Hernandez, who lived in San Francisco before coming to Japan, became the first foreigner to train from scratch and work her way up into Japanese women's pro wrestling. "I was pretty poor then, but I wanted to become a wrestler so badly." She quit her teaching job and shared a house w...
back in the 1980s and 1990s when Megumi Kudo rose to prominence. In Japan, things were a bit more lax, though Kudo would push herself to the limits with her brutal, violent style of deathmatch wrestling, something that North American fans would not see from women's wrestlers until recently...
My match with them and Thundercock was the worst wrestling match ever... but the most fun Ive ever had.- Maxime Boyer vs Steen = Awesome.- Hawke worked 2 matches, and did awesome in both. I love that guy.- Bamboo getting thrown off the balcony was the BEST! HOLY CRAP!- After the...
One of the tallest and heaviest wrestlers ever, Akebono's rivalry with the young Japanese hopefuls, Takanohana and Wakanohana, was a big factor in the increased popularity of sumo at tournament venues and on TV in the early 1990s. During his eight years at the yokozuna rank, Akebono won ...
They were well-known in the area as strong young judo wrestlers. One of them was even invited to enter a private university in Tokyo in order to be a prospective participant in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Three 12-13 year-old boys were the current new generation of the three crows....
Professional wrestling has existed in Japan at least since the late 1880s when sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda travelled to the United States and competed alongside the Greco-Roman and catch wrestlers of the day. However, the sport didn’t become firmly established in the country until 1951 whe...
That wasn't very bizarre, at least not for a death match. Maybe just the fact that two women are wrestling in barbed wire is peculiar enough to warrant its inclusion. It's always nice to see Kudo, especially as the smaller underdog against the large, painted-up monster woman. ...
the sumo wrestling ring is round and has a sand floor S. a sumo match is slow, and the wrestlers are very overweight T. most Japanese like sumo very much, even in nowadays B)根据文章内容回答问题。要注意:有些问题不能从文中直接找到答案。 1.What is a tournament? ___ 2.How are su...
A viral infection called molluscum contagiosum may not be on the popular tongue, but it is commonly seen in young children, spreads through skin-to-skin contact, and is not uncommon among athletes, including swimmers, cross-country runners and wrestlers, the report stated. ...
the sumo wrestling ring is round and has a sand floor S. a sumo match is slow, and the wrestlers are very overweight T. most Japanese like sumo very much, even in nowadays B)根据文章内容回答问题。要注意:有些问题不能从文中直接找到答案。 1.What is a tournament? ___ 2.How are su...