- Korean: 김신락;
November 14, 1924 –
December 15, 1963),
better known as
Rikidōzan (力道山), was a Korean-born ****anese
wrestler who
competed in sumo and professional...
- On
December 8, 1963, the ****anese
professional wrestler Rikidōzan, real name
Mitsuhiro Momota, was
stabbed in a
Tokyo nightclub after an
altercation with...
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Rikidōzan (Korean: 역도산; RR: Yeokdosan) is a 2004
South Korean-****anese film
written and
directed by Song Hae-sung. The film is
based on the life of Rikidōzan...
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wrestling promotion to be
based in ****an. It
operated from 1953 to 1973.
Rikidōzan, a
former rikishi (sumo
wrestling practitioner) who had
debuted as a Western-style...
- 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...
- one of ****an's
earliest stars and the
controversial match he had with
Rikidōzan.
Kimura was born on
September 10, 1917, in Kumamoto, ****an.
Masahiko Kimura...
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historically significant for
being the
professional wrestling debut of
Rikidōzan, a Korean-born
sumotori who
would become one of the most po****r and influential...
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after being struck by a
thrown hard-boiled egg. Bl****ie lost the
title to
Rikidōzan on
March 28, 1962. Bl****ie
claims that he made
Regis Philbin into the...
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along with
Mitsuo Momota and
Yoshihiro Momota, the sons of his
mentor Rikidōzan. For the
first 10
years of its existence, Baba was the top star of All-****an...
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until the
advent of its
first big star,
Rikidōzan, in 1951, who
became known as the "father" of the sport.
Rikidōzan brought the
sport to
tremendous po****rity...
