5 times wrestlers wrestled inanimate objects

#1 Kota Ibushi vs. YOSHIHIKO the blow-up doll

Kota Ibushi turned this into a hilarious spectacle

For those of you wondering why so many people have praised Kota Ibushi as one of the best wrestlers in the world, this is but yet another reason why that is.

Before becoming a regular in NJPW, Ibushi wrestled for DDT Pro-Wrestling, a smaller promotion that specialized in comedic wrestling. This match was one of the prime examples of DDT focusing on comedy, as they had Ibushi wrestling YOSHIHIKO, who/which is a blow-up doll.

Simply put, Ibushi spent about five minutes wrestling this inanimate doll as if it were a real person. This including ‘selling’ for the doll’s ‘moves’ which more often than not involved him basically flipping himself and doing one-person moves as if they were being done by an actual wrestler.

What you’ll notice in this match is that not only does Ibushi actually execute moves by himself perfectly (including the Infinity Destroyer, which is multiple Canadian Destroyer Flip Piledrivers, which means that Ibushi is basically flipping himself onto his own head several times), but the audience actually reacts to the ‘drama’ of the match like they would for a normal match.

If this doesn’t convince you that Ibushi is awesome, I don’t know what will.