The Top Ten Moves of Antonio Inoki

[12x12surface]

LOL! I recognize all the moves from SNES's Super Fire Pro Wrestling!

I only came to know Inoki recently (because of the fight with Ali) , but played the game a long time ago!

[carlos3salas]

Cobra twist is the shit and it works in real life.

[DexterHaven49]

He deserves an Oscar for that acting.

[brottarnacke]

Funny that they always write enzuiGIRI. GERI means kick. Giri means to cut.

[ProWrestlingDynasty]

@brottarnacke I thought Giri meant chop and Enzui is the japanese translation of the lower part of your brain.

[brottarnacke]

@ProWrestlingDynasty I'm pretty sure it can mean cut. I believe it's the same word as kiri in harakiri (cutting the stomach). I actually have heard the enzuigiri being referred to as a "back brain kick", but I didn't know enzui actually means that, thanks.

[G0dspelronin]

Manji Gatame wa the Funk!

[GBWWRESTLINGTV]

inoki is a true legend

[kelloggcerealxoxo]

well, this sport isn't gay...

[KWAxChamp]

@kelloggcerealxoxo Nope.

[Lisavinny]

Man, Inoki is probably one of my favorites. I''ve just started digging up old matches of his. I just wish I knew how to speak Japanese. I can't understand a dangg thing the announccers are saying!

[MrColonsay]

Man I love watching this dude wrestle, Japanese Pro Wrestling got it right ;)

[hiroki222]

☓　enzu giri

○　enzui geri

enzui＝Medulla oblongata

geri＝kick

[TheEndKing]

Hey SD, what is your favorite Inoki match? Personally, mine is vs. the "Great" Antonio.

[GoenitzLoveSeth]

One of the best pro wrestler , catch wrestler and interstyle fighter ever.

If you don't like Inoki, simply you don't like Pro wrestling, Catch Wrestling and MMA.

[saxdawg00]

Haven't seen the royal octopus hold in a while!

[azfryguy]

so is he a real fighter or what?

[SuperDUDERIKI]

@azfryguy Yea he is. He succeeded mostly in pro-wrestling but he trained martial-arts too.

[Kokushi666]

ALL wrestlers are fighters, it takes allot more skill to do these types of moves and NOT hurt your opponent than the other option which is probably breaking there bones at best. Wrestling is a legitimate fighting style, and besides that Inoki is a martial artist, so ya he's a real fighter

[azfryguy]

@Kokushi666 so he is like the rock?

[Kokushi666]

not at all, he Is in the sense that he was a huge wrestling star. but he is much much MUCH more talented in the ring and is a bigger star(in my opinion)

[azfryguy]

@Kokushi666 but he is a WWE star or pro wrestling star

[Kokushi666]

Pro wrestling, he never worked for the WWE(f)

[mrdjr80]

@Kokushi666 Actually, he did. Inoki was their Martial Arts Champion. Him, Fujinami, and Tiger Mask all wrestled for (W)WWE(F).

[lucasferreira028]

this inoki is ridiculous

[SuperDUDERIKI]

@lucasferreira028 He was fighting long before you were even planned.He is a pro-wrestling legend.I dont see anything ridiculous about him.

[gfhostrider]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOHH GOD how DISGUSTING, what a shit, and that cobra joke twist, HAHAHA I am laughing loud here, WHAT stupid movement, WHAT A JOKE.

[SuperDUDERIKI]

@gfhostrider I suppose you just started watching wrestling eh? The cobra twist stretches the abdomen of your opponent and if you apply it perfectly it will take its toll...BIG TIME.

[JimScythe]

You the man!!! Great to have a top ten of Antonio Inoki!!!

[HaohmaruOfTheWind]

This dude trained Crush. I love that.

[diezombie66]

One of the best top tens Ive ever seen.

Good job man, keep it up!

[scrowisnice]

No offence to him but his moves are kind of sloppy. Look at the Underhook Suplex and the German Suplex.

[jskyl14]

@scrowisnice Well what do you expect it was back then...one of the first people to do these moves

[yorkshirerepresenter]

lmfao wtf is this piss?

[alansassaki]

ufc (-) 117

[RDbushi]

very nice

[theplayerofthegame12]

R u jap?

[dmana123]

he slap the shit outa lyoto

[MrGamefreak001]

@ECWExtremeMoments dude even i can better

[nekonoke]

Inoki, who grew up watching many Japanese. I'm one of them. Inoki foreign fans, thank you.

[MrGamefreak001]

ok those move SUCKS ASS!!

[ZataboKing]

dam this man is awesome.he is huge also.the guy had much charisma!and he wasnt like hulkster (sorry)but he had game .INOKI BOM-BA-YE!

[ZeroNBK]

You miss one great move from Inoki: The Toukon Binta! Hahahahaha! Great video man!

[b09h]

he is the man

[cyclonejokeroniisama]

he will be inducted in to the wwe hall of fame

[rinobravo80]

He is A regend.

[Skeeto9]

So, SD, what's your take on Inoki being inducted in the WWE HOF? I, for one, think it's pretty cool that they're starting to induct true legends of the sport, regardless of whether they actually spent any time in WWE or not. Plus, maybe the exposure helps draw American fans to check out puro - or, at the very least, this vid will pick up a few thousand hits. haha

[TheSuicidalDragon]

Definitely a surprise, and a pleasant one at that.

[Elementa2006]

@TheSuicidalDragon I wish they would do the same for Jumbo, he was a former AWA champion and WWE hold the rights to the AWA footage, don't they?

[TheSuicidalDragon]

The difference between Jumbo and Inoki is that Inoki co-promoted with WWF/WCW, while Jumbo held a title that WWE would eventually gain ownership of. That's not to say that Jumbo doesn't deserve it, but he just didn't work with the WWF all that much in his life.

[Elementa2006]

Yeah, you're right.

[Kokushi666]

realistically if the WWE HOF was fair, kawada, takayama, ace, akiyama, taue, kobashi, chono, misiawa, mutoh, and a hell of a lot of others would be in there. But the WWE isn't really a "wrestling" company, they are an entertainment company devoid of much respect for the sport they "promote". It is a company driven by money, control and a huge ego. The real wrestling hall of fame would include these along with north American wrestling talents.

[eldonuramexe]

isso não é fake ?

[sidry]

i thought Inoki was a real fighter....

[daddievic]

great vid dragon.all the vids i have seen of yours are top notch,plus you have great knowledge on wretling history. what is your take on hogan in tna?

[TheSuicidalDragon]

Appreciate it, man. Glad you like the vids.

I am not excited, to say the least.

[kimimids555]

@daddievic i like manjigatame

[kaneabel]

Thats not the indian deathlock

[ChrisBenoitownsCena]

Great vid man! Antonio Inoki is a god to wrestling! you think we will see a top ten of Jimmy Rave?

[TheSuicidalDragon]

Probably not.

[KingAndy1992]

<3 blasting Fedor with the Enzugiri in FPR.

[NoahFan114]

when can we see a Hiroshi Hase

top ten video?

[TheSuicidalDragon]

Eventually.

[jhniscol]

i was always wondering why inoki was never highlighted before this...still greatn job as always

i noticed dick murdoch was in the vid...will he be highlighted sometime soon?

[TheSuicidalDragon]

I'd like to, but there just isn't a whole lot to use of him, for the most part.

[GoenitzLoveSeth]

Best pro wrestler ever.

And so important for MMA history,too.

[TigerDriver1991]

props on that german.

[BigDaddy0207]

LEGEND thanks for posting

[TheLegendKiller888]

Now Antonio Inoki is probably the defining name in Japanese wrestling. He's very well-known around the world, even in the U.S. Now I say he's the defining name because he's the only Asian to ever hold the WWF Championship (sadly, unrecognized to this day by WWE). He faced off against Muhammad Ali (ended in a draw). He faced & beat Ric Flair in front of 190,000 fans in Mayday Stadium in S. Korea. Inoki is a legend, both as a promoter & as a wrestler.

[lucheloco420]

Not to be a jerk, but Inoki and Flair fought in North Korea.

[TheLegendKiller888]

You're not a jerk for saying that, come on. That was a correction, I'm open to those. I can't believe they fought in North Korea. Well, mistakes happen, & you get the message of my comment right?

[lucheloco420]

Indeed. I actually went and looked in Flair's book to make sure. The story is nuts. Flair said he had to pay respects to Kim Jong Il (or maybe the other one...can't remember at the moment) statues. Muhammad Ali had some funny stuff to say about it....read the book, it's interesting.

[TheLegendKiller888]

I hope to read that book when I have the chance. I'm a huge fan of wrestling, & I wanna learn as much as I can learn before I turn 18. I'm 13 & already I realize that WWE is nothing compared to Puroresu.

[armandroh666]

While I respect the careers of Akira Taue, El Samurai, Giant Baba, Gran Hamada, Great Muta, Great Sasuke, Jumbo Tsuruta, Jun Akiyama, Jushin Liger, Kenta Kobashi, Koji Kanemoto, Masa Chono, Mitsuharu Misawa, Rikidozan, Satoru Sayama (Tiger Mask), Toshiaki Kawada, Ultimo Dragon, & Yuji Nagata. In my opinion Antonio Inoki's the best wrestler to ever come out of Japan

[killerdugong]

according to PWI he held the WWE title for one week. so i guess that would make him the firse Asian WWE champ. too bad they didnt let him keep it longer. he ended up losing it back to Backlund.

[LOKITUPISBACK]

WWE sadly doesnt recognize the reign, although most magazines do.

[blazeinbar]

that is what you call a wheel kick

[JuggaloJester]

He was an AMAZING wrestler...but is it sad that when I see that enziguiri, all I can think of is that he was the basis for Fighter Hayabusa on the original Nintendo Pro Wrestling video game?

[hybridenigma]

the abisegiri, thats the octopus stretch right? just out of curiosity

[raiffmeister]

You mean the Cobra Stretch? Yeah, it is.

[TheSuicidalDragon]

The Manjigatame is the Octopus Stretch.

[TheMotherfer]

Remember Inoki vs Ali, thats how big he is.

[Mistertbones]

The man who created the Enzuigiri. What a legend in wrestling!

[00AwesomeOne00]

Damn, what a high angle on that German on Murdoch O_O And he used to do Abisegiri! Didn't know he had that one. After so many matches of Inoki I've seen, he continues to amaze me...

[gig0n5]

I think i ask for a Inoki top ten at your old account. Glad to see one now. And I was very surprise he never got another IWGP title.

[TheSuicidalDragon]

He'll be back up in due time.

[zayfren]

There is a match with Flair on you tube ;)

[LJVC91]

awesome!

[egg64]

He did have a damn potent Enziguiri.....nice add.

[brandensimmons1987]

very good video from the king of stong sytle wrestling.

[Superplex1001]

Wow sweet Octopus Stretch.

[DaimondInTheRough]

The God of wrestling!!

[Deckof51]

A true legend, but no-one ever says different.