Post by strykerdarksilence on Dec 3, 2009 13:27:56 GMT -5
Lance Storm advances.
Ali Baba
Hometown: Samsun, Turkey
Debut: 1930s
Previous Gimmicks: Harry Ekizian, Ali Yumid
# Harry Ekizian was a 1930's era wrestler who gained his greatest fame under the Arabic gimmick of "Ali Baba"..
# Ekizian was a regular in the western U.S. using both the name Harry Ekizian and assorted "middle eastern" names like Ali Yumid..
# March 11, 1934: Tex Wright (28 years old) died after a match with Harry Ekizian (wrestling at the time as Ali Yumid) in Greeley, CO..
# April 24, 1936: Ekizian officially changed his name to Ali Baba..
# Ali Baba defeated Dick Shikat for the main lineage world heavyweight championship, though he was not recognized in New York state..
# May 5, 1936: Ali Baba defeated Dick Shikat in New York City to become recognized as "World champion" in New York also..
# June 12, 1936: Dave Levin defeated Ali Baba via DQ in Newark, NJ and began billing himself as world champion..
# June 26, 1936 Everette Marshall defeated Ali Baba for the linear (Hackenschmidt) world heavyweight title in Columbus, OH..
# November 20, 1936 Marshall again defeated Baba in Chicago, IL to win that states world title recognition..
# November 16, 1981: Arteen "Harry" Ekizian died at the age of 80.
Round 1: Beat Georg Lurich
Round 2: Beat Tony Armstrong
Round 3: Beat Johnny Gray
VS
Naomichi Marufuji
Hometown: Saitama, Japan
Height & Weight: 5'9" - 194 lbs
Debut: August 28, 1998
Finishing Move: Super Shiranui
# WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) Tag Titles w/Tamon Honda defeating Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Masao Inoue (Oct 22, 2000);
# NOAH Global Honored Crowned Junior Heavyweight title defeating Tatsuhito Takaiwa (December 9, 2001);
# NOAH GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/KENTA defeating Takehiro Murahama & Jushin Liger (July 16, 2003);
# NOAH Global Honored Crowned Open-Weight Hardcore title defeating Jun Akiyama (October 16, 2004);
# NOAH Global Honored Crowned Heavyweight title defeating Jun Akiyama (September 9, 2006);
# NOAH Global Honored Crowned Tag Team titles w/Takashi Sugiura defeating Buchanan & D'Lo Brown (October 27, 2007);
# All Japan Junior Heavyweight title defeating Ryuji Hijikata (September 29, 2008);
Round 1: Beat Norman Frederick Charles III
Round 2: Beat Damien
Round 3: Beat Kevin Steen
LET'S GET IT ON ;D
Ali Baba
Hometown: Samsun, Turkey
Debut: 1930s
Previous Gimmicks: Harry Ekizian, Ali Yumid
# Harry Ekizian was a 1930's era wrestler who gained his greatest fame under the Arabic gimmick of "Ali Baba"..
# Ekizian was a regular in the western U.S. using both the name Harry Ekizian and assorted "middle eastern" names like Ali Yumid..
# March 11, 1934: Tex Wright (28 years old) died after a match with Harry Ekizian (wrestling at the time as Ali Yumid) in Greeley, CO..
# April 24, 1936: Ekizian officially changed his name to Ali Baba..
# Ali Baba defeated Dick Shikat for the main lineage world heavyweight championship, though he was not recognized in New York state..
# May 5, 1936: Ali Baba defeated Dick Shikat in New York City to become recognized as "World champion" in New York also..
# June 12, 1936: Dave Levin defeated Ali Baba via DQ in Newark, NJ and began billing himself as world champion..
# June 26, 1936 Everette Marshall defeated Ali Baba for the linear (Hackenschmidt) world heavyweight title in Columbus, OH..
# November 20, 1936 Marshall again defeated Baba in Chicago, IL to win that states world title recognition..
# November 16, 1981: Arteen "Harry" Ekizian died at the age of 80.
Round 1: Beat Georg Lurich
Round 2: Beat Tony Armstrong
Round 3: Beat Johnny Gray
VS
Naomichi Marufuji
Hometown: Saitama, Japan
Height & Weight: 5'9" - 194 lbs
Debut: August 28, 1998
Finishing Move: Super Shiranui
# WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) Tag Titles w/Tamon Honda defeating Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Masao Inoue (Oct 22, 2000);
# NOAH Global Honored Crowned Junior Heavyweight title defeating Tatsuhito Takaiwa (December 9, 2001);
# NOAH GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/KENTA defeating Takehiro Murahama & Jushin Liger (July 16, 2003);
# NOAH Global Honored Crowned Open-Weight Hardcore title defeating Jun Akiyama (October 16, 2004);
# NOAH Global Honored Crowned Heavyweight title defeating Jun Akiyama (September 9, 2006);
# NOAH Global Honored Crowned Tag Team titles w/Takashi Sugiura defeating Buchanan & D'Lo Brown (October 27, 2007);
# All Japan Junior Heavyweight title defeating Ryuji Hijikata (September 29, 2008);
Round 1: Beat Norman Frederick Charles III
Round 2: Beat Damien
Round 3: Beat Kevin Steen
LET'S GET IT ON ;D