Welcome to Crossbody of Work, a show where we break down a wrestler’s career through five of their biggest matches.
Hoss month heads over to Japan! We’re looking at the career of New Japan hoss Tomohiro Ishii. We talk about his late-career bloom, his hard-hitting style, and a lot of our usual sidebars. Matches with Tetsuya Naito, Keith Lee, and Kazuchika Okada make for a great episode. On top of all these matches, Evan & Javier also talk about:
- Lying about heights
- Shaquille O’Neal
- Geography
- Bad commentary
And a lot more.
Listen to the podcast here, and check out the links to the matches below.
Match One:
Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Tomoaki Honma – NEVER Openweight Championship – New Japan Power Struggle 2015
Link to the match here.
Match Two:
Tomohiro Ishii vs Tetsuya Naito (c) – IWGP Heavyweight Championship – New Japan Wrestling Dontaku 2016
Link to the match here.
Match Three:
Tomohiro Ishii vs Kazuchika Okada – G1 Climax 26 – August 6, 2016
Link to the match here.
Match Four:
Tomohiro Ishii vs Keith lee – RevPro x NJPW Global Wars UK – November 9, 2017
Link to the match here.
Match Five:
Tomohiro Ishii vs Jeff Cobb – G1 Climax 30 – October 10, 2020
Link to the match here.
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