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Weekly Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show
The Weekly Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show, often referred to as Bridge of Dreams, was a multi-promotional professional wrestling event hosted by Japanese wrestling magazine, Weekly Pro Wrestling. The event took place on April 2, 1995 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Event details The event was a multi-promotional wrestling event. According to Dave Meltzer, the event was only initially supposed to have 8 promotions. However, due to increased interest, 13 promotions from Japan took part in the event. Genichiro Tenryu's WAR promotion notably did not take part in the event as they had a previous planned event the same day at Korakuen Hall. Weekly Gong, another Japanese wrestling magazine, did not cover "Bridge of Dreams", opting instead to cover WAR's event leading that event to be nicknamed, the "Anti-Dream Bridge". Tokyo Sports reported on the event, but did not mention that it was hosted by Weekly Pro Wrestling. Baseball Sha Magazine, a mainstream sports magazine that is the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Dome
is an indoor stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium. Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of the Velodrome, adjacent to the predecessor ballpark, Korakuen Stadium. It has a maximum total capacity of 57,000 depending on configuration, with an all-seating configuration of 42,000. Tokyo Dome's original nickname was "The Big Egg", with some calling it the "Tokyo Big Egg".Haberman, Clyde Some Doubts, a Tokyo Dome New York Times, March 23, 1988 Its dome-shaped roof is an air-supported structure, a flexible membrane supported by slightly pressurizing the inside of the stadium. It was developed by Nikken Sekkei and Takenaka Corporation. It was modeled after the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It is the home field of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team. On March 18, 1988, the day after the Tokyo Dome opened, the Yomiri Giants held the game as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares of the company. Naoki Sugabayashi has served as the promotion's Chairman since September 2013, while Takami Ohbari has served as the president of the promotion since October 2020. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, NJPW is the largest and longest-running professional wrestling promotion in Japan. It was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance at various points in its history. NJPW has had agreements with various MMA and professional wrestling promotions around the world, including WWE, World Championship Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, World Class Championship Wrestling, Impact Wrestling, WAR, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, UWFi, Ring of Honor, Pride Fighting Championships, and All Elite Wrestling. NJPW's bigge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuma Go
(March 23, 1956–October 18, 2009) was a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Wrestle Association-R and the National Wrestling Alliance. He won the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship defeating Tatsumi Fujinami in 1979. Career Ryuma Go began his wrestling training in 1971 at age 15. A year later, he made his professional wrestling debut on September 9, 1972 for International Wrestling Enterprise. Also in 1972 both New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling started where he would work for both companies for years. In 1974, Go made his debut in North America where he worked in Canada for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary and NWA All-Star Wrestling in Vancouver under his real name. In 1978, he made his debut in the United States working for NWA Hollywood where he won the NWA Americas tag team titles with Black Gordman. On October 2, 1979, Go won the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship defeating Tatsumi Fujinam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA promotion company in the world as of 2011. It produces events worldwide that showcase 12 weight divisions (eight men's and four women's) and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. , it had held over 600 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the first event was held in 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the early Ultimate Fighting Championship competitions was to identify the most effective martial art in a contest with minimal rules and no weight classes between competitors of different fighting d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Saito
Sayori Saito (斉藤 さより) (December 21, 1967 – December 15, 2016) was a Japanese professional wrestler, who performed under the name of Harley Saito (ハーレー斉藤). She spent much of her career for Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling. Career Trained by Nancy Kumi at the JWP Joshi Puroresu Dojo, Sayori Saito mader her debut for JWP in 1986, adopting the name Halley, from Halley's comet. In March 1987, she wrestled a show for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, losing to Miss A. During that time, she changed her ring name to Harley, from Harley-Davidson motorcycles. She avenged the loss in April 1988 at the Ikki Kajiwara Memorial Show. In 1992, she went overseas to the United States, wrestling for the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association. While in the LPWA, she defeated Denise Storm in the finals of a tournament to determine the first LPWA Japanese Champion. She was the first and only champion, as the LPWA folded later that year. Upon returning to Japan, she joined the exodus fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinobu Kandori
is a retired Japanese wrestler and politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa, she ran unsuccessfully for House of Councillors in 2004 but was allowed to join the house in 2006 when Heizo Takenaka, a member of the house, resigned. As a professional wrestler she worked for several women's promotions from the 1980s to the 2000s, including Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and its offshoot, Ladies' Legend Pro-Wrestling (LLPW), of which she became the president in 2002. She held several championships, including the LLPW Singles Championship in 1993 and 1997, and the WWWA World Single Championship in 1998. During her career, Kandori also had some hardcore matches. On March 14, 1997, Kandori had a bloody deathmatch, where the ring ropes were replaced with barbed wire, against Megumi Kudo in FMW. Judo Kandori captured the bronze medal at the 1984 World Judo Championships. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight-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 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 captain. To win, a team must either score a fall against the opposing tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayumi Ozaki
(born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Oz Academy. Career Ozaki debuted in a tag team match in August, 1986. In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 1993 to December 6, 1993 (both winning from and losing to Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, selected for "Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Match of the Year for 1993". They rematched in April 1993 and won at the Dreamslam II (and with it the titles); the first time a woman's match won the award. Their final match was at St. Battle Final in December. (AJW). She also held the UWA Junior and JWP Junior titles between 1988 and 1991, and teamed with Cutie Suzuki and Hikari Fukuoka to win the JWP Tag Titles a number of times between 1992 and 1995. She held the AAAW Tag Team Championship with Aja Kong, beating GAEA's Sugar Sato and Chikayo Nagashima on August 23, 1998 in Tokyo. In 1995 Ozaki competed at the 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil Masami
Masami Yoshida (吉田 雅美，born January 7, 1962) is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her appearances in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling, GAEA Japan and JWP Joshi Puroresu under the name Devil Masami. She is a member of the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame, being inducted in 1998. Professional wrestling career All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (1978-1987) Masami debuted on August 21, 1978. She began teaming with Tarantula in 1981, winning the WWWA World Tag Team Championship on August 10, 1982 and vacating the title shortly thereafter in early 1983. On April 1, 1984, she defeated Judy Martin to win the vacated All Pacific Championship. Masami vacated on December 12, 1985 after winning the vacated WWWA World Single Championship in a match against Dump Matsumoto. She held that title until August 23, 1986, losing it to Yukari Omori. GAEA Japan (1995-2005) She then began working for GAEA Japan. On November 2, 1996 in Singapore, Chigusa Nagayo defeate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutie Suzuki
(born October 22, 1969, as ), better known by her ring name , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who mostly wrestled for JWP Joshi Puroresu. In 1990 she was featured in an all female wrestling game based on her titled '' Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel''. Outside of wrestling she also took on numerous acting roles. Professional wrestling career On December 1, 1992, JWP Joshi Puroresu (JWP) introduced the JWP Openweight Championship, when Dynamite Kansai defeated Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. In November 1994, Suzuki competed at All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling event Big Egg Wrestling Universe. At the event, Megumi Kudo and Hikari Fukuoka defeated Suzuki and Takako Inoue. In 1995 at World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s World War 3 pay-per-view, Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki were defeated by Bull Nakano and Akira Hokuto (accompanied by Sonny Onoo) in a tag team match. The teams also competed the following night on ''Nitro''. Other media Suzuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamite Kansai
is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . Career Chieko Suzuki was born on December 4, 1969, and was raised in Kyoto, Japan. In 1986 she auditioned for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW), but was unsuccessful, and instead joined the first rookie class of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. She debuted on August 17, 1986 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo under the ring name ''Miss A''. When Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling was dissolved, Suzuki became part of the JWP Project. She wrestled in the United States for World Championship Wrestling, but returned to Japan in 1991, and changed her ring name to ''Dynamite Kansai''. After leaving Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling in the mid-1990s, she joined a new wrestling promotion organisation, GAEA Japan. In 2006, she worked for Mayumi Ozaki's promotion, OZ Academy. In 2015, Kansai returned to the United States for the first time in twenty-four years, appearing for Shimmer Women Athletes alongside Aja Kong. In 2012, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Okutsu
, (born January 16, 1975), is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, best known under the ring name . She is also known for her brief stint as , the female version of Tiger Mask. Career Candy Okutsu made her professional wrestling debut on August 4, 1992, at the age of 17, for the JWP Joshi Puroresu. During her tenure there, she would go on to win the Junior Championship twice until she retired in 1997 due to an injury. She made her comeback on February 18, 1998, and joined ARSION. Soon after her return, she was given then gimmick of Tiger Dream, the first female version of Tiger Mask. Okutsu retired from professional wrestling for the final time on January 5, 2001. Championships and accomplishments * All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling ** AJW Junior Championship ( 1 time) * Arsion ** ARS Tournament winner (1998) ** Arsion Six Women Tag Team League (2000) - with Gami and Rie Tamada * JWP Joshi Puroresu ** JWP Junior Championship (2 times "2 Times" is a song co-written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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