>tfw got into NJPW after Tanahashi was already past his prime
What are the Based Ace's best matches lads
Tfw got into NJPW after Tanahashi was already past his prime
Ayden Young
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Blake Williams
His Match Against Ibush8 at Power Struggle 2017 was Better than the 2018 G1 Final.
Fight Me.
William Gomez
cagematch.net
It suffers from summer recency bias, but it's a good start.
Brandon Campbell
Try this one
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Aiden Price
vs Suzuki in 2012 at KoPW or vs Okada Invasion Attack '13 are his GOAT matches desu
Dominic Ortiz
the one where he jobbed to naito
Ryder Cook
vs Shinsuke g1 climax, 2015 iirc
Cooper Miller
the one where he had to fight the 5 kages at the same time
Eli Long
Tanahashi vs Shibata at Destruction in Kobe 2014
Justin Sanchez
He had some decent midcard stuff in the golden Inoki era circa 2003 !
He's actually massively overrated and all his main event matches are the same so just pick cool opponents. His main appeal is his charisma.
Gabriel Ramirez
Literally the Shawn Michaels of NJPW just without more flashy selling but same cringe emoting
James Brown
SAUSKE?!
Jace Edwards
>He's actually massively overrated
Imagine being this jealous of Tana's hair
Zachary Ramirez
his heel run from 2007 - Wrestle Kingdom II is good stuff. He had to be humbled by losing AGAIN to Nakamura on a Tokyo Dome show was great
Logan Perez
Instead of stuff from the last 5 years I will rec two from his early years: vs. Kanemoto and vs. Fujita for the IWGP heavyweight title.
Julian Rodriguez
>all his main event matches are the same
So he is the Japanese Ric Flair?
Ryder Brown
He didn't even realise he was the heel. BASED On Dallas gimmick.
Xavier Howard
the story of him being heel was his obsession with unifying the 2nd and 3rd IWGP titles. This was during his 2nd IWGP title run and he made it his mission to beat Kurt Angle for the 3rd IWGP title. He would underestimate Shinsuke who already beat him during the 2005 Tokyo Dome main event
Nakamura would wind up winning the title from Tanahashi and unifying the titles after beating Kurt Angle, the next month
Justin Richardson
Is this the match where Nakamura breaks Tana's teeth? I can't find that match on NJPW world
Noah Stewart
Heel Tana vs SUWAMA was so based
Jace Edwards
Let me guess, not enough flips for ya?
Josiah Evans
Based
Caleb Moore
Pretty much all the Tanahashi vs Shibata matches are kino
Andrew Cruz
BASED
Jeremiah Martin
>BAH GAWD THAT'S MADARA'S MUSIC
William Howard
t. KO
Carter Parker
Based af
Jace Moore
Hi Satan
Liam Ortiz
Sup tho
Dominic Martinez
Oh you know, just ding-dong diddly getting that money and lifting weights like a motherfucker.
Julian Long
good shit
Ethan Stewart
We need John Cena vs Tanahashi in our lifetimes bros
Justin Thompson
The AJ Styles block final is the better match in that G1.
Tyler Robinson
Yep, they produced some unique and delicious matches, especially during the times when Tana really hated Shibata.