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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
NJPW Dominion 6.19
2010
NJPW Masahiro Chono 25th Anniversary ~ Aristrist In Ryogoku Kokugikan~
2009
NJPW The Spiral
2002
NJPW Resolution 2009
2009
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1
as Manabu Nakanishi
2007
NJPW Bisshibishi Tradition! Makai World 2003 - Day 8: Memorial Rainbow Dash35
2003
NJPW G1 Climax 26: Day 1
as Manabu Nakanishi
2016
WCW Halloween Havoc 1995
as Kurasawa
1995
NJPW Destruction 2013
as Manabu Nakanishi
2013
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013
as Manabu Nakanishi
2013
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015
as Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW The New Beginning in Sendai
as Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 2003 - Day 3
2003
NJPW Invasion Attack 2015
as Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2015
as Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall
as Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
as Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015
as Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Destruction In Okayama
as Manabu Nakanishi
2015
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2015
as Manabu Nakanishi
2015
