Josh Barnett VS Bobby Lashley from IGF Genome 16 – VIDEO

Ah, puroresu. The concept of pro wrestling that looks vaguely real is lost on American pro wrestling fans, but not in Japan. In the land of the rising sun, pro wrestling is looked at in a variety of different ways, from hardcore garbage wrestling, to comedy matches, to shoot-style that emphasizes actual combat skills. Antonio Inoki’s “Inoki Genome Federation”, or IGF, is one of the latter, and features many notable MMA fighters trying their hand at worked matches (except for the ones who fought in Pride FC, they already had some experience in that).

Heavyweights Bobby Lashley and Josh Barnett met at IGF’s “Genome 16″ in Tokyo on July 10 in a tournament to crown the IGF Champion, and we finally have the video evidence to prove it. Josh is no stranger to the IGF company nor Japanese pro wrestling, and this was Lashley’s return to worked bouts since his days in TNA (and before that, WWE) in his second appearance in IGF. Check out the bout and enjoy some good ole’ pro wrasslin’ today!