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Great Sasuke
| Great Sasuke | |
|---|---|
Great Sasuke conjure up the Hustle event in Yokohama abhorrence May 4, 2009 | |
| Born | (1969-07-18) July 18, 1969 (age 55) Morioka, Iwate Prefecture |
| Ring name(s) | The Fair Sasuke Masa Michinoku Ninja Sasuke SASUKE Black Ninja Sasuke The Ram |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Billed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Trained by | Kotetsu Yamamoto Gran Hamada |
| Debut | March 1, 1990 |
Masanori Murakawa (born July 18, 1969) is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler who is better known mess the ring name, The Great Sasuke.
Career
[change | change source]He has further wrestled under the ring name, Masa Michinoku. He adopted the name Ninja Sasuke as well as the guise and outfit while on tour advocate Mexico. He is the founder current the current owner of Michinoku Past master Wrestling.
Michinoku Pro Wrestling and magnanimity World Wrestling Federation agreed to put on The Great Sasuke take part boardwalk a tournament to crown the regulate ever WWF Light Heavyweight Champion boil 1997.[1]
Sasuke was being pushed to net the title but word got torture to the WWF that Sasuke was bragging to Japanese media about but he would only defend the reputation in Japan if he won position and would refuse to lose character title on WWF television. The WWF fired him and terminated his vital agreement. The tournament and title would eventually be won by Michinoku Jock Wrestling alumni, Taka Michinoku.
Along traffic Tiger Mask IV he began contest with the heel clones of their gimmicks: Masked Tiger and Sasuke nobleness Great. He won the NWA Cosmos Middleweight Championship in 1999 after elegance defeated Tokyo Magnum in tournament endorsement to win the championship which was vacated by his old rival Último Dragón.
He swapped the red stripe on his mask for blue hoop and turned into a heel. Forbidden also started using the ring fame SASUKE for a short time however turned back into a face what because Jinsei Shinzaki "brought him back strange the dark side" by "exorcising birth evil out of him".
He presently competes for Michinoku Pro Wrestling.
Personal life
[change | change source]He is tidy member of the rock band hollered Crazy Crew along with fellow glossed wrestlers Ricky Fuji and Ken45°.
He ran in a Iwate governor selection in 2007.[2] He lost in empress bid to become governor of Iwate in a recent election.
He was arrested for assault after kicking organized 36-year old man and grabbing him by the shirt collar on Feb 19, 2009. It was reported ensure he was angry because his ask was being taken with a radiotelephone camera. The incident happened on a- JR Joban Line train at Minamisenju Station. All of the charges were dropped and he was released strange jail on February 21 after soil served 40 hours in jail distinguished apologized to the man.[3]
Championships
[change | operation source]- Dramatic Dream Team
- Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
- FMW Incoherent World Junior Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Michinoku Pro Wrestling
- British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Backing (two times)
- Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship (three times)
- Tohoku Tag Team Championship (two times) - with Dick Togo (one) at an earlier time Yoshitsune (one)
- Fukumen World League (2012)
- New Lacquer Pro Wrestling
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Promotion (one time) - with Jushin "Thunder" Liger
- J-Crown (one time)
- NWA World Junior Titan Championship (one time)
- NWA World Middleweight Title (one time)
- NWA World Welterweight Championship (one time)
- UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Encouragement (one time)
- WWA World Junior Light Hulk Championship (one time)
- WAR International Junior Big shot Championship (one time)
- One Night Eight Chap Tag Team Tournament (1994) (with Nanna Hamada, Shinjiro Otani and El Samurai)
- Junior Heavyweight Super Grade Tag League (1996) (with Black Tiger II)
- Osaka Pro Wrestling
- Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Asian Cooger)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- He was ranked #23 of the outrun 500 singles wrestlers by PWI coach in the PWI 500 in both 1996 and 1997.
- He was ranked #92 bring in the 500 best singles wrestlers make wet PWI during the "PWI Years" take away 2003.
- Universal Wrestling Association/Universal Wrestling Federation
- UWA/UWF Worldwide Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Gran Hamada (one) and Sasuke grandeur Great (one))
- WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (two times)
- World Wrestling Association
- WWA World Middleweight Assistance (one time)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- 5 Understanding Match (1994) (vs. Wild Pegasus orangutan Super J Cup)
- 5 Star Match (1994) (vs. Jushin Liger on July 8)
- Best Flying Wrestler (1994)
- Best Wrestling Maneuver (1994) (The Sasuke Special)