The Mount Rushmore of Japanese Wrestling

[Crappler El 0 M]

Jan 10, 2017 23:44:08 GMT -5 Urethra Franklin said:

I listened to the show and I can't remember who the fourth person was that the emailer suggested and was immediately shot down by Meltzer. Anybody remember?

Original Tiger Mask (Sayama)

[魔界5号]

You can't make the list without Riki, Baba and Inoki. Number 4 however is open for debate and I'd have to say Misawa takes that spot for me.

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Jan 11, 2017 4:15:02 GMT -5 魔界5号 said:

You can't make the list without Riki, Baba and Inoki. Number 4 however is open for debate and I'd have to say Misawa takes that spot for me.

Don't you put that evil on me, Riki Baba!

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I'm sorry

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Were I to make my Rushmore totally personal, it'd probably be Tenryu, Misawa, Muta and Liger.

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

I like the idea of the fourth guy being something different, either a gaijin or a light heaviweight. The former's gotta be Hansen and the latter's gotta be Liger, right?

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Jan 11, 2017 12:27:25 GMT -5 carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) said:

I like the idea of the fourth guy being something different, either a gaijin or a light heaviweight. The former's gotta be Hansen and the latter's gotta be Liger, right?

Gaijin....it's a pretty close race between Hansen or either Funk Brother, in my opinion.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Does Inoki really deserves to be there after he almost killed New Japan with the stupid MMA crossovers and the yakuza ties? f*** I guess you can't take him out of there.

I think Hansen did more for puroresu than most Japanese wrestlers, he managed to stay there and be a huge draw for almost 30 years.

I watched a documentary on him where Kenta Kobashi interviews him and the guy was pretty much seen as one of their own.

With all due respect to Terry Funk, I think his stock suffered a lot in Japan after he said he was gonna retire but came back. In the Sabu rf shoot he said that fans called Funk a liar after that.

[N E O G E O B O Y S]

Jan 11, 2017 15:58:33 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Does Inoki really deserves to be there after he almost killed New Japan with the stupid MMA crossovers and the yakuza ties? f*** I guess you can't take him out of there.

I think Hansen did more for puroresu than most Japanese wrestlers, he managed to stay there and be a huge draw for almost 30 years.

I watched a documentary on him where Kenta Kobashi interviews him and the guy was pretty much seen as one of their own.

With all due respect to Terry Funk, I think his stock suffered a lot in Japan after he said he was gonna retire but came back. In the Sabu rf shoot he said that fans called Funk a liar after that.

a few bad years doesn't negate all the good things that he did for wrestling in japan, he is also a household name there

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

Onita, Nightmare Freddy, Danshoku Dino and Jun Kasai

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This isn't what would really be on it, but if it was made by me:

Misawa
Kobashi
Tiger Mask
Jushin Liger

[Mozenrath]

Surely Gotch probably deserves mention.

[Fundertaker]

Jan 11, 2017 15:58:33 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Does Inoki really deserves to be there after he almost killed New Japan with the stupid MMA crossovers and the yakuza ties? f*** I guess you can't take him out of there.

Let's just say that Inoki had over 30 years of good, or at least influential, stuff before he went MMA-bonkers. Including the fact that he practically created the basis for what is modern MMA.