Personal Info
Birthday
March 12, 1981
Place of Birth
Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Known For
Acting
Kenta Kobayashi
Biography
Kenta Kobayashi (born March 12, 1981), better known by his ring name KENTA, is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he original debuted in 2000 and is a former two-time GHC Heavyweight Champion, three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion, one-time GHC Tag Team Champion and three-time GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion. Between 2014 and 2019, he worked for American promotion WWE under the name Hideo Itami. After leaving WWE, he signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), becoming a one-time NEVER Openweight Champion, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and one-time IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion, before returning to NOAH in 2025.
Acting Filmography (245)
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NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026 ~Noto Peninsula Earthquake Recovery Charity Event~
Movie2026
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 12
Movie2026
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 11
Movie2026
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 10
Movie2026
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 9
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 8
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 7
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 6
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 5
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 4
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 3
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 2
Movie2026
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NOAH Neo Global Tag League 2026 ~ Day 1
Movie2026
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NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
Movie2026
0.0
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
Movie2026
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NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
Movie2026
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NOAH After Mayhem 2026
Movie2026
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NOAH Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026
Movie2026
0.0
NOAH Legacy Rise 2026
Movie2026
6.0
JCW Strangle-Mania: Viva Las Violence 2026
Movie2026
7.0
Mystery Wrestling #24
Movie2026
0.0
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
Movie2026
0.0
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
Movie2026
0.0
NOAH Apex Conquest 2026 in Yokohama
Movie2026
5.0
NOAH: The New Year 2026
Movie2026
0.0
NOAH Thanksgiving 2025
Movie2025
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NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #5
Movie2025
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NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #4
Movie2025
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NOAH Wrestle Odyssey
Movie2025
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 9 (Final)
Movie2025
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 8
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 7
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 6
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 4
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 3
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 2
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NOAH N-1 Victory 2025 - Day 1
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NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #4
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NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 In Osaka
Movie2025
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NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #3
Movie2025
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NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #2
Movie2025
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NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Kokugikan
Movie2025
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NOAH Star Navigation 2025 #1
Movie2025
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NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #3
Movie2025
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NOAH 25th Anniversary Memorial Voyage 2025 in Yokohama ～NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025～
Movie2025
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NOAH Star Navigation Premium 2025 #2 ~ NOAH Jr. Tag League 2025 ~
Movie2025
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MLW SuperFight 6
Movie2025
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MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025
Movie2025
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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2025
Movie2025
8.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
Movie2025
0.0
NOAH: The New Year 2025
Movie2025
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NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2024
Movie2024
4.0
MLW Blood & Thunder
Movie2024
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 7
Movie2024
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NJPW New Japan Soul 2024: Day 6
Movie2024
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NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall ~ Best of the Super Junior 31 Final ~
Movie2024
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NJPW Resurgence 2024
Movie2024
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 2
Movie2024
0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024 - Night 1
Movie2024
7.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
Movie2024
0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 2
Movie2024
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NJPW 52nd Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2024 - Day 1
Movie2024
0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
Movie2024
0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
Movie2024
7.0
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
Movie2023
5.0
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
Movie2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
Movie2023
7.3
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
Movie2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
Movie2023
8.5
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
Movie2023
8.5
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
Movie2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
Movie2023
9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 2
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 - Day 1
Movie2023
5.5
NJPW Resurgence 2023
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW Collision in Philadelphia
Movie2023
6.5
NJPW Capital Collision 2023
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023
Movie2023
5.8
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive
Movie2023
6.5
Mark Hitchcock Memorial Wrestlecon Supershow 2023
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
Movie2023
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
Movie2023
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NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 1
Movie2023
6.2
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2023
Movie2023
6.5
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023
Movie2023
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
Movie2023
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
Movie2023
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 2 in Yokohama Arena
Movie2023
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
Movie2023
No Backdrop
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Pre-Show
Movie2023
0.0
NOAH: The New Year 2023
Movie2023
0.0
NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
Movie2022
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NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
Movie2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
Movie2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
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NJPW & NOAH: Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Night 3
Movie2022
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
Movie2022
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
Movie2022
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NJPW Power Struggle 2021
Movie2021
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 19 (Final)
Movie2021
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 17
Movie2021
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 15
Movie2021
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 13
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 11
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 9
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 7
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 5
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 3
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NJPW G1 Climax 31: Day 1
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0.0
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome
Movie2021
0.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
Movie2021
0.0
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
Movie2021
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
Movie2021
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 11
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 5
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2
Movie2021
0.0
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show
Movie2021
No Backdrop
8.0
AEW Beach Break
Movie2021
8.7
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
Movie2021
0.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
Movie2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 18
Movie2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 16
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 14
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 12
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 10
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 8
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 6
Movie2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 4
Movie2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 2
Movie2020
5.5
NJPW STRONG
TV Series2020
0.0
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
Movie2020
No Backdrop
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
Movie2020
No Backdrop
0.0
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
Movie2020
No Backdrop
3.5
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
Movie2020
0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
Movie2020
0.0
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
Movie2020
0.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
Movie2020
9.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 2
Movie2020
9.7
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
Movie2020
0.0
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
Movie2019
0.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
Movie2019
8.0
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV Series2019
9.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
Movie2019
9.0
NJPW Royal Quest
Movie2019
10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
Movie2019
9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
Movie2019
10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
Movie2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
Movie2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
Movie2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
Movie2019
9.5
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
Movie2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
Movie2019
8.5
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
Movie2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
Movie2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
Movie2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
Movie2019
9.7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
Movie2019
8.7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
Movie2019
9.3
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
Movie2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
Movie2019
9.3
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
Movie2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
Movie2019
9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
Movie2019
7.5
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
Movie2019
8.0
NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 20th Anniversary Show
Movie2018
8.7
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
Movie2017
7.6
WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago
Movie2017
5.8
WWE 205 Live
TV Series2016
7.2
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
Movie2016
No Backdrop
6.0
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
Movie2016
7.0
Finn Bálor The Demon Revealed
Movie2015
8.4
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
Movie2015
8.0
WWE WrestleMania 31
Movie2015
0.0
WWE NXT Live: From San Jose 2015
Movie2015
7.4
NXT TakeOver: Rival
Movie2015
No Backdrop
10.0
ROH: Year 5
Movie2015
7.5
NXT TakeOver: R-Evolution
Movie2014
7.9
NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
Movie2014
No Backdrop
10.0
ROH: Year Four
Movie2014
10.0
Bryan Danielson: World Champion
Movie2013
No Backdrop
10.0
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
Movie2013
No Backdrop
10.0
Danielson vs The World
Movie2013
No Backdrop
10.0
Danielson vs McGuinness
Movie2012
No Backdrop
10.0
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
Movie2012
No Backdrop
10.0
ROH: Japan's Finest
Movie2012
No Backdrop
10.0
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
Movie2012
No Backdrop
10.0
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
Movie2011
6.7
WWE NXT
TV Series2010
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: End of An Age
Movie2009
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: 7th Anniversary
Movie2009
6.4
Ring of Honor Wrestling
TV Series2009
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: The Tokyo Summit
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Best In The World
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
NOAH: European Navigation 2008
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Driven
Movie2007
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Honor Reclaims Boston
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Glory by Honor V - Night Two
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Glory By Honor V - Night One
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Fight of The Century
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Time To Man Up
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Chi-Town Struggle
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Throwdown
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: In Your Face
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH: Best In The World
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
ROH Final Battle 2005
Movie2005
No Backdrop
9.0
NOAH: 3rd Great Voyage 2005
Movie2005
No Backdrop
10.0
NOAH: Destiny 2005
Movie2005
No Backdrop
0.0
NOAH: Departure 2004
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
NOAH: Great Voyage
Movie2000
8.0
Pro Wrestling NOAH
TV Series2000
6.8
Raw
TV Series1993
0.0
WWE Pay Per View
TV Series1985
8.0
New Japan Pro Wrestling
TV Series1972
0.0
NOAH Lethal Odyssey Tour 2026
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