Rikidōzan (Korean: 역도산; RR: Yeokdosan) is a 2004 South Korean-Japanese film written and directed by Song Hae-sung. The film is based on the life of Rikidōzan... 5 KB (351 words) - 15:15, 4 February 2024 |
wrestling promotion to be based in Japan. It operated from 1953 to 1973. Rikidōzan, a former rikishi (sumo wrestling practitioner) who had debuted as a Western-style... 11 KB (1,067 words) - 21:50, 3 March 2024 |
course, in a spot in which Kimura would let Rikidōzan strike him with a karate chop in the chest, Rikidōzan broke the script and attacked Kimura for real... 20 KB (2,359 words) - 20:58, 11 March 2024 |
wrestling icon Rikidōzan that established his reputation in Japan. After Blassie lost the WWA World Heavyweight Championship to Rikidōzan in Los Angeles... 35 KB (3,585 words) - 04:31, 23 April 2024 |
historically significant for being the professional wrestling debut of Rikidōzan, a Korean-born sumotori who would become one of the most popular and influential... 20 KB (2,259 words) - 08:52, 28 April 2024 |
1960s for the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA) under the tutelage of Rikidōzan. Inoki quickly became one of the most popular stars in the history of... 81 KB (7,471 words) - 14:52, 28 April 2024 |
times) - with Rikidōzan (4 times), Michiaki Yoshimura (1 time) and Giant Baba (2 times) JWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rikidōzan World Big... 11 KB (1,073 words) - 01:37, 2 May 2024 |
was a part of rebuilding Japanese wrestling after the stabbing death of Rikidōzan. He became a star due to his feuds with Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba,... 17 KB (1,339 words) - 07:22, 4 May 2024 |
"The Iron Claw"), and helped rebuild the business after the death of Rikidōzan. Fritz married Doris on June 23, 1950. Together, they had six sons before... 33 KB (3,325 words) - 04:53, 16 April 2024 |
The Rikidozan Memorial Show was a professional wrestling event held in 1996, and again in 2000, as a tribute to "the father of puroresu," Rikidozan (also... 15 KB (769 words) - 22:14, 24 March 2024 |