Later, during a special trip to St. Louis, Missouri, he was finally able to secure a long-time goal, to have an NWA World Heavyweight title match in Japan.
The newspapers, of course, went with it. You have permission to edit this article. When asked why he didn’t have the belt, he said the physical belt belonged to Thesz and that he could not afford to buy it.
Rikidozan defeated Freddie Blassie in Los Angeles on March 28th, 1962, to win the title. Rikidozan was first invited to join a wrestling tour headed by promoter and wrestler Bobby Bruns, hoping that by including Japanese wrestlers, people would be enticed to attend the shows. There is a bronze sculpture that represents Rikidozan’s upper body. Provided photo/WWE. It was also equipped with 12 bowling alleys, a sauna, and a restaurant. A section of Honmonji temple in Ota-Ward, Tokyo, is dedicated to him. [Photo: @SethHanson1982 on Twitter]Jules Strongbow, a part-owner of the Los Angeles territory, had resigned his membership with the NWA and had created his own “world title,” the WWA world heavyweight title. After only one month of training, Rikidozan made his debut on October 28th, 1951. I was only about 25, and he was a great performer even back then. Instead, Rikidozan went to an obstetrics and gynecology hospital near his apartment.
However, later that year Blassie suffered from kidney stones and had surgery to remove them. Rose Marie's character Sally Rogers brought him on at the end of the episode claiming to have discovered another new dance sensation. New book on Andre The Giant uncovers man behind the myth, Mooneyham: Pro wrestling world mourns loss of WWE star Shad Gaspard who died a hero, Former star wrestler, Charleston native, Johnny Walker dies at 85, ‘Mr. He was also accused of assaulting a Dutch Airlines employee in a nightclub. He doesn’t recognize anyone. Kokichi Endo was Rikidozan’s partner at this time. The Pacific Coast tag team title was created, and the holders and eventual losers of them were Hans Schnabel and journeyman, Lou Newman. Masahiko Kimura (the opponent Rikidozan ended up having a shoot fight in the ring with) commented about Rikidozan’s death, saying, “It was not Murata, but me who killed Rikidozan. While there, he won the NWA Georgia Southern Heavyweight Championship, the holder of which was generally first in line to challenge the NWA World Heavyweight Champion whenever he passed through the territory. Backstage, with the cameras off, Blassie verbally tore into Eric Bischoff after the former WCW boss introduced himself as a “new member of the (WWE) team.” The 85-year-old ruffian “made mincemeat” out of Bischoff, an observer related, noting that the gravel-voiced Blassie colorfully and graphically expressed his distaste over Bischoff trying to run his boss (Vince McMahon) out of business during the heated Monday Night Wars. Blassie had made his wrestling debut in a carnival at the age of 17; unhappy with his choice of occupation, his family persuaded him to keep his “real” job as a meat cutter. He later admitted that he “had been out of breath during the whole match and really expected to die at any moment before it ended.” This was when he realized that wrestlers needed more stamina and endurance instead of instant power like in sumo. We did that in Tokyo (on the first night of the tour), but I suggested that we should not do the same in Osaka (or the other cities). “Freddie did a lot of things with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). The claim, though, was an exaggerated myth, according to Wrestling Observer Newsletter editor Dave Meltzer.
He was often billed as "The Vampire" during this time for biting his opponents and filing his teeth during interviews and promos. One of Blassie's gimmicks was to file his teeth, and draw blood from his opponents by biting their foreheads.
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