Episode 56 - Human Xanax (Hiroshi Tanahashi)

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English - January 24, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 95.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 169 ratings
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This week Rachel and Kath lend us all their love and energy to celebrate two decades of Hiroshi Tanahashi. They get into his hairstyles, feuds with Nakamura and Okada, injuries, and position as a mentor in New Japan. PLUS: Billy Joel, getting stabbed, post-steroid titty, Kota Ibushi’s brain, raccoon spines, and Joel Hardy the Phantasmagoric Speed Star.
Materials discussed include: (content warning for violence to teeth) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at G1 Special 2011 https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00184_1_3, (content warning for violence to teeth again) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at New Beginning in Osaka 2012 https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00189_1_6, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Power Struggle 2017 https://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00456_2_09