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DJ Nira
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2002–present) As a freelancer, he is known for working with various promotions. At the ''5th Anniversary of NEO Women's Pro Wrestling'' on May 5, 2005, Nira took part in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, a 55-person battle royal in which he competed against notable opponents such as the winner Kyoko Inoue, Yuki Miyazaki, Kayoko Haruyama, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Command Bolshoi and many others. On the second night of the '' Differ Cup 2005'' of Pro Wrestling Noah, Nira teamed up with Stalker Ichikawa and got defeated by Awesome Kong in a 2-on-1 handicap match. At ''AJPW/RO&D RO&D Festival'', an event promoted by All Japan Pro Wrestling on September 11, 2005, Nira teamed up with Kikutaro and Eggman in a losing effort to Voodoo Murder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niigata, Japan
is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,131,009 (1 July 2023) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area at . Niigata Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture to the southwest, Gunma Prefecture to the south, Fukushima Prefecture to the east, and Yamagata Prefecture to the northeast. Niigata is the capital and largest city of Niigata Prefecture, with other major cities including Nagaoka, Jōetsu, and Sanjō. Niigata Prefecture contains the Niigata Major Metropolitan Area centered on Niigata with a population of 1,395,612, the largest metropolitan area on the Sea of Japan coast and the twelfth-largest in Japan. Niigata Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and features Sado Island, the sixth largest island of Japan in area following the four main islands and Okinawa Island. History Until after the Meiji Restoration, the area that is now Niigata Prefecture was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strongest-K Championship
The Strongest-K Championship was the top singles title in Kaientai Dojo and was established in 2004. The holder of the title was referred to as the "Champion of Strongest-K". There have been a total of 27 reigns and one Glossary of professional wrestling terms, vacancy shared between 16 different champions. The final title holder was Ayato Yoshida. Title history Reigns Combined reigns , . {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Rank !Wrestler !No. ofreigns !Combineddefenses !Combineddays , - !1 , Kengo Mashimo , , 6 , , 34 , , 1,965 , - !2 , Yuji Hino , , 4 , , 9 , , 724 , - !3 , Taka Michinoku , , 2 , , 12 , , 549 , - !4 , Taishi Takizawa , , 2 , , 6 , , 534 , - !5 , Tank Nagai , , 2 , , 6 , , 356 , - !6 , Kazma Sakamoto, Kazma , , 1 , , 5 , , 301 , - !7 , Joe , , 1 , , 3 , , 276 , - !8 , Kaz Hayashi , , 1 , , 2 , , 121 , - !9 , Isami Kodaka , , 1 , , 2 , , 113 , - !10 , Daisuke Sekimoto , , 1 , , 3 , , 83 , - !11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psycho (wrestler)
Psycho is a Japanese professional wrestler. His real name has not been officially documented, a tradition in Mexican Lucha Libre where masked wrestler's real names often are not a matter of public record. He made his debut in 2001 and has worked as the second incarnation of and as , but achieved most success as Psycho (stylized in all capital letters). He has wrestled mainly in Kaientai Dojo and All Japan Pro Wrestling, and currently works as a freelance wrestler. Career Kaientai Dojo (2001–2012) Psycho debuted in Kaientai Dojo in 2002. Initially a tweener, his gimmick was that of a deranged wrestler characterized for wearing trashy clothes, sporting a shabby mohawk haircut and talking in an incomprehensible babble. Receiving a significant push from the start, Psycho formed a steady intergender tag team with Ofune and got into a feud with another female wrestler, Apple Miyuki, whom Psycho continually harassed in multiple ways during their matches. Still, Psycho didn't chall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Miyuki
(born June 14, 1985) is a female professional wrestler, who currently works for Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling. She is better known under her previous ring name , under which she worked mainly for the Kaientai Dojo and Osaka Pro Wrestling promotions. Professional wrestling career She debuted on January 14, 2002, in Puerto Rico against another Kaientai Dojo wrestler, Ofune. While Ofune was becoming the promotion's top female wrestler, Apple sat back and was in the middle of the card, wrestling in more comedy matches while slowly getting over and gaining more experience. She also worked for JDStar, where she gained even more valuable experience. When Ofune was injured in 2005, Apple was brought into a more prominent role, first gaining the respect of fellow K-Dojo wrestler YOSHIYA, the final match of their series being a hardcore match. They teamed up from then, as the once defunct WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship were brought back into use, and they became the first team to hold t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six-man Tag Team Match
Much like the singles match, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. Just about any singles or melee match type can be adapted to tag teams; for example, hardcore tag team matches are commonplace. Tag team ladder match and variations are also frequently used as a title feud blow-off match. Stipulations, such as " I quit" or " loser leaves town" may also be applied. The following are match variations that are specific to tag team wrestling. Multiple wrestlers teamed matches Tag team matches can range from two teams of two fighting, to multiple person teams challenging each other. Such examples are six-man tag team matches (known as "Trios" in Lucha Libre and "Triple Tag" in British wrestling) or eight-man tag team matches, in which two teams of three or two teams of four fight in a standard one fall tag team match. ''Relevos Australianos'' A six-man tag team match between two teams of three wrestlers. Each team has one wrestler designated as team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshikazu Taru
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known simply as Taru (stylised in all capital letters). He is signed to Makai, while also working for Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is the leader of the Voodoo Murders. He also previously worked in Diamond Ring, Wrestle Association R (WAR) and Toryumon Japan, later known as Dragon Gate (DG). Professional wrestling career Taru trained in professional wrestling from a karate background as part of Koji Kitao's Buko Dojo and started wrestling in 1996 for Wrestle Yume Factory, Wrestle Association R (WAR) and other independent promotions. Wrestle Association R (1996–2008) He debuted in WAR in December 1996 under his real name as part of Kitao's entourage. Like his partners, Taru wrestled in a modified karategi and utilized kicks and grappling holds in a shoot-style gimmick. Although he sometimes teamed up with Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Okamura, Taru wrestled mostly low level matches, hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Stamboli
Jonathan Hugger (born April 20, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and author. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Johnny the Bull, for World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Johnny Stamboli, and for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Lucha Libre AAA World Wide and Lucha Libre USA under the ring name Rellik. Professional wrestling career World Championship Wrestling (1999–2001) While attending college in Atlanta, Georgia and working as a doorman at the Club Oxygen nightclub, Hugger exercised at the Main Event Fitness gym, which was owned by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) employees Lex Luger and Sting. During one of his visits to the gym, WCW employee Diamond Dallas Page met with Hugger and encouraged him to train as a wrestler. Hugger subsequently participated alongside 19 other prospective wrestlers in a $240 tryout at the WCW's Power Plant training center. The tryout featured press ups, sprinting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Palumbo
Charles Ronald Palumbo (born June 15, 1971) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with professional wrestling promotions World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWE) in the late-1990s and 2000s, where he held the WCW World Tag Team Championship and WWF/E World Tag Team Championship. He hosted the Discovery Channel series '' Lords of the Car Hoards'' and "Rusted Development". Early life Chuck Palumbo grew up in West Warwick, Rhode Island. He attended West Warwick High School, where he earned all-state honors in basketball. He joined the US Navy soon after and spent time in the Persian Gulf, working the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson. He was initially assigned to an F-18 Hornet squadron VAQ-34 at Lemoore, California before transferring to NAS Miramar in San Diego where he worked on the E-2C Hawkeye. Chuck finished up his stint in the Navy and enrolled at the Community College of Rhode Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voodoo Murders
Voodoo Murders (stylised in all capital letters, also stylised as VDM) were a professional wrestling stable who were best known as the main heel group in All Japan Pro Wrestling between 2005 and 2011, and 2022 to 2023. In 2013, the group was reformed in Diamond Ring and later performed primarily for Pro Wrestling ZERO1 in the stable's final years. The group, famously led by former Toryumon wrestler Taru, performed violent actions in their matches and displayed a lack of respect for their opponents. History 2005–2007 After competing in All Japan Pro Wrestling briefly in the early 2000s, Taru returned to All Japan on January 3, 2005, teaming with Johnny Stamboli to defeat David Flair and Keiji Mutoh. The duo was later joined by Chuck Palumbo, Shuji Kondo, "brother" Yasshi and briefly Giant Bernard; proclaiming themselves as Voodoo Murders with Taru as their leader. Although the phrase Voodoo Murders is thought to be Engrish by some fans, it seems to be a tribute to a pulp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikutaro
, better known as his wrestling persona and , is a Japanese professional wrestler who works as a freelancer. Though best known for wrestling under a mask, he also regularly works unmasked under the ring name Kikuzawa (stylized in all capital letters), representing Tokyo Gurentai. Kikuzawa has also made appearances in North America, competing in promotions such as Chikara, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Ring of Honor (ROH) , Impact Wrestling, Game Changer Wrestling, F1RST Wrestling and Beyond Wrestling. Career Kikuzawa started his wrestling career in 1994, wrestling under his birth name for the new Tokyo Pro Wrestling (TPW) and hardcore wrestling promotions such as International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan) and Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING). He eventually signed with Osaka Pro Wrestling and Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where he continued to use his real name while competing for DDT. While wrestling for Osaka Pro, he began wearing a mask a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Puroresu, Japanese professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded on October 21, 1972, by Giant Baba after he left the Japanese Wrestling Association to create his own promotion. Many wrestlers had left with Baba, with many more joining the following year when JWA folded. From the mid-1970s, All Japan was firmly established as the largest promotion in Japan. As the 1990s began, aging stars gave way to a younger generation including Mitsuharu Misawa, Steve Williams (wrestler), "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Kenta Kobashi, Gary Albright, Toshiaki Kawada, Mike Polchlopek, Mike Barton (Bart Gunn), Akira Taue and Jun Akiyama, leading to perhaps AJPW's most profitable period in the 1990s. In 1999, Giant Baba died and the promotion was run by Motoko Baba. Misawa was named president but left in 2000 after disagreements with Motoko. Misawa created Pro Wrestling Noah and every single native wrestler besides Masanobu Fuchi and Tos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
