Taiji Ishimori

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Taiji Ishimori

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2024 Jan 5th 2024	Taiji Ishimori	def.	Great O-Khan, Toru Yano, YOH	"Scramble"	NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling Title (title change)	**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 Jan 4th 2024	Great O-Khan, Taiji Ishimori, Toru Yano, YOH	def.	Alex Coughlin, Chase Owens, DOUKI, Fujita Hayato, Gabe Kidd, Henare, Jeff Cobb, Master Wato, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste, SHO, Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi	New Japan Rambo Match		** (2.00)
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2023 ~ Power Struggle 2023 Nov 4th 2023	Hiromu Takahashi (c)	def. (pin)	Taiji Ishimori		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Royal Quest III Oct 14th 2023	Taiji Ishimori	def.	Robbie X.			**½ (2.5)
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2023 Feb 11th 2023	Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Master Wato			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Jan 4th 2023	Hiromu Takahashi	def. (pin)	El Desperado, Master Wato, Taiji Ishimori (c)	four-way	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	****½ (4.5)
NJPW World Tag League 2022 & Super Junior Tag League 2022 - Day 17 Dec 14th 2022	Gedo & Jay White & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada & Master Wato & Tama Tonga	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16 Nov 5th 2022	El Desperado & Master Wato	def. (pin)	Hiromu Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori			**** (4.00)
NJPW Declaration of Power Oct 10th 2022	Master Wato	def. (pin)	Taiji Ishimori			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14 Sep 25th 2022	Jay White & Taiji Ishimori	def. (sub)	Jado & Tama Tonga			**½ (2.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2022 - Day 20 Aug 18th 2022	KUSHIDA & Tama Tonga	def. (pin)	Jay White & Taiji Ishimori			*** (3.00)
NJPW New Japan Road 2022 - Day 5 Jun 21st 2022	Taiji Ishimori (c)	def. (pin)	Hiromu Takahashi		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall Jun 12th 2022	Ace Austin & El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 29 - Day 13 Jun 3rd 2022	Jado & Kazuchika Okada & Tama Tonga & Toru Yano	def. (pin)	Doc Gallows & Gedo & Jay White & Taiji Ishimori	8-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022 May 1st 2022	Taiji Ishimori	def. (sub)	El Desperado (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	**** (4.00)
NJPW Hyper Battle 2022 - Day 5 Apr 9th 2022	Master Wato (c) & Ryusuke Taguchi (c)	def. (pin)	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	**¾ (2.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Tag 15 Mar 27th 2022	Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & El Phantasmo & Gedo & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Jado & Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	10-person tag		*¾ (1.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Tag 6 Mar 12th 2022	Great O-Khan	def.	Taiji Ishimori			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW 50th Anniversary Event Mar 1st 2022	Bad Luck Fale & El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Minoru Tanaka & Taichi & TAKA Michinoku	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 14 Feb 19th 2022	Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori, Robbie Eagles (c) & Tiger Mask IV (c)	four-way tag	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW/NOAH Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Day 3: New Japan vs. NOAH Jan 8th 2022	HAYATA & Seiki Yoshioka	def. (pin)	Gedo & Taiji Ishimori			*** (3.00)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Day 2 Jan 5th 2022	Robbie Eagles (c) & Tiger Mask IV (c)	def. (sub)	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori, Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi	three-way tag	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	**** (4.00)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Day 1 Jan 4th 2022	El Phantasmo & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	def. (DQ)	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Rocky Romero & Ryusuke Taguchi	6-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Best Of The Super Junior XXVIII & World Tag League 2021 - Day 12 Dec 15th 2021	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Ryohei Oiwa & Tiger Mask IV			½* (0.5)
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam 2021 In MetLife Dome - Day 2 Sep 5th 2021	El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def. (pin)	El Phantasmo (c) & Taiji Ishimori (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome Jul 25th 2021	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Rocky Romero (c) & Ryusuke Taguchi (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Kizuna Road 2021 - Day 7 Jun 23rd 2021	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori	def.	SHO (c) & YOH (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Dominion 6.6 In Osaka-Jo Hall Jun 7th 2021	Chase Owens & El Phantasmo & EVIL & Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi & SHO & Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI	10-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Day 2 May 4th 2021	Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Day 1 May 3rd 2021	Dick Togo & EVIL & Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano	8-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021 Apr 4th 2021	Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	def.	Dick Togo & EVIL & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	10-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show Mar 4th 2021	Chase Owens & EVIL & Jay White & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi & Toa Henare	10-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Day 2 Feb 11th 2021	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Day 1 Feb 10th 2021	Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	El Phantasmo & EVIL & Jay White & Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	10-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW Road to The New Beginning '21 - Day 5 Jan 23rd 2021	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	El Desperado (c) & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	*¼ (1.25)
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2021 Jan 6th 2021	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Day 2 Jan 5th 2021	Hiromu Takahashi	def. (pin)	Taiji Ishimori (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors XXVII & World Tag League 2020 - Day 17 Dec 11th 2020	Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori	def.	Robbie Eagles & SHO & Toru Yano	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors XXVII & World Tag League 2020 - Day 16 Dec 6th 2020	Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (pin)	Taiji Ishimori & Toru Yano			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors XXVII & World Tag League 2020 - Day 16 Dec 6th 2020	Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	SHO			**** (4.00)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXVII & World Tag League 2020 - Day 1 Nov 15th 2020	Hiromu Takahashi	def.	Taiji Ishimori			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 19 Oct 18th 2020	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jeff Cobb & Juice Robinson & Master Wato	def. (sub)	Gedo & Jay White & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya 2020 Jul 25th 2020	Taiji Ishimori	def. (sub)	Yuya Uemura			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Dominion in Osaka-Jo Hall Jul 12th 2020	Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada			*¾ (1.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 Jul 11th 2020	Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	BUSHI & SANADA			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 7 Jul 2nd 2020	Kazuchika Okada	def. (sub)	Taiji Ishimori			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 5 Jun 24th 2020	Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Yoshinobu Kanemaru			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 2 Jun 17th 2020	Taiji Ishimori	def. (sub)	Gabriel Kidd			**¼ (2.25)
NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 - Day 2 Feb 2nd 2020	Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	def. (sub)	Jay White & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020 - Day 1 Feb 1st 2020	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori	def.	Tiger Mask IV & Yuya Uemura			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020 Jan 6th 2020	El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi, El Desperado & Taiji Ishimori, SHO & YOH	four-way tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Day 2 Jan 5th 2020	SHO & YOH	def. (pin)	El Phantasmo (c) & Taiji Ishimori (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2020 - Day 3 Dec 21st 2019	Robbie Eagles & SHO & YOH	def. (DQ)	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW Showdown in San Jose Nov 9th 2019	Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero & YOH	def.	Jado & KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Destruction in Kagoshima Sep 16th 2019	El Phantasmo (c) & Taiji Ishimori (c)	def. (pin)	Robbie Eagles & Will Ospreay		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Royal Quest Aug 31st 2019	Robbie Eagles & Will Ospreay	def. (pin)	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Super J Cup 2019 - Day 2 Aug 24th 2019	Gedo & Taiji Ishimori	def.	Karl Fredericks & Ren Narita			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 19: Finals Aug 12th 2019	SHO & Will Ospreay & YOH	def.	Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW Southern Showdown in Melbourne Jun 29th 2019	Toru Yano & YOH	def.	Gino Gambino & Taiji Ishimori			*½ (1.5)
NJPW Dominion 6.9 Jun 9th 2019	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi	def.	Chase Owens & Jay White & Taiji Ishimori	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXVI - Day 15 Jun 5th 2019	El Phantasmo & Robbie Eagles & Taiji Ishimori	def.	Ryusuke Taguchi & SHO & YOH	6-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXVI - Day 13 May 31st 2019	Shingo Takagi	def.	Taiji Ishimori			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXVI - Day 10 May 26th 2019	Taiji Ishimori	def.	SHO			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2 May 4th 2019	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori	def.	Dragon Lee & Will Ospreay			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1 May 3rd 2019	Dragon Lee (c)	def.	Taiji Ishimori		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	****½ (4.5)
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 9 ~ Aki no SENGOKU EMAKI ~ Apr 26th 2019	Dragon Lee & Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay	def. (pin)	HIKULEO & Jay White & Taiji Ishimori	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Sengoku Lord In Nagoya Apr 20th 2019	Dragon Lee & Togi Makabe & Toru Yano	def.	Taiji Ishimori & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
ROH/NJPW G1 SuperCard Apr 6th 2019	Dragon Lee	def. (pin)	Bandido, Taiji Ishimori (c)	three-way	IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	**** (4.00)
NJPW 47th Anniversary Show Mar 6th 2019	Taiji Ishimori (c)	def.	Jushin Thunder Liger		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2019 Feb 11th 2019	Taiji Ishimori (c)	def. (pin)	Ryusuke Taguchi		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2019 - Day 2 Feb 3rd 2019	Ryusuke Taguchi & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano	def. (pin)	Taiji Ishimori & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa & Yujiro Takahashi	8-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW Road to the New Beginning 2019 - Day 3 Jan 29th 2019	Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Ryusuke Taguchi & Toa Henare			***¼ (3.25)
CMLL/NJPW Fantastica Mania 2019 - Day 6 Jan 18th 2019	Audaz & Jushin Thunder Liger & Tiger Mask IV	def. (sub)	Gedo & Taiji Ishimori & Templario	6-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW WrestleKingdom 13 Jan 4th 2019	Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	KUSHIDA (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2018 Oct 8th 2018	Bad Luck Fale & Taiji Ishimori & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	def. (pin)	Chase Owens & Hangman Page & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson	8-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018 Sep 15th 2018	Taiji Ishimori (c) & Tama Tonga (c) & Tanga Loa (c)	def.	David Finlay & Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi	6-person tag	NEVER Openweight Championship	**½ (2.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 19 Aug 12th 2018	Taiji Ishimori & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	def.	Marty Scurll (c) & Matt Jackson (c) & Nick Jackson (c)	6-person tag	NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title (title change)	***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXV - Day 14 Jun 4th 2018	Hiromu Takahashi	def.	Taiji Ishimori			*****½ (5.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXV - Day 13 Jun 3rd 2018	Taiji Ishimori	def.	YOH			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXV - Day 9 May 29th 2018	Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Tiger Mask IV			*** (3.00)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXV - Day 7 May 26th 2018	Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def. (pin)	Taiji Ishimori			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXV - Day 5 May 24th 2018	Flip Gordon	def. (pin)	Taiji Ishimori			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXV - Day 3 May 20th 2018	Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	BUSHI			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXV - Day 1 May 18th 2018	Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Will Ospreay			****½ (4.5)
Impact Wrestling Redemption Apr 22nd 2018	Brian Cage	def. (pin)	Dezmond Xavier, DJ Z, El Hijo del Fantasma, Taiji Ishimori, Trevor Lee	6-Way		***¾ (3.75)
PWG All Star Weekend 14 - Day 1 Apr 20th 2018	Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Bandido			**** (4.00)
GFW Slammiversary XV Jul 2nd 2017	Ortiz (c) & Santana (c)	def. (pin)	Drago & El Hijo del Fantasma, Garza Jr. & Laredo Kid, Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori	fatal 4-way tag	Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Titles GFW Tag Team Titles	*** (3.00)
NJPW Power Struggle 2016 Nov 5th 2016	Beretta & Rocky Romero	def. (pin)	ACH & Taiji Ishimori			**** (4.00)
NJPW Super J-Cup '16 - Day 2 Aug 21st 2016	Atsushi Kotoge (c) & Daisuke Harada (c)	def. (pin)	ACH & Taiji Ishimori		GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Super J-Cup '16 - Day 1 Jul 20th 2016	KUSHIDA	def. (sub)	Taiji Ishimori			****½ (4.5)
AAA Lucha Libre World Cup May 24th 2015	Alberto El Patron & Myzteziz & Rey Mysterio Jr.	def. (sub)	Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori & Yoshihiro Takayama	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NOAH Navigation with Breeze '14 - Day 1: KENTA Farewell Show May 17th 2014	Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste	def. (pin)	Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori			***¼ (3.25)
ROH Border Wars '13 May 4th 2013	Eddie Edwards	def.	Taiji Ishimori			***½ (3.5)
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)
NOAH Shiny Navigation '07 - Day 1 Aug 19th 2007	KENTA & Rocky Romero & Taiji Ishimori	def.	Ippei Ota & Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NOAH Summer Navigation '07 - Day 12 Jul 15th 2007	KENTA & Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi & Naomichi Marufuji			****¾ (4.75)
NOAH Northern Navigation '06 - Day 1 May 19th 2006	Low Ki & SUWA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def.	KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NOAH Spring Navigation '06 - Day 13 Apr 23rd 2006	KENTA (c)	def.	Taiji Ishimori		GHC Junior Heavyweight Title	***¾ (3.75)

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