Kuniaki Kobayashi

Introduction
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Following the same rating system devised in part by Jim Cornette, matches are rated from the lowest rating of -***** (-5) through to the highest rating of ***** (+5), with a small number of matches being rated above that theoretical maximum. Matches with a rating of zero stars are referred to as a "DUD" and an average match tends to score around a ** (2) rating. All ratings can only be considered subjective and this page is designed purely for reference purposes.

Kuniaki Kobayashi

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom XI Jan 4th 2017	Michael Elgin	def. (pin)	Billy Gunn, BONE SOLDIER, Cheeseburger, Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Manabu Nakanishi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Scott Norton, Tiger Mask IV, Yoshitatsu, Yuji Nagata	dark Battle Royal		* (1.00)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 5 Aug 5th 1996	Osamu Kido & Tatsumi Fujinami	def. (sub)	Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi			-* (-1)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 4 Aug 4th 1996	Akira Nogami & Kuniaki Kobayashi	def. (pin)	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			***¼ (3.25)
NJPW G1 Climax '96 - Day 3 Aug 3rd 1996	Osamu Kido & Osamu Nishimura & Tadao Yasuda & Takayuki Iizuka	def. (sub)	Akira Nogami & Akitoshi Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Tatsutoshi Goto	8-person tag		*½ (1.5)
NJPW Tokyo Show (Jan '96) Jan 21st 1996	Akitoshi Saito & Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara & Shiro Koshinaka	def.	Akira Nogami & Junji Hirata & Osamu Kido & Tadao Yasuda & Takashi Iizuka	10-man tag (2 out of 3 falls)		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Summer Struggle '94 - Day 3 Jul 2nd 1994	Kuniaki Kobayashi & Shiro Koshinaka & The Great Kabuki	def.	Hiroshi Hase & Keiji Muto & Masahiro Chono	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Battlefield Jan 4th 1994	Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Michiyoshi Ohara & Shiro Koshinaka & The Great Kabuki	def. (pin)	El Samurai & Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Kido & Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata	10-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW Explosion Tour '92 - Day 13 Apr 30th 1992	Kuniaki Kobayashi	def. (pin)	Akitoshi Saito			***¼ (3.25)
WCW/NJPW Supershow I Mar 21st 1991	Kuniaki Kobayashi & Shiro Koshinaka & Takayuki Iizuka	def. (pin)	Brian Pillman & Tim Horner & Tom Zenk	6-person tag		***¾ (3.75)
NJPW New Year Dash '91 - Day 1 Jan 4th 1991	Masanobu Kurisu & Masashi Aoyagi	def.	Kantaro Hoshino & Kuniaki Kobayashi			*** (3.00)
NJPW Chiba Show (Aug '90) Aug 16th 1990	Pegasus Kid & Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto	def.	Jushin Thunder Liger & Kensuke Sasaki & Kuniaki Kobayashi	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Wrestling Scramble '90 - Day 1 Jul 19th 1990	Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto	def.	Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Osamu Matsuda & Takayuki Iizuka	8-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW Sumo Hall Show (Jun '90) Jun 26th 1990	Kantaro Hoshino & Kensuke Sasaki & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Riki Choshu & Shiro Koshinaka	def. (pin)	Animal Hamaguchi & Hiro Saito & Masanobu Kurisu & Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto	10-man tag (2 out of 3 falls)		**** (4.00)
NJPW Super Fight Feb 10th 1990	Hiro Saito & Norio Honaga & Tatsutoshi Goto	def. (pin)	Hiro Hase & Kantaro Hoshino & Kuniaki Kobayashi	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW New Spring Gold Series 1990 Jan 25th 1990	Super Strong Machine	def.	Kuniaki Kobayashi			**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Sengoku Series 1988 - Day 12 Sep 12th 1988	Hiro Saito & Kuniaki Kobayashi & Masa Saito & Riki Choshu & Super Strong Machine	def.	Keiichi Yamada & Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka & Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara	10-man tag elimination		**** (4.00)
NJPW Inoki Toukan Live III Dec 27th 1987	Hiro Hase (c)	def. (pin)	Kuniaki Kobayashi		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	**** (4.00)
AJPW Sumo Hall Show (Mar '85) Mar 9th 1985	Tiger Mask II	draw (NC)	Kuniaki Kobayashi			***** (5.00)
AJPW 85 Gekitoh! Exciting Wars - Day 14 Mar 9th 1985	Kuniaki Kobayashi	draw (DCO)	Tiger Mask II			***** (5.00)
AJPW 85 Gekitoh! All Star Wars - Day 20 Jan 24th 1985	Magic Dragon & Tiger Mask II	def.	Fumihiro Niikura & Kuniaki Kobayashi			****½ (4.5)
AJPW 85 Gekitoh! All Star Wars - Day 12 Jan 14th 1985	Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid	def. (CO)	Isamu Teranishi & Kuniaki Kobayashi			****½ (4.5)

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