Crossbody of Work Episode 77: Tomohiro Ishii

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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