Kota Ibushi

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Kota Ibushi

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 Aug 24th 2025	Darby Allin & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi & Will Ospreay	def. (pin)	Claudio Castagnoli & Gabe Kidd & Jon Moxley & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson	"Lights Out" Steel Cage (5 on 5)		***** (5.00)
AEW All In: Texas Jul 12th 2025	MJF	def. (pin)	Anthony Bowens, Bandido, Brody King, Josh Alexander, Juice Robinson, Konosuke Takeshita, Kota Ibushi, Mark Briscoe, Max Caster, Místico, Ricochet, Roderick Strong, The Beast Mortos	Casino Gauntlet Match		**** (4.00)
AEW Dynamite #300 Jul 2nd 2025	Kazuchika Okada	def.	Kota Ibushi			****½ (4.5)
AEW Dynamite #215 Nov 15th 2023	Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi & Paul Wight	def. (pin)	Brian Cage & Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher & Powerhouse Hobbs	8-person tag team street fight		****¼ (4.25)
AEW WrestleDream Oct 1st 2023	Konosuke Takeshita & Sammy Guevara & Will Ospreay	def. (pin)	Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi	6-person tag		****¾ (4.75)
AEW All In: London Aug 27th 2023	Jay White & Juice Robinson & Konosuke Takeshita	def. (pin)	Adam Page & Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi	6-person tag		****½ (4.5)
AEW Dynamite #198 - Blood & Guts Jul 19th 2023	Adam Page & Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson	def. (sub)	Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley & Konosuke Takeshita & PAC & Wheeler YUTA	Blood and Guts		****¾ (4.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 19 Oct 21st 2021	Kazuchika Okada	def.	Kota Ibushi			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 17 Oct 18th 2021	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	KENTA			***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 13 Oct 9th 2021	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Great O-Khan			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 11 Oct 7th 2021	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Tanga Loa			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 9 Oct 3rd 2021	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Shingo Takagi			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 7 Sep 30th 2021	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Toru Yano			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 5 Sep 26th 2021	Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (sub)	Kota Ibushi			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 3 Sep 23rd 2021	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Tomohiro Ishii			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 1 Sep 18th 2021	Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam 2021 in MetLife Dome - Day 1 Sep 4th 2021	Hiroshi Tanahashi	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi (c)		IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Kizuna Road 2021 - Day 7 Jun 23rd 2021	Kota Ibushi	def.	Yuya Uemura			**** (4.00)
NJPW Dominion 6.6 In Osaka-Jo Hall Jun 7th 2021	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Jeff Cobb			****½ (4.5)
NJPW Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni - Day 2 Apr 29th 2021	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Aaron Henare & Jeff Cobb			**** (4.00)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021 Apr 4th 2021	Will Ospreay	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi (c)		IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (title change)	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 Mar 21st 2021	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada & Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & Jay White	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12 Mar 20th 2021	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada & Kota Ibushi	def.	Jay White & KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show Mar 4th 2021	Kota Ibushi (c)	def. (pin)	El Desperado		IWGP Heavyweight Championship IWGP Intercontinental Championship	****½ (4.5)
NJPW Castle Attack '21 - Day 2 Feb 28th 2021	Kota Ibushi (c)	def. (pin)	Tetsuya Naito		IWGP Intercontinental Championship	****½ (4.5)
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Day 2 Feb 11th 2021	Kota Ibushi (c)	def. (pin)	SANADA		IWGP Heavyweight Championship IWGP Intercontinental Championship	**** (4.00)
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Day 1 Feb 10th 2021	SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi & Tomoaki Honma			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW The New Beginning In Nagoya Jan 30th 2021	Kota Ibushi & Master Wato & SHO & Tomoaki Honma	def.	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	8-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Road to The New Beginning '21 - Day 5 Jan 23rd 2021	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Master Wato & SHO & Tomoaki Honma	def. (pin)	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito	10-man tag elimination		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2021 Jan 6th 2021	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Master Wato & Rocky Romero & SHO	10-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Day 2 Jan 5th 2021	Kota Ibushi (c)	def. (pin)	Jay White		IWGP Heavyweight Championship IWGP Intercontinental Championship	*****¼ (5.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Day 1 Jan 4th 2021	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Tetsuya Naito (c)		IWGP Heavyweight Championship IWGP Intercontinental Championship (title change)	***** (5.00)
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors XXVII & World Tag League 2020 - Day 17 Dec 11th 2020	Kota Ibushi & Master Wato	def.	BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito			*** (3.00)
NJPW Power Struggle 2020 Nov 7th 2020	Jay White	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 19 Oct 18th 2020	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	SANADA			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 17 Oct 16th 2020	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Taichi			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 15 Oct 13th 2020	Kota Ibushi	def.	Yujiro Takahashi			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 13 Oct 10th 2020	Kota Ibushi	def.	Minoru Suzuki			*****¼ (5.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 11 Oct 7th 2020	Shingo Takagi	def.	Kota Ibushi			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 9 Oct 5th 2020	Kota Ibushi	def.	Will Ospreay			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 7 Sep 30th 2020	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Jeff Cobb			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 5 Sep 27th 2020	Kota Ibushi	def.	Tomohiro Ishii			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2020 - Day 1 Sep 19th 2020	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW New Japan Road 2020 - Day 10 Sep 11th 2020	DOUKI & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.	def.	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi	8-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Summer Struggle 2020 - Day 12 Aug 26th 2020	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Kota Ibushi & Master Wato	def.	DOUKI & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.	8-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya 2020 Jul 25th 2020	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Kota Ibushi & Master Wato & Yuji Nagata	def. (pin)	DOUKI & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.	10-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Dominion in Osaka-Jo Hall Jul 12th 2020	Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (pin)	Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) & Kota Ibushi (c)		IWGP World Tag Team Titles (title change)	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 9 Jul 11th 2020	El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (pin)	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Ryusuke Taguchi & Yuji Nagata	8-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 8 Jul 3rd 2020	El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (pin)	Gabriel Kidd & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Yuji Nagata	8-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 6 Jul 1st 2020	Taichi	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi			***½ (3.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 5 Jun 24th 2020	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Ryusuke Taguchi	def. (pin)	DOUKI & Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr.	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 - Day 3 Jun 22nd 2020	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Zack Sabre Jr.			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Manabu Nakanishi Retirement Event Feb 22nd 2020	Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada & Kota Ibushi	def.	Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi & Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata	8-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW New Beginning in Osaka 2020 Feb 9th 2020	David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson & Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Chase Owens & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa & Yujiro Takahashi	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020 Jan 6th 2020	David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson & Kota Ibushi	def.	Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa	8-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Day 2 Jan 5th 2020	Jay White	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 - Day 1 Jan 4th 2020	Kazuchika Okada (c)	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi		IWGP Heavyweight Championship	*****¾ (5.75)
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2020 - Day 3 Dec 21st 2019	Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero & YOSHI-HASHI	def.	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kota Ibushi	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW World Tag League 2019 - Day 17 Dec 8th 2019	Jushin Thunder Liger & Kota Ibushi & Tiger Mask IV	def.	Kazuchika Okada & SHO & YOH	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Showdown in San Jose Nov 9th 2019	Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay	def.	Kota Ibushi & The Amazing Red			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling '19 Oct 14th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	EVIL			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW New Japan Road 2019 - Day 3 Oct 7th 2019	EVIL & SANADA	def.	Kazuchika Okada & Kota Ibushi			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Destruction in Kagoshima Sep 16th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	KENTA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW Royal Quest Aug 31st 2019	Juice Robinson & Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	HIKULEO & Yujiro Takahashi			*** (3.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 19: Finals Aug 12th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def.	Jay White			*****½ (5.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 18 Aug 11th 2019	Kota Ibushi & Toa Henare & Tomoaki Honma	def.	Clark Connors & Karl Fredericks & KENTA	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 17 Aug 10th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def.	Kazuchika Okada			***** (5.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 15 Aug 7th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Zack Sabre Jr.			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 13 Aug 3rd 2019	Kota Ibushi	def.	Hiroshi Tanahashi			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 11 Jul 30th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def.	Bad Luck Fale			* (1.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 9 Jul 27th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Lance Archer			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 7 Jul 20th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def.	SANADA			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 5 Jul 18th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Will Ospreay			***** (5.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 3 Jul 14th 2019	EVIL	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 2 Jul 13th 2019	BUSHI & EVIL & SANADA	def.	Kota Ibushi & Will Ospreay & Yuya Uemura	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - Day 1 Jul 6th 2019	KENTA	def.	Kota Ibushi			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXVI - Day 15 Jun 5th 2019	BUSHI & EVIL & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	def.	Kota Ibushi & Toa Henare & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2 May 4th 2019	BUSHI & Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito	def.	Kota Ibushi & SHO & YOH	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1 May 3rd 2019	Kota Ibushi & SHO & YOH	def.	BUSHI & Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 9 ~ Aki no SENGOKU EMAKI ~ Apr 26th 2019	EVIL & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada & Kota Ibushi & Tomohiro Ishii	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Sengoku Lord In Nagoya Apr 20th 2019	Kota Ibushi (c)	def.	Zack Sabre Jr.		IWGP Intercontinental Championship	****¾ (4.75)
ROH/NJPW G1 SuperCard Apr 6th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Tetsuya Naito (c)		IWGP Intercontinental Championship (title change)	****½ (4.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 12 Mar 24th 2019	BUSHI & EVIL & Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito	def.	Kota Ibushi & Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi & Tomohiro Ishii	8-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 7 Mar 16th 2019	Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (sub)	Kota Ibushi			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3 Mar 10th 2019	Kota Ibushi	def.	Tetsuya Naito			****½ (4.5)
NJPW WrestleKingdom 13 Jan 4th 2019	Will Ospreay	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi (c)		NEVER Openweight Championship (title change)	****¾ (4.75)
NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2019 - Day 2 Dec 15th 2018	Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi	def.	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Will Ospreay			***** (5.00)
NJPW World Tag League 2018 - Day 17 Dec 9th 2018	Kota Ibushi	def.	Hirooki Goto (c)		NEVER Openweight Championship (title change)	**** (4.00)
NJPW Power Struggle 2018 ~ Super Junior Tag League 2018 Nov 3rd 2018	Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi	def.	David Finlay & Hiroshi Tanahashi			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling 2018 Oct 8th 2018	Kenny Omega (c)	def. (pin)	Cody, Kota Ibushi	three-way	IWGP Heavyweight Championship	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed Sep 30th 2018	Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi	def. (pin)	Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii			***** (5.00)
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018 Sep 15th 2018	Beretta & Chuckie T. & Will Ospreay	def.	Chase Owens & Kota Ibushi & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
N/A ALL IN Sep 1st 2018	Kota Ibushi & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson	def. (pin)	Bandido & Fénix & Rey Mysterio	6-person tag		****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 19 Aug 12th 2018	Hiroshi Tanahashi	def. (pin)	Kota Ibushi	G1 CLIMAX FINAL		*****¾ (5.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 18 Aug 11th 2018	Kota Ibushi	def.	Kenny Omega			*****½ (5.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 17 Aug 10th 2018	Chase Owens & Kota Ibushi & Marty Scurll	draw (NC)	Kenny Omega & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson	6-person tag		* (1.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 16 Aug 8th 2018	Tama Tonga	def.	Kota Ibushi			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 14 Aug 4th 2018	Kota Ibushi	def.	Tetsuya Naito			****¾ (4.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 12 Aug 1st 2018	Kota Ibushi	def.	Hirooki Goto			****½ (4.5)
NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 10 Jul 28th 2018	Kota Ibushi	def.	Tomohiro Ishii			****¾ (4.75)

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