Manabu Nakanishi
Biography
Manabu Nakanishi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who was primarily associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, one-time G1 Climax winner and three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion.
Nakanishi has always stayed based in Japan, but has wrestled for various other promotions including World Championship Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1. Nakanishi's career slowly declined after a spinal injury in 2011, but he continued to wrestle for a further nine years, before retiring on February 22, 2020.
In 1992, Nakanishi won bronze in freestyle wrestling at the Asian Championships. Later that year, he competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and placed eleventh.
Filmography
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2020
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
2020
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
2020
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
2020
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
2020
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
2020
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2019
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
2019
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 2
2019
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 - Day 1
2019
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
2018
as Manabu Nakanishi
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
2018
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
2018
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
2018
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
2018
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW G1 Climax 27: Day 19 (Final)
2017
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
2017
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
2017
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
2017
as Manabu Nakanishi
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017 - Day 1
2017
as Manabu Nakanishi