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Ryūkon Cup
The is an annual Single-elimination tournament, single elimination professional wrestling Professional wrestling tournament, tournament held by Tenryu Project since 2021. The first edition, announced at Survive the Revolution Vol. 11 on October 26, 2021, was meant to feature wrestlers who had a connection to Tenryu Project founder Genichiro Tenryu. Though it is held every year in November, the first three editions were numbered instead of being referred to by year (e.g. the first edition was titled ). :ja:TORU (プロレスラー), Toru is the inaugural winner of the tournament. Tournaments Results 2021 The first edition of the Ryūkon Cup featured 11 wrestlers each representing their respective home promotion as well as five freelancers for a total of 16 participants. Ryoma Tsukamoto of All Japan Pro Wrestling was originally scheduled to enter the tournament, but after he suffered an injury on November 11, he had to be replaced by Dan Tamura. The tournament ran for two days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genichiro Tenryu
, better known as is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. At age 13, he entered sumo wrestling and stayed there for 13 years, after which he turned to Western-style professional wrestling. "Tenryu" was his ''shikona''. He had two stints with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he spent the majority of his career while also promoting Super World of Sports (SWS), Wrestle Association R (WAR) and Tenryu Project. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. At the time of his retirement, professional wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer wrote that "one could make a strong case hat Tenryu wasbetween the fourth and sixth biggest native star" in the history of Japanese professional wrestling. Sumo wrestling career As a sumo wrestler, Tenryu was ranked as a '' sekitori'' for 27 tournaments, 16 of them in the top ''makuuchi'' division. His highest rank was '' maegashira'' 1. Upon the dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |