{"id":104502,"date":"2021-11-15T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=104502"},"modified":"2021-11-14T13:30:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T18:30:48","slug":"tomohiro-ishii-aew-dynamite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/11\/15\/tomohiro-ishii-aew-dynamite\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomohiro Ishii Comes to AEW: What to Know About NJPW Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Saturday, All Elite Wrestling<\/strong> held its Full Gear<\/em><\/strong> pay-per-view and the evening wasn’t short on surprises. From the announcement of Jay Lethal<\/strong> signing with the company<\/a> to Hangman Page<\/strong> concluding his 2-year-plus odyssey with a world title victory, there was news aplenty. One of the other noteworthy news items was the impending debut of a New Japan Pro-Wrestling<\/strong> stalwart and wrestling veteran. This Wednesday, on AEW Dynamite, NJPW star Tomohiro Ishii<\/strong> makes his All Elite debut as he teams with Orange Cassidy<\/strong> to battle The Butcher & The Blade<\/strong>. Prior to this contest, here is what viewers should know about \u201cThe Stone Pitbull.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tomohiro Ishii Comes to AEW \u2013 What to Know<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the Beginning<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tomohiro Ishii began his professional wrestling career in 1996, training under Riki Chosou<\/strong> and Genichiro Tenryu<\/strong>. Ishii first worked for Tenryu’s Wrestle Association R<\/strong> promotion, battling the likes of Ryo Miyake<\/strong>, Ni Hao<\/strong>, and Yuji Yasuraoka<\/strong>. In fact, it was alongside the latter that Ishii won his first title, the duo claiming the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships on 2 occasions. In the years that followed, Ishii found himself working for other promotions, including Onita Pro<\/strong> and DDT Pro-Wrestling<\/strong>. However, starting in 2004, he began appearing for NJPW, the promotion he would go on to call home.<\/p>\n

Ishii made sporadic NJPW appearances in 2004 and 2005, wrestling in tag team matches. However, it was in 2006 when he became a more consistent fixture in the company. Ishii joined forces with Great Bash Heel<\/strong>, a villainous stable that would be led by Togi Makabe<\/strong>, in October 2006. In 2009, however, Ishii and multiple G.B.H. members broke away from the group and formed CHAOS<\/strong>. This would become of the promotion’s defining factions, attracting such members as Rocky Romero<\/strong>, Hirooki Goto<\/strong>, Kazuchika Okada<\/strong>, and AEW’s own Best Friends<\/strong>. The move to CHAOS benefited Ishii in the long term, too. While he was largely a background player in G.B.H., his stock started to rise after CHAOS took form.<\/p>\n

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