Manabu Nakanishi Manabu Nakanishi ( January 22 , 1967 ) is a Japan ese professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , Spain . He currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling . He is a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion . Amateur wrestling career . Nakanishi participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , representing Japan in Greco - Roman wrestling . He did not place in the tournament . Professional wrestling career . New Japan Pro Wrestling ( 1992 – 1995 ) . Nakanishi debuted for New Japan Pro Wrestling in October 1992 . His in - ring style was very basic early in his career . After winning the Young Lions Cup in 1995 , in order to hone his skills and bulk up , he went on an excursion to North America and joined World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , under the name Kurasawa . World Championship Wrestling ( 1995 - 1996 ) . As Kurasawa in WCW , he was a member of the Stud Stable led by Colonel Robert Parker . He frequently teamed with Meng , with whom he feuded against Sting and Road Warrior Hawk . He broke the arm of Hawk using a seated armbar after their tag team match at Clash of the Champions XXXI , in which they lost . He was also known there for nearly defeating " Macho Man " Randy Savage . It was here that Nakanishi learned the infamous " Road Warrior Workout " from Hawk and Animal , who also taught this routine to Kenta Kobashi and Kensuke Sasaki . New Japan Pro Wrestling ( 1996 – present ) . When Nakanishi came back to New Japan in 1996 , he appeared more confident and stronger . With his new change in attitude and in - ring style , he found instant success . He formed The Bull Powers with Satoshi Kojima , who returned from Europe . In May 1997 , he and Kojima won the IWGP Tag Team Championship . He had arguably the upset win of the decade in the 1999 G - 1 Climax , submitting then - IWGP Heavyweight Champion and nWo Japan leader Keiji Mutoh , to win the tournament . As the years went by , Nakanishi was never able to capitalize on his win in the G - 1 Climax as he constantly came up short in big matches , and Antonio Inoki ' s focus on pushing MMA fighters in 2002 - 2005 made matters worse for him . When the company suffered a massive exodus in main event talent ( including Shinya Hashimoto , Shinjiro Otani , Sasaki , and Mutoh ) , it was considered that Nakanishi might finally live up to his potential , but once again he was overlooked , as New Japan started to look towards building their younger talent like Hiroshi Tanahashi , Shinsuke Nakamura , Togi Makabe , and Hirooki Goto . He formed the popular tag team , Wild Child , with Takao Omori in late 2006 and together they enjoyed another IWGP Tag Team title reign . In May 2009 , Nakanishi finally captured the IWGP Heavyweight Championship , pinning Hiroshi Tanahashi . He went on to hold the title for nearly a month until losing it back to Tanahashi . For the 2010 G1 Climax Tag League Nakanishi formed a tag team named Muscle Orchestra with Strong Man . The team made it to the semifinals of the tournament and was at the end of the year named Tag Team of the Year by Tokyo Sports Grand Prix . On January 4 , 2011 , at " Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome " , Muscle Orchestra unsuccessfully challenged Bad Intentions ( Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson ) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a three – way match , which also included Beer Money , Inc . ( James Storm and Robert Roode ) . On February 20 Muscle Orchestra received another shot at Bad Intentions and the IWGP Tag Team Championship , but were again unable to win the title .