On May 3, at Wrestling Dontaku, Styles successfully challenged Okada for the IWGP title with the help of Yujiro Takahashi, who had turned on Okada and CHAOS to join Bullet Club. But only began portraying the ‘rainmaker’ since 2012. Your email address will not be published. UNIT. He was eliminated from contention on the final day of the league phase by his stablemate Shinsuke Nakamura, who forced him to submit. Required fields are marked *. From February 2010 until October 2011, he was on a developmental tour, working for American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring names Okada and Okato. He would go on to make his debut for the company in August 2007, facing off with fellow Young Lion Tetsuya Naitō in a dark match. After kissing and speaking to Priestley, Ospreay rushed back into the ring hitting Okada from behind with a Hidden Blade. After talking to Priestley, Ospreay returned to the ring and laid out Okada with the hidden blade, turning on him. Okada entered the G1 Climax from July 17 thru August 12, where he finished in second place in his block, behind Kenny Omega. After suffering 3 losses to Fale in a row, Okada finally defeated him on April 5 during Invasion Attack 2015, after which he demanded a title shot with IWGP champion AJ Styles; going so far as to attack him after the main event of the show with a Rainmaker. Since returning from his brief stint in TNA/Impact Wrestling, the NJPW star has returned to the Rainmaker persona that got him over as one of the top talents in the Japanese promotion. He gets his very first win of the tournament with Pimp Juice. In the same month, Okada made a guest appearance at DDT Pro Wrestling's Ryogoku Peter Pan show on August 18. The three-falls bout between Omega and Okada took place on June 9 at Dominion, where Okada finally lost his championship belt to Kenny Omega after over an hour of combined wrestling, and after 720 consecutive days of holding the title. The following month saw Okada compete in NOAH alongside Hiroyoshi Tenzan, wherein he wrestled against the likes of Kenta Kobashi and Akihiko Ito. Omega accepted, and offered up the challenge of a best of 3 falls match with no time limit. I know I only just lost my title to Naito, but if it’s a question of wrestling for the tag titles or a double IWGP championship match, the tag titles are more interesting to me. That’s not to say you can forget your manners if you aren’t the champion, but I do feel I can be a bit more human and do what I want a little more.”. In the months following Wrestle Kingdom, he was defeated several times by Bad Luck Fale, including a first round elimination from the 2015 New Japan Cup. In-ring experience: 16 years. He returned as The Rainmaker with a finisher of the same name. An angle ran on tonight’s NJPW G1 Climax 30 card that saw Will Ospreay turn on fellow CHAOS stablemate Kazuchika Okada, aligning himself with the returning Tomoyuki Oka. Kazuchika Okada debuted in August 2004 as a member of the Toryumon Mexico roster, part of the class of aspiring wrestlers taught by Ultimo Dragon. On July 22, 2007, Okada participated in Ultimo Dragon's 20th Anniversary show, teaming up with New Japan Pro Wrestling representatives Jushin "Thunder" Liger and Milano Collection A.T. in a six-man tag match. From the other side of the ring the returning Great O-Kharn arrived. 191cm . Well, it just came down to thinking which would have more impact. Following the end of the 2018 New Japan Cup on March 21, winner Zack Sabre Jr. challenged Okada to an IWGP Heavyweight Championship bout, which took place on April 1 at Sakura Genesis 2018. Okato. YEAR OF BIRTH. Afterwards, he returned to working on Xplosion exclusively, forming a tag team with Japanese wrestler Akira Raijin, known in TNA as Kiyoshi. Oct 25: WWE Hell in a Cell In July and August 2014, Okada participated in the G1 Climax, where he finished in his block with eight wins and two losses, including a pinfall victory over AJ Styles. 2:25. Behind the Gimmick Table: Rob Rage finds muscles still sell, NJPW G1 Climax: Kota Ibushi wins A Block, Ospreay betrays Okada. Okada and Styles would proceed to face one another multiple times in the spring and summer of 2014, starting with a three-way title match in America at Ring of Honor's War of the Worlds 2014 show on May 17; where Styles retained his championship after pinning Michael Elgin. After the match, Okada personally challenged Kenny Omega, expressing frustration with the lack of a decisive winner in their rivalry. The prospect of guys that I’ve fought so hard with in singles being tag champions, that’s intriguing. He would go on to defeat Minoru Suzuki on May 3; followed by a second title defense against Togi Makabe on June 22, and a third defense against Bullet Club leader Prince Devitt on July 20. Kazuchika Okada underwent a massive character change upon his return to New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2012. Ibushi’s victory over Taichi pushed him past second-place finishers Will Ospreay, Jay White and Kazuchika Okada. It wasn’t until he left TNA under acrimonious circumstances that he really came into his own as NJPW’s newest star. The other big news from the finals of A Block was that Will Ospreay turned on Chaos and Kazuchika Okada. One wonders if he will get a rematch for the title. But only began portraying the ‘rainmaker’ since 2012. Kazuchika Okada has been a mainstay of NJPW’s for over a decade now. Though it was never outright said by other party, reports from the Wrestling Observer, Pro Wrestling Torch, and other newsletters say that the handling of Okada as a foreign trainee in TNA factored into the cooling of relations between TNA and New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is also a reporter for Entertainment Tonight Canada. As for the move itself, you see that wrist clutch and extension quite a lot in lucha libre; I can’t remember the match, but I remember seeing it in America and thinking it looked cool. From November 20 thru December 2, Okada teamed up with YOSHI-HASHI, representing CHAOS in the 2012 World Tag League. Kazuchika Okada Okada a.k.a. Jeff Cobb versus Yujiro Takahashi – G1 CLIMAX 30 – A BLOCK TOURNAMENT MATCH. So it became my nickname. With his 11th title defense, Okada tied the record set by Hiroshi Tanahashi; setting up for a title match between Okada and Tanahashi the following month at Wrestling Dontaku, on May 4; a match that saw Okada defeat his former rival and break his record with 12 straight title defenses. A devastating battle of the stiff kicks. HEIGHT. If he would want to team with Will Ospreay: No. CHAOS . Kazuchika Okada was recently interviewed by the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) website to talk about several professional wrestling topics. On March 11, Okada entered the New Japan Cup, and won his first round match against Suzuki-gun member Lance Archer using a new submission hold, the Red Ink. John Powell is a veteran entertainment journalist, the Editor-in-Chief and one of the founders of SLAM! NJPW’s Kazuchika Okada Is Donating To Charity Every Time He Hits His Finisher by: Austin Heiberg Twitter August 19, 2014 Facebook Twitter Flipboard uproxx.it And then to make sure it was used and that brand of mine got strengthened, I made it the name of my finish, too. Minori Suzuki is a perfectly-abled wrestler that's aged like … His proper television debut was during the April 6, 2010 taping of TNA Xplosion. It was then that Bea Priestley, Ospreay’s girlfriend, jumped on the apron and distracted the referee. B Block concludes tomorrow. At the end of the November 11 show, Okada confronted champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, thanked him for his hard work, but added that he would be the one to carry New Japan into the future. Priestley then entered the ring arguing with the official. Okada faced a second challenge on October 13, defeating Tetsuya Naito. Gotch Style Piledriver - Minoru Suzuki. At Wrestle Kingdom XI, Okada faced off against the current Bullet Club leader, Kenny Omega, in the show's main event. Kazuchika Okada discusses his finisher among other things. Kazuchika Okada Finisher- Rainmaker izleyin - WrestleX Dailymotion'da . You can read the Q&A in its entirety here. His tenth title defense came a month later against Naito's stablemate SANADA. New Japan Pro-Wrestling ace Kazuchika Okada answered fans’ questions in an online interview. And then to make sure it was used and that brand of mine got strengthened, I made it the name of my finish, too," Okada said. It was Okada himself who enlisted Ospreay to be a part of Chaos in the first place. Ibushi’s victory over Taichi pushed him past second-place finishers Will Ospreay, Jay White and Kazuchika Okada. He has since risen to the top of pro wrestling, with many considering him the best wrestler in the world. On April 6, after a tag team match victory over Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga, Okada was confronted by a debuting AJ Styles, who dismissed Okada as the same "young boy" he knew from TNA. He also covers Big Brother USA, Big Brother Canada and Survivor for Corus. 2:18. Okada would follow up this performance with a successful defense on February 5, 2017, against the returning Minoru Suzuki, who had attacked Okada with the help of Suzuki-gun at New Years Dash on January 5. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) where he has held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship five times. He snatches his cane clobbering Cobb in the head. He threw a number of expletives at Okada and said that Okada had held him back. In-ring experience: 16 years. These questions and answers provided fans of his an interesting opportunity. Okada would successfully defend his title against Tetsuya Naitō at New Japan's 40th Anniversary Special on March 4, and again on May 3 against New Japan Cup winner Hirooki Goto at Wrestling Dontaku. Kota Ibushi Defeats SANADA To Win The NJPW G1 CLIMAX For The Second Year In A Row, The Finals Of The NJPW 2020 G1 CLIMAX Tournament Are Now Officially Set, Former AEW Star Bea Priestly Makes NJPW Debut During Day 17 Of The G1 CLIMAX, Night Sixteen Results For NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING's 2020 G1 CLIMAX TOURNAMENT, Goldberg Return For Roman Reigns Feud Rumor Circulates After SMACKDOWN Appearance, Vince McMahon Reportedly Wants Becky Lynch Vs. 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