Tomoaki honma is a japanese professional wrestler currently working for new japan. Japanese dolls, originally from the northeastern region tohokuchiho of japan. Honma missed a kokeshi off the second rope and sold his neck. Honma missed a diving kokeshi during the early going, but managed to avoid a pk from shibata. Deadlift vertical suplex from honma, bulldog out of the corner and this time the kokeshi hits. Kokeshi, kokeshi, are simple wooden dolls with no arms or legs that have been crafted for more than 150 years as a toy for children. Kojima takes control, cutting honma off at every turn, and eventually hits a diving elbow drop for two. Chop battle, which honma wins, then the kokeshi misses again. Followers 1 20000222bjwexite series tomoaki honma vs abdullah jr kobayashi barbed wire board and ladder death by soup23, january 27, 2017 in february 2000.
Giphy is how you search, share, discover, and create gifs. He trained eventually with michinoku pros dojo before switching to big japan pro wrestlings training system. But thats okay because for that one brief moment when honma s hand was raised in victory, it was as if the warmth of heaven itself touched our faces. He is currently working for new japan pro wrestling njpw as a freelancer. The crowd will always will on honma to land kokeshi headbutts, delivered by honma with his arms unmoving at his side like the traditional limbless japanese dolls that are a symbol of positivity and happiness. Back then, he was a hardcore fighter who was extreme enough. He tried out as the njpw dojo but was unsuccessful. He is currently working for new japan pro wrestling as a freelancer.
Honma all the way up top, taichi grabs the ref and. On march 3 2017, honma suffered a severe spinal injury during a match in okinawa that left him temporarily paralysed. Tomoaki honma 0 michael elgin 0 shinsuke nakamura 0. Kokeshi literally translates to limbless wooden doll and the large headed figurines with smiling faces are given as tokens of friendship. Honma wasnt awful when i first tuned in his injury has since seen him drop down to. Tomoaki honma promised to return more oiled up than before. Its likely hell lose again before he starts on the road to redemption. Honma may be getting a never openweight championship. Why would the crowd get behind honma when he suddenly hits his kokeshi s right of the start.
Daniels and kazarian used every dirty tactic in the book against honma and were so effective at it that when honma finally made the hot tag to makabe after a desperation kokeshi, the crowd erupted. Cooperate, share information and provide the best situation given at that time. While honma was impressive early in his career, his prime physical years were spent toiling in independents and middleofthecard tag matches before new japan finally started using him. He is a former onetime iwgp tag team champion and a twotime world tag league winner with togi makabe. Kota ibushi vs tomoaki honma njpw new beginning in osaka. He debuted at bjpw and became drawn to the deathmatch. Tomoaki honma pro wrestling fandom powered by wikia. King of pro wrestling bt06 017 r tomoaki honma kokeshi is back. Njpw road to wrestling dontaku 2014 day 3 results 423. Tomoaki honma via pinfall kokeshi honma is walking cte, at least in storyline. Nagata made a tag to umino, and the momentum shifted to henare and honma.
Honma tomoaki, born november 18, 1976 is a japanese. He is working for new japan pro wrestling njpw as a freelancer, though currently inactive due to a severe spinal injury. Makabe apparently overhead a child in the audience say honma looked like a kokeshi and from there the move was born and has since become the most popular aspect of honma s act. Tomohiro ishii vs tomoaki honma njpw new beginning in. Infinite kokeshi professional wrestling know your meme. Nakamuras defeat, in the main event no less, was a big upset but the plan must surely be to have nakamura on a slow burn. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Honma hit a series of chops, but nagata nosold them. Forgot that the entranceway for this show was actually pretty radlooking, even though its real. Tomohiro ishii ishii was thoroughly comfortable for the opening minutes, treating his opponent like a piece of dirt, but honma was able to rally and hit a kokeshi and the seated blockbuster for two. From the stiff strikes to the hard hitting moves to the top rope moves, everything looked great and was very fun to watch.
He is one half of the current iwgp heavyweight tag team champions with togi makabe. As i said, tomoaki honma hit a kokeshi from the top rope, and while that was the best spot of the match, the entire match was filled with incredible action. Honma is going to go right back to losing on a regular basis. Njpw star tomoaki honma suffered what looked to be a severe injury at a new japan pro wrestling live event last week, and the master of the kokeshi has been in an okinawa hospital ever since, with. Honma s loyalty to makabe, combined with a good hearted nature and underdog status in a lot of his matches made him a solid fan favourite. Tomoaki honma makes a long awaited return on june 23. Njpw world tag league 2015 day 6, aj styles pulled from. Njpw i started watching new japan regularly in january 2017, so the idea that tomoaki honma was having fivestar matches only a couple of years before is rather baffling to me. Honma, okumura, a professional doctor and medical team who is a member of the new japan wrestling medical committee.
World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Tomohiro ishii 02142015this is the latest 5star match rated by the wrestling observer. Tomoaki honma project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Buy king of prowrestling bt16058 rrr large kokeshi tomoaki honma. Honma dreamed of being a pro wrestler while in high school. He made his wrestling debut in may 18th 1997 with big japan pro wrestling, he spent most of his career wrestling matches on the the lower card sometimes he would be in the opening match until bjw moved him to their. Honma and henare hit a combination kokeshi leg sweep for a near fall. Come here to discuss pro wrestling in all its forms and factions. Kota ibushi vs tomoaki honma 02112015 bodymaker coliseum, osaka, japan i vaguely remember this being one of the only matches on this card that i liked, despite being no fan of kota ibushi, so hopefully i dig it again here. Tomoaki honma is an actor, known for daughter of lupin 2019, njpw wrestle kingdom 9 2015 and ring of honor wrestling 2009. Bjw deathmatch heavyweight championship 2 times bjw tag team championship 2 times with shadow wx 1 and ryuji yamakawa 1 maximum. Tomoaki honma new japan prowrestling wrestling promotion. Join facebook to connect with tomoaki honma and others you may know.
Kokeshi headbutt from the top rope after 477 long days tomoaki honma is back and kokeshi is happy with his beloved wife. Honma tomoaki, born november 18, 1976 is a japanese professional wrestler. Just a couple of week ago, new japans tomoaki honma suffered an absolutely horrifying neck injury during a match and was briefly paralyzed. King of pro wrestling bt06017 r tomoaki honma kokeshi is back. He trained eventually with michinoku pros dojo before switching. Tomoaki honma, honma tomoaki, born november 18, 1976 is a japanese professional wrestler. King of pro wrestling bt06017 r tomoaki honma kokeshi. Crowd is completely running wild on honmamania here tonight. Wew world tag team championship 1 time with jun kasai. The bizarre funky weapon ryusuke taguchi, the entirely inept captain new japan, the portly and mischievous sublime master thief toru yano. Michael elgin posted on august 3, 2015 by cm towns august 1st 2015 saw the collision between njpws favorite underdog act tomoaki honma and the powerhouse gaijin michael elgin as part of the g1 climax. Missed kokeshi professional wrestling know your meme.
Kizuna road 2018 june 23 7th match ryusuke taguchi, toa henare, togi makabe, hiroshi tanahashi, tomoaki honma. Championships and accomplishments edit apache prowrestling army. Press the keys to navigate the gallery, g to view the. Shibata beat honma at kizuna road earlier this month. There are quite a few misfits in new japan prowrestling. After 477 long days tomoaki honma is back and kokeshi is happy.
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