2021/08/16
Welcome to AustralianWrestling.org!
The website devoted to preserving the history of Australian wrestling.
We're in the process of renovating and moving some things around so some things may look a little strange but the aim is to minimise disruption.
This website was designed in 2012 with a scope of covering present and past wrestling in Australia.
The scope will change to prioritise the older stuff and make that a bit more accessible.
Thank you for your patience.
I also have another website (with my good buddy Greg) The Wrestling Roadshow which has more of a global scope. We have a podcast by the same name too and discuss all sorts of wrestling.
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Mr Fuji
Name: - Mr. Fuji
Height: - 5'10” (178cm)
Weight: - 270lb (120kg)
Born: - May 4, 1934
From: - Honolulu, Hawaii
Trained by: - Nick Bockwinkel
Debut: - 1964
Retired: - 1996
Died: - August 28, 2016
Finishers: - Cobra Clutch, Kamikaze clothesline
Also known as: - Mr Fujiwara, Shintaro Fuji
Toured Australia: - 1967, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1986
Billed from Osaka, Japan. Was called 'Shintaro Fuji' on his first Australian visit to cash in on the popularity of TV show 'The Samurai' (Shintaro was the lead character). Held tag titles all around the wrestling world with Prof. Tanaka. Retired from active wrestling in 1985 and became a manager in WWF, leading Yokozuna to two World title reigns. Managed Don Muraco on 1986 WWF tour to Australia. Was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007.
Titles held: - WWC North American Hwt, (SF) NWA US Hwt, NWA Canadian Hwt, Pacific Northwest Hwt, British Commonwealth Hwt, IWA World Tag (w/ Tiger Jeet Singh), WWWF World Tag (5, w/ Prof Tanaka [3], w/ Mr. Saito [2]), AWA Southern Tag (w/ Prof Tanaka), Geogia Tag (w/ Prof Tanaka), Mid-Atlantic Tag (w/ Genichiro Tenryu), Pacific Northwest Tag (4, w/ Haru Sasaki [3], w/ Tony Borne), Hawaiian Tag (2, w/ King Curtis, w/ Karl von Steiger), Southeastern Tag (w/ Prof Tanaka), WWC North American Tag (w/ Pierre Martel)
Credit: Mark Dalgleish, Wikipedia, Libnan Ayoub's 100 Years of Australian Professional Wrestling
Photo credit: News.com.au
Mr Fuji and Prof. Tanaka