chono, Shinya Hashimoto. To Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura and Katsuyori Shibata. Now, In my opinion, it's Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, and Kota Ibushi. Keeping the Japanese Tradition and All of these Generations' Three Musketeers pour their hearts out to extend and redefine the competition in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
RenzAwesomeTV They’re not the three musketeers though. Ibushi was not in young lions system as Naito and Okada were. Plus, Naito was in he system before Okada joined.
i wanted Ibushi to be one of the new three musketeers, but it's already locked on to Omega, Okada and Naito. i remember Shibata in Ibushi as the lost sheep of NJPW. both didn't want to be tied to one promotion and wanted to wrestle wherever they wanted. that's why the G1 finals this year was more dramatic for me: the past ace accompanied by the lost sheep vs. the lost sheep accompanied by the future ace.
monotonedmika well it’s not omega or ibushi since the three musketeers are from njpw graduated dojo so it’s probably okada,naito and jay white and not omega and ibushi because they came from ddt
monotonedmika after this year’s G1, Tanahashi seems to want Ibushi for the future of NJPW. I heard.a statement about Ibushi that he is not homegrown son of New Japan but an adopted son
A huge part of why I got into NJPW was seeing Tanahashi in TNA. Also I got to see him live in NYC against Charlie Haas back around 2009 or 2010. I hope I can see him again someday.
I'd like to thank everyone working on putting these videos together - I've been a NJPW World subscriber for just over a year now and my only issue has been it would be nice to have dedicated video/documentary packages to help non-Japanese speakers get an insight into the fascinating story's and history behind the fantastic in ring action.
These are so great for fans to get up to date on the greats of New Japan who might be new to it or just not totally familiar. Even as someone who put in the work myself to learn everything this was so great and i managed to learn a few new things myself. Kevin Kelly is also a great choice for this.
The dude is a rock star in the ring he reminds me of All Might from My Hero Academia. He is they ultimate babyface that WWE wished they had and never will get
These are so great. Linking to the matches on New Japan World in the description would be cool. Getting English commentary for those matches would be game changing.
Omega isn't a New Japan Dojo graduate, he can't be a musketeer. There's Okada, Naito then honestly the closest other guy who qualifies is Jay White. The current WWE version would i guess be Strowman, Reigns and i;m not sure who the third guy would be. can't say i watch much WWE so don't know who they have at the top of the card who is homegrown. Also the Attitude era Musketeers would be Undertaker, The Rock and Mick Foley. Neither Stone Cold or HHH were homegrown with the WWF.
The three musketeers of attitude era is not question is The rock, Mankind and stone cold. Yeah I know stone cold isn't really WWE boy but stone cold been there for a long time, pretty its around the time with undertaker debut and stone stay there until he retired, so yeah, he deserve to be on the list.
As soon as he said Shinsuke Nakamura my jaw dropped I knew he was in Japan wrestling before wwe but I'm surprised three musketeers with great legends pretty sweet
@@novemberman1829 that is hating on Omega. Tanahashi has let it be known that he does not approve of Kenny's "lifestyle." Omega is the third musketeer, he is the reason that so many westerners are viewing the NWJP product right now.
ImpactFrame it can’t be because omega and ibushi are from ddt so it’ll probably be okada,naito and jay white since all of the graduated from new japan dojo
I hate the state of wrestling today but dammit nothing and I mean nothing will never deter me from Tanahashi. The charisma and ability is second to none. My all time favorite!!!
Three Musketeers: 1. 1980's ➡️ Antonio Inoki (formerly the Ace for being the 1st ever IWGP Heavyweight Champion & then becoming the Dark Horse), Tatsumi Fujinami (Ace with V8 record as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion) & Riki Chosu (Underrated one) 2. 1990's - 2000's ➡️ Shinya Hashimoto (Ace with V9 as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion), Keiji Mutoh (Dark Horse), & Masahiro Chono (Underrated one, yet he won G1 Climax 5 times) 3. 2000's - 2010's ➡️ Hiroshi Tanahashi (Ace with V11 as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion & winning it 8 times), Shinsuke Nakamura (Dark Horse, yet being the Ace of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship) & Katsuyori Shibata (Underrated one) 4. 2010's - 2020's ➡️ Juice Robinson (potentially becoming the Ace of NJPW by the time he wins the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship), Jay White (the Dark Horse of NJPW) & David Finlay (the Underrated one).
Hiroshi Tanahashi is not my favorite worker in NJPW, but he's my favorite person. He's so damn nice and likable! Truly seems like a genuine guy! He's a great role model for all young kids! Go watch his post-match interview after the G1. If you don't want to cheer for this guy, there's something wrong with you! GO ACE! Beat Kenny at the Tokyo Dome!
I think the Three Musketeers during New Japan's dark period were Nagata, Tenzan, and Nakanishi( I would've said Koijima, but he left for All Japan during that time, and became a main eventer there).
If fans are having a discussion about who the greatest of all time is and Tanahashi isn't in that conversation then those people don't know what they're talking about.
Seriously, there's no way anyone can dislike Tanahashi. He brings this earnest, hardworking talent every match he has. Still has one of the best frog splash on the scene after nearly 20 years!
It's so hard to not like him.
his high fly flow smooth af (:
@Jonathan Jennings she was a yandere. So it makes sense.
Exactly.still the ACE.
@Madden Declan stop spreading lies about scams
2:47 majestic red shoes
5:00
His son is the future Ace
Please continue to do more of these they are amazing
Fantastic Story telling and Editing. 👍 👍 👍
agreed!
This is the Closest Anyone Can Get To Becoming a Wrestling GOD!!!
As u know, before the tournament on July 17,2006, Brock Lesnar bailed on NJPW with IWGP heavy retained.
However, since the day, Tana have changed & had responsibility to represent NJPW.
Then it was also The Birth of ACE.
sktatenashi4711 And saved New Japan from near death.
1:00 Three Musketeers in every Generation, believes Tanahashi
1:55 Tanahashi beats Giant Bernard to become IWGP Champion in 2006
3:23 IWGP Heavyweight Champion
Nakamura made Tanahashi jealous
Nakamura beat Tanahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi has a Samuri-like mentality
4:18 WrestleKingdom III against K.G. Muto
High Fly Flow (Frog Splash)
5:21 Carrying The Weight of The Company
Been watching Tanahashi since he and Nakamura fought for the U-30 title at the Dome in 2005, and it’s been amazing to watch him go from a first time IWGP Heavyweight Champion that the crowd was reluctant to accept, to the beloved veteran and all time great he is today. What a ride!
I gotta admit that when I first saw him and Nakamura I liked the latter a lot more (and that was back when he was still “Shy-suke” with next to no personality); Tanahashi just seemed very bland in the ring at first glance by comparison. But oh how wrong I was. Because the thing about Tana is that the more you love pro wrestling and appreciate the little things about it, the more you come to love Tanahashi, because hardly anybody else is as good at the little things as Tanahashi is. He’s everybody’s ideal opponent. He truly is the Ace.
Tanahashi is excellent at the selling game and that makes you care about the match and the stakes no matter who he's up against he'll make you look like a star.
are you me? at first i dont really fancy tanahashi with his goody 2 shoes personality but for some reason one day after he finish his match he'll cut a promo,do the guitar solo bit and shook every fan hands,the japanese fans loves him to the point want his sweat(this i never get but meh,maybe their culture to me its a bit eek),seeing his interaction with the fans the one that change my perspective of him,most of his matches are good too despite his injuries(i notice he walk awkwardly to the ring),he doesn't need to do 450s or burning hammers,dangerous backdrop suplexing etc to win the japanese fans.
Link to nakamura vs tanahashi for U-30 champion please
abdiel miranda Normally I’d just link you to njpwworld.com, because you should pay and support them if you want to watch their wrestling, just like everybody else. But in this case New Japan actually uploaded the match to their UA-cam channel several years ago, so you can watch it for free legally. Here ya go ua-cam.com/video/CassXSU4OzQ/v-deo.html
Edit: actually, scratch that! It appears that was just a retrospective video with the ending sequence of all of their matches up to that point. Looks like you have to sign up for NJPW World after all.
@@CrossfacePanda such a liar.
I just got into New Japan over the summer, so this series will be a big help in learning about its history. Thanks. :-)
I have been watching wrestling for many many years now. In my eyes no one will ever come close to Tanahashi. He is what a wrestler should be, always gives everything till he has no more for his fans and makes sure everyone in the building gets their moneys worth. GO ACE
Here after he became NJPW president. GO ACE.
2:47 damn that ref FLEW
GO ACE
Great narration, Kevin Kelly!! Keep up these videos, let's show the rest of the wirld what we've known for years, no - decades: puroresu rocks
This is amazing. I wanna checkout that Tanahashi Mutoh match now.
Caleb Badrulzaman Good match but Mutos body was already a mess, he hardly can walk now because his knees are shattered 😢
If you do watch it, there’s a young lion Tetsuya Naito at ringside!
This gave me so much, in so little time and I loved it all. I now feel like I get how Hiroshi Tanahashi, is just by watching this.
Helps new comers learn the faces
I'm new to Tanahashi. Been hearing more about him among AEW fans with the Forbidden Door being open. Not sure how but this video made me like him already, especially the snippets of his bout with his former mentor. I feel there's some incredible storytelling there. This dude keeps coming up in the GOAT conversations and ranks high on the PWI lists every year so I figure he's definitely worth checking out
From Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami and Riki Chosu. To Keiji Mutoh, Masahiro Chono, Shinya Hashimoto. To Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura and Katsuyori Shibata. Now, In my opinion, it's Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, and Kota Ibushi. Keeping the Japanese Tradition and All of these Generations' Three Musketeers pour their hearts out to extend and redefine the competition in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
RenzAwesomeTV
They’re not the three musketeers though. Ibushi was not in young lions system as Naito and Okada were. Plus, Naito was in he system before Okada joined.
Amazing content! Love it.
Honestly the best person I have ever met. He gave me the best compliment I've ever gotten.
"is this the summit, I can take you higher" what a legend man truly an ACE :)
Now it's Omega, Okada and Naito
For me its Kota, Okada and Naito
@@ghostsdragon9222 why Kota?
Because he's 'edgy'! lol. It's very clearly the three you mentioned.
Kenny is not homegrown.
and Ibushi is? Ibushi is from DDT lmao
Tanahashi isn't fair. He's clearly a saiyan.
👍🏿
i wanted Ibushi to be one of the new three musketeers, but it's already locked on to Omega, Okada and Naito. i remember Shibata in Ibushi as the lost sheep of NJPW. both didn't want to be tied to one promotion and wanted to wrestle wherever they wanted. that's why the G1 finals this year was more dramatic for me: the past ace accompanied by the lost sheep vs. the lost sheep accompanied by the future ace.
monotonedmika well it’s not omega or ibushi since the three musketeers are from njpw graduated dojo so it’s probably okada,naito and jay white and not omega and ibushi because they came from ddt
monotonedmika after this year’s G1, Tanahashi seems to want Ibushi for the future of NJPW. I heard.a statement about Ibushi that he is not homegrown son of New Japan but an adopted son
These njpw titles look beautiful
Almost 20 years and Kevin Kelly is once again doing a Sunday Morning show
I am here because I saw him on AEW as CM PUNKs opponent.
A huge part of why I got into NJPW was seeing Tanahashi in TNA. Also I got to see him live in NYC against Charlie Haas back around 2009 or 2010. I hope I can see him again someday.
2011 actually
I'd like to thank everyone working on putting these videos together - I've been a NJPW World subscriber for just over a year now and my only issue has been it would be nice to have dedicated video/documentary packages to help non-Japanese speakers get an insight into the fascinating story's and history behind the fantastic in ring action.
Can’t wait for part two!! GO ACE!!
Great work. Kevin Kelly is so underrated. Cant wait for P. 2
The Ace of New Japan. Always
These are so great for fans to get up to date on the greats of New Japan who might be new to it or just not totally familiar. Even as someone who put in the work myself to learn everything this was so great and i managed to learn a few new things myself. Kevin Kelly is also a great choice for this.
2:46 Red Shoes confirmed for next Cruiserweight Classic
New Japan wrestling,is Awesome
The savior of NJPW
Love all of the documentaries NJPW releases!! Please keep them coming!
My #1 favorite NJPW star.
Ace of the universe, Once in a century talent,
They should do this type of videos more often, because as a new fan and subscriber of njpw world I don't know much of their history.
go to vimeo and search "showbuckle" channel . On youtube you have puroneat channel.
The dude is a rock star in the ring he reminds me of All Might from My Hero Academia. He is they ultimate babyface that WWE wished they had and never will get
I Love watching this series, I watch NJPW every Friday, 100 times better than WWE
These are so great. Linking to the matches on New Japan World in the description would be cool. Getting English commentary for those matches would be game changing.
I started liking Tanahashi 3 years ago but also that’s when I really started watching NJPW
Tanahashi deserves to be the IWGP Heavyweight Champion again soon ♠
Yup
Personally he doesn't need it anymore he has transcended the title.
GO ACE!
9 time champ
from wwe to roh and now njpw,this is kevin kelly rise to the top as the legend commentator
Wwe has kathy kelly while NJPW has kelvin kelly
You botched the 2 first name!
my man kelvin kelly out here measuring the thermodynamic temperature of the tokyo dome
Whos Kelvin. JJ Abrams grandpa?
@irish rover Show us on the doll where the mean old SJW hurt your bitch ass.
The three musketeer of WWE after Attitude era.
John cena, Batista, Randy Orton.
NJPW musketeers
Tanahashi, Nakamura, Shibata.
The current njpws musketeers are okada, naito and omega or at least it's headed that way.
@American Nightmare well he said after attitude era. Not during attitude era.
Omega isn't a New Japan Dojo graduate, he can't be a musketeer. There's Okada, Naito then honestly the closest other guy who qualifies is Jay White.
The current WWE version would i guess be Strowman, Reigns and i;m not sure who the third guy would be. can't say i watch much WWE so don't know who they have at the top of the card who is homegrown.
Also the Attitude era Musketeers would be Undertaker, The Rock and Mick Foley. Neither Stone Cold or HHH were homegrown with the WWF.
The current three musketeer of NJPW is.
Naito, Okada and unknown.
I can't count Kenny since he not graduated from NJPW dojo.
The three musketeers of attitude era is not question is The rock, Mankind and stone cold.
Yeah I know stone cold isn't really WWE boy but stone cold been there for a long time, pretty its around the time with undertaker debut and stone stay there until he retired, so yeah, he deserve to be on the list.
"Is this the summit? ...... I can take you higher." - Hiroshi Tanahashi
These are nice for WWE fans switching over to NJPW so we can understand who these wrestlers are.
Tanahashi is a treasure. GO ACE!
2:57 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata from 10/8/07, is *NOT* on NJPW World! 😢
Please upload it! 🙏
GO! ACE! I remember this guy in mexico, it was A BOMB! Honestly he is to me like a living leyend.
5:04 THAT JUMP TO THE COUNT THO XD
Thank you for this!!!!
The man who saved njpw.
Can we also talk about how red shoes comes in with the FLYING COUNT at 2:45?
these vids are great for new fans like me trying to learn more about nj
Please continue this series!!
Loving these Recount videos
The best
0:15 And smashes.
Ace of NJPW
Tana is the Shawn Michaels of Japan
Anybody that gets Marty Friedman to play entrance music is awsome in my book
Man, japanese wrestling is so good, do you guys have a streaming service in Americas?
Great series!!!
As soon as he said Shinsuke Nakamura my jaw dropped I knew he was in Japan wrestling before wwe but I'm surprised three musketeers with great legends pretty sweet
I miss high energy so much. My favorite tanahashi theme
more of these please!!!
Now it's Okada, Naito, Omega
Yeah. Although funny you mention that because Tanahashi has claimed that it is Okada, Naito and Ibushi.
November Man I must agree with Tanahashi because for Japanese wrestelers those three are the 3 musketeers. Although Kenny did allot for NJPW!
@@novemberman1829 that is hating on Omega. Tanahashi has let it be known that he does not approve of Kenny's "lifestyle." Omega is the third musketeer, he is the reason that so many westerners are viewing the NWJP product right now.
ImpactFrame ACE IS STILL IN THERE BOY !!! HE AINT DONE YET
ImpactFrame it can’t be because omega and ibushi are from ddt so it’ll probably be okada,naito and jay white since all of the graduated from new japan dojo
日本語版でも見てみたいー！
I hate the state of wrestling today but dammit nothing and I mean nothing will never deter me from Tanahashi. The charisma and ability is second to none. My all time favorite!!!
Seeing the ace without his mane had me in shock
Three Musketeers:
1. 1980's ➡️ Antonio Inoki (formerly the Ace for being the 1st ever IWGP Heavyweight Champion & then becoming the Dark Horse), Tatsumi Fujinami (Ace with V8 record as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion) & Riki Chosu (Underrated one)
2. 1990's - 2000's ➡️ Shinya Hashimoto (Ace with V9 as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion), Keiji Mutoh (Dark Horse), & Masahiro Chono (Underrated one, yet he won G1 Climax 5 times)
3. 2000's - 2010's ➡️ Hiroshi Tanahashi (Ace with V11 as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion & winning it 8 times), Shinsuke Nakamura (Dark Horse, yet being the Ace of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship) & Katsuyori Shibata (Underrated one)
4. 2010's - 2020's ➡️ Juice Robinson (potentially becoming the Ace of NJPW by the time he wins the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship), Jay White (the Dark Horse of NJPW) & David Finlay (the Underrated one).
Loved it
Almost singlehandedly got New Japan out of their dark period, as great as Okada is, there is no Okada without Tanahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi is not my favorite worker in NJPW, but he's my favorite person. He's so damn nice and likable! Truly seems like a genuine guy! He's a great role model for all young kids! Go watch his post-match interview after the G1. If you don't want to cheer for this guy, there's something wrong with you!
GO ACE! Beat Kenny at the Tokyo Dome!
I think the Three Musketeers during New Japan's dark period were Nagata, Tenzan, and Nakanishi( I would've said Koijima, but he left for All Japan during that time, and became a main eventer there).
Hire the Showbuckle and Real Neat Puro guys to do these with njpw. The 3 of you could do some really amazing stuff.
Tanahashi's a boss!
If fans are having a discussion about who the greatest of all time is and Tanahashi isn't in that conversation then those people don't know what they're talking about.
Always makes me crack up whenever he destroys a guitar XD
Did anyone notice the Ref Jump (not bump) at 5:04
At 3:36 you can see the real rock and rolla prince devitt
What about his 2005 New Japan Cup win?
I LOVE HIM
Mox is doing a good job with the title
This tells you that all legends are booed in the making
WOAH look at red shoes at 2:47 haha savage *AND at 5:04. I cant stop clicking the two timestamps lol. tryna figure out which one is better
Awesome stuff. Keep it up!
i could never stand tanahashi but then again i wasnt along for the njpw ride until 2015
oooh #tana ur my fav...
Love from INDIA
NJPW IS TOP.1 IS BEST IN THE WORLD
What was the music around the 3:00
Post hashtag on all sites, communication and UA-cam, also, lovers or interested in wrestling, #NJPW union👍
I like this guy
Please do the history of Shibata next.
IN A DIFF MULTIVERSE WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM VS CENA
Kevin, please do all these tanahashi matches in English and have brass put them up as a collection on njpwworld