Kota Ibushi

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Kota Ibushi

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NOAH Differ Cup '05 - Day 1 May 7th 2005	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji	def.	Kota Ibushi & KUDO			**** (4.00)
NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12 Jul 15th 2007	KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi & Naomichi Marufuji			****¾ (4.75)
AJPW/NJPW/NOAH All Together Aug 27th 2011	BUSHI & Hiroshi Yamato & Kota Ibushi & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Kaz Hayashi & Ricky Marvin & Shuji Kondo & Tiger Mask IV	8-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling Oct 8th 2012	Low Ki	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome Jan 4th 2013	Prince Devitt (c)	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi, Low Ki	triple-threat	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 2 Aug 1st 2013	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Tetsuya Naito			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 4 Aug 3rd 2013	Shinsuke Nakamura	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 7 Aug 7th 2013	Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 8 Aug 10th 2013	Minoru Suzuki	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 9: Finals Aug 11th 2013	Akebono & Kazushi Sakuraba & Kota Ibushi	def. (sub)	Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling '13 Oct 14th 2013	Bad Luck Fale & Karl Anderson & Prince Devitt	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW World Tag League '13 - Day 13: Finals Dec 8th 2013	Bad Luck Fale & Prince Devitt	def.	Captain New Japan & Kota Ibushi			*** (3.00)
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome - Day 6 Dec 23rd 2013	Kota Ibushi & Togi Makabe	def.	Tomohiro Ishii & Yujiro Takahashi			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 Jan 4th 2014	Kota Ibushi	def.	Prince Devitt (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	**** (4.00)
CMLL/NJPW Fantastica Mania '14 - Day 5 Jan 19th 2014	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Místico II	def. (pin)	Mephisto & Shinsuke Nakamura & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Road to New Beginning '14 - Day 1 Feb 2nd 2014	El Desperado & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi & Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW New Beginning in Hiroshima '14 Feb 9th 2014	El Desperado & Jushin Thunder Liger	def. (pin)	BUSHI & Kota Ibushi			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Beginning in Osaka '14 Feb 11th 2014	Kota Ibushi (c)	def. (pin)	El Desperado		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Strong Style 42nd Anniversary Show Mar 6th 2014	Kazuchika Okada	def.	Kota Ibushi			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2014 - Day 1 Mar 15th 2014	El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi	def.	Gedo & Jado & Kazuchika Okada	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2014 - Day 7 Mar 23rd 2014	El Desperado & Kota Ibushi & Tetsuya Naito	def.	Gedo & Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Invasion Attack 2014 Apr 6th 2014	Matt Jackson (c) & Nick Jackson (c)	def.	El Desperado & Kota Ibushi		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku '14 May 3rd 2014	Kota Ibushi (c)	def. (pin)	Ryusuke Taguchi		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Return to Yokohama Arena May 25th 2014	Tomohiro Ishii (c)	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi		NEVER Openweight Championship	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXI - Day 8: Finals Jun 8th 2014	Gedo & Rocky Romero	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Kota Ibushi			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Dominion 6.21 Jun 21st 2014	Kota Ibushi (c)	def. (pin)	Ricochet		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Destruction In Kobe '14 Sep 21st 2014	Kota Ibushi & Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	A.J. Styles & Tama Tonga			**** (4.00)
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014 Oct 13th 2014	Kota Ibushi & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata	def. (pin)	Bad Luck Fale & Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga	8-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Power Struggle 2014 Nov 8th 2014	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW World Tag League '14 - Day 11 Dec 7th 2014	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & La Sombra & Togi Makabe	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada & Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI	8-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 Jan 4th 2015	Shinsuke Nakamura (c)	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi		IWGP Intercontinental Championship	***** (5.00)
CMLL/NJPW Fantastica Mania 2015 - Day 6 Jan 19th 2015	Atlantis & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Volador, Jr.	def.	Gran Guerrero & Kazuchika Okada & Shinsuke Nakamura & Ultimo Guerrero	8-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka '15 Feb 11th 2015	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Tomoaki Honma			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW The New Beginning In Sendai '15 Feb 14th 2015	Kota Ibushi & Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano			*** (3.00)
NJPW New Japan Cup '15 - Day 1 Mar 5th 2015	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Doc Gallows			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup '15 - Day 3 Mar 8th 2015	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Toru Yano			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup '15 - Day 7 Mar 15th 2015	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto		New Japan Cup (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup '15 - Day 7 Mar 15th 2015	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Tetsuya Naito			****½ (4.5)
NJPW Invasion Attack '15 Apr 5th 2015	A.J. Styles (c)	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku '15 May 3rd 2015	Kota Ibushi & Yohei Komatsu	def.	Sho Tanaka & Tetsuya Naito			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Day 17 Aug 14th 2015	Kota Ibushi	def.	Togi Makabe			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Day 18 Aug 15th 2015	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Katsuyori Shibata & KUSHIDA & Togi Makabe	def.	Captain New Japan & Kota Ibushi & Manabu Nakanishi & Ricochet & Tetsuya Naito	10-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Day 19 Aug 16th 2015	Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata & Kota Ibushi	def.	Tetsuya Naito & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Destruction in Okayama 2015 Sep 23rd 2015	Togi Makabe (c)	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi		NEVER Openweight Championship	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015 Oct 12th 2015	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata	def. (pin)	Captain New Japan & Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata & Kota Ibushi	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
WWE Cruiserweight Classic Tapings - Second Round Jul 14th 2016	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Cedric Alexander			****½ (4.5)
WWE Cruiserweight Classic Live - Finals Sep 14th 2016	T. J. Perkins	def. (sub)	Kota Ibushi			****½ (4.5)
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling '16 Oct 10th 2016	Tiger Mask W	def. (pin)	Red Death Mask	dark		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom XI Jan 4th 2017	Tiger Mask W	def. (pin)	Tiger the Dark			*** (3.00)
NJPW 45th Anniversary Show Mar 6th 2017	Kazuchika Okada	def. (pin)	Tiger Mask W			****½ (4.5)

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