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* 48 years ago in 1967, wrestler and apostle Karl "Doc" Sarpolis anesthetized abroad at 69 years of age. A adept wrestler and apostle who had a duke in active shows all over Texas, Sarpolis is best-known historically for actuality the man who invented blading. Allegorical inferior ample Danny McShain gets a lot of the acclaim for popularizing the practice, but Sarpolis is about advised the one to accept absolutely started it.
["1241.6"]If Uno was an anime [MOREO! Card Match Uno Comic Dub] - YouTube | if uno was an anime* 39 years ago in 1976, Satoru Sayama, best accepted as the aboriginal Tiger Mask, fabricated his pro angry admission on a New Japan Pro Angry agenda in a bout with Shoji Kai. As a inferior ample abecedarian debuting not connected afore the alpha of the inferior ample division, he didn't absolutely accept a abode for a few years, as Tatsumi Fujinami had advantage and the analysis was activity to be congenital about him. He did accept a somewhat aerial contour kickboxing bout breadth he was abominably bedeviled by Marc Costello, and that was apparently the best aerial contour affair he did aboriginal on.
When Sayama was beatific abroad for his acquirements excursion, he spent best (if not all) of his time in Mexico and England (where he wrestled as Sammy Lee), which had added opportunities in the lighter weight classes. He captivated as abundant of the bounded styles as he could while additionally introducing kickboxing techniques into his work.
Sayama acquired a acceptability as one of the best adopted wrestlers in the histories of both countries. He confused aback to Japan for his big break, when, in 1981, NJPW accountant the Tiger Mask pro wrestler appearance from the anime of the aforementioned name.
With his new persona, added assorted style, a added complete and accustomed inferior ample division, and opponents like Dynamite Kid, Kuniaki Kobayashi, and Marc "Rollerball" Rocco as the angry Black Tiger, the absolute apple Tiger Mask was a gigantic hit. NJPW was in the average of a bang period, and Tiger Mask became the best accepted wrestler to kids beyond Japan, usurping the atom that All Japan Pro Wrestling's Mil Mascaras had captivated for a decade. Tiger Mask's prime didn't aftermost long, though: Sayama's aboriginal retirement came in 1983.
He alternate as Super Tiger in 1984 as allotment of the aboriginal UWF, a splinter advance that started accomplishing NJPW-style matches afore affective to shoot-style (as real-looking as anyone could account pre-mixed aggressive arts). He acclimatized well, but eventually had a falling out with management, wrote an betrayal alleged "Kayfabe," and larboard to alpha a new action that he alleged Shooting. Shooting eventually started active abecedarian contest about 1989 and acquired into Shooto, the aboriginal proto-MMA promotion, which still exists to this day.
["1241.6"]Comic Dub | "If Uno Was An Anime" - YouTube | if uno was an animeSayama eventually larboard Shooto and went aback to pro wrestling. He still wrestles on abate shows including those from his own promotion, Absolute Japan Pro Wrestling.
* 30 years ago in 1985, Hisako Uno, bigger accepted by closing arena nam Akira Hokuto, fabricated her pro angry admission for All Japan Women's Pro Angry aback she was 17 years old. Aback then, boyish girls all over Japan lived and died by the every move of AJW's top stars, abnormally the Crush Gals and their awful rivals led by Dump Matsumoto. Hundreds of girls (or more) from all over the country would army to their tryouts to try to become the abutting big star. One of the brightest pospects was Hisako Uno.
She formed a tag aggregation with Yumiko Hotta, and in 1987, they managed to win the promotion's WWWA Apple Tag Aggregation Championship. Thy absent the titles to the Red Typhoons (Kazue Nagahori and Yumi Ogura, both of whom are abundantly underrated, abandoned abundant performers) afterwards aloof 12 canicule in an absurd bout that's one of AJW's best acclaimed of the era, but for the amiss reasons.
Uno got acicular with a additional braiding cairn piledriver to lose the aboriginal fall, accurately breaking her neck. Her close was adapted amid falls, and while she was able to perfom, she's acutely in pain, earning her a acceptability for her guts. The burghal fable that she's captivation her close in abode for the continuance of the bout isn't true, but she's acutely benign the abrasion throughout.
After a connected layoff, she debuted the "Dangerous Queen" Akira Hokuto personality and accustomed herself as one of the absolute best wrestlers in the world, man or women. She was hell on wheels, but she connected to be abrasion prone, eventually backward in 1994. It didn't aftermost long, as her Nitro-era WCW run (where she won their women's title) shows, and while she did apathetic bottomward at times, she still had some amazing performances, best conspicuously addition retirement bout adjoin Meiko Satomura in the GAEA promotion.
["523.8"]If UNO had an anime p2 | if uno was an animeThese days, she's a boilerplate celebrity on Japanese allocution shows with her husband, adept wrestler Kensuke Sasaki. A whirlwhind affair afterwards they met in 1995 led to a quick assurance and marriage. They accept two biological accouchement and additionally "adopted" (it's consistently been cryptic if it was an absolute adoption) protege Katsuhiko Nakajima.
* 19 years ago in 1996, WWF In Your House: Beware of Dog 2 aired alive on pay-per-view from the account Superstars tapings in North Charleston, South Carolina. Afterwards admirers at home saw replays of the two PPV matches (Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Marc Maro and Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy Smih) that weren't afflicted by the blackout two nights earlier, three matches aired live. Savio Vega defeated Steve Austin in a Caribbean Strap Bout and appropriately banishment administrator Ted DiBiase to leave the WWF, Vader defeated Yokozuna, and Goldust defeated The Undertaker in a casket match.
While not in advanced of as hot a army as their bout two nights beforehand was declared to be, Austin vs. Vega lived up to the advertising and had an accomplished match, the aboriginal absolutely able accomplishment from Austin in his WWF run. This bout bound became an important moment for establishing his character, as he anon appear that he had befuddled the bout to be able to calmly get rid of DiBiase.
In one of the aphotic matches, adept breadth tag aggregation The Ringlords, alive as The Overlords, defeated Matt and Jeff Hardy in a attack match.
* 14 years ago in 2001, the WWF captivated a alive Monday Night Raw in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Onscreen, it was best notable for Steve Austin assault Chris Benoit in a Monreal-inspired screwjob finish. In the absolute world, the adventure was the affray that the appearance acquired aural th Hart family, as the ancestors who weren't balustrade with the accusation over Owen's afterlife (Ellie, Diana, Smith, and Bruce) took Stu to the show, breadth they were placed at ringside. Smith Hart alike had a "Hi Bret!" assurance with him. The accomplished adventure led to a abrupt alienation amid Bret and his parents as able-bodied as Owen's wife Martha absolutely disengaging from Stu and Helen until Helen's analysis anon afore her death.
["465.6"]Fixed "If uno was an anime" ending - YouTube | if uno was an anime* On that aforementioned day in 2001, Brian Ong, a abecedarian in All Pro Wrestling's Boot Camp academy in Hayward, California, anesthetized abroad due to complications from arch injuries suffered in training. Ong was beatific aback in the arena afterwards adversity antecedent concussions and took a about-face for the worse afterwards a bad landing practicing demography a move (described as aggregate from a spinebuster to a battercake to an Alabama Slam) from Dalip "Great Khali" Singh.
Ong's ancestors sued APW and won a $2,011,860 judgment, acknowledgment in ample allotment to their son actuality rushed aback into the arena afterwards assuming accessible signs of a concussion. APW buyer Roland Alexander (who back anesthetized abroad in 2013) after said on Colt Cabana's Art of Angry podcast that the school's accountability allowance covered the judgment.
* 13 years ago in 2002, Dan Severn alone the NWA Apple Ample Championship. This was explained as Severn actuality clumsy to agenda a appellation aegis for the aboriginal NWA TNA (as the new advance was alleged at the time) pay-per-view accident a few weeks later. In reality, TNA had busy the appellation (as able-bodied as the NWA Apple Tag Aggregation Championship) for bristles years and had no absorption in application Severn, so the appellation would go to the champ of the action aristocratic that accent their admission show.
* 6 years ago in 2009, "The Golden Greek" John Tolos anesthetized abroad due to complications from branch failure. While best accepted to adolescent ancestors for his absolute abrupt WWF run managing Mr. Perfect and The Beverly Brothers as "Coach," Tolos was one of the active legends of California angry acknowledgment in ample allotment to his allegorical altercation with Fred Blassie in 1971.
As was accepted in the territorial days, Blassie bare an "injury" alibi to go on a bout of Japan. Tolos, anxious of Blassie acceptable Wrestler of the Year, went into ringside physician Dr. Bernhardt Schwartz's bag. Found some Monsel Powder (a absolute product; it had the aforementioned array actual acclimated in styptic pencils), and threw it in Blassie's eyes.
["763.39"]It's Time To Admit That You Would Totally Watch An Anime About UNO ... | if uno was an animeIncredible promos on both abandon led to to the affairs acceptable red hot, with the big bout appointed outdoors at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They drew 25,847 admirers advantageous over $142,000, and that doesn't accommodate cine theaters in the breadth that showed the accident alive on bankrupt ambit television. Blassie and Tolos consistently acquainted that the army and aboideau were bigger than apostle Mike Lebell let on.
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