5 times wrestlers wrestled inanimate objects

#3 The curious case of the invisible wrestler

Man suplexes himself for your entertainment

There have been times when wrestlers have had to work with really difficult opponents. There have also been a few cases when a wrestler has had to fight a completely inanimate object. Then there’s this case, where a wrestler has to fight a wrestler that literally cannot be seen.

Here we have another classic from DDT Pro-Wrestling, in which a wrestler ‘faces off’ against an invisible wrestler. The short match features the only wrestler than can actually be seen performing wrestling moves by himself, while also ‘selling’ the offense of a wrestler as if they were actually there.

The match features a lot of supposed ‘back elbows’, a Superplex, and then a bridging German Suplex that led to the invisible wrestler’s victory. Although it’s clearly not meant to be taken seriously, the audience does react to the match quite a lot, and that’s because they know it’s all for show.

Also, kudos to the wrestler involved in this match for selling the ‘offense’ of the supposed invisible wrestler as if he were taking real moves by an actual opponent. It’s one thing to take a dangerous move executed by someone else; it’s another thing entirely to basically defy all natural protective instincts and flip yourself onto your own head and neck to entertain an audience.