Yasuhiro Kojima

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Tennoe, Mariam T.; Henssonow, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yasuhiro Kojima (July 22, 1937 November 27, 1999) was a professional wrestler and the trainer of Hulk Hogan, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Lex Luger, Ron Simmons, Keiji Mutoh, and many other professional wrestlers. He was better known as Hiro Matsuda, an identity he adopted while competing in the southern U.S., inspired by earlier wrestlers Sorakichi Matsuda and Matty Matsuda. As a trainer, Matsuda was famous for being very stiff with his trainees to toughen them up and teach them to respect the business. His most famous story involved him being very tough on a young Hulk Hogan in his first day of training and breaking his leg. After Hogan healed, he came right back to Matsuda''s school, looking to continue his training. Matsuda was so impressed by his display of "guts" that he trained him properly from that day on. He initially debuted under his real name at Rikid zan''s Japanese Wrestling Association, but then left Japan to pursue wrestling in the Americas. Once in a while he would return to Japan, where he formed a tag team with Antonio Inoki that was only the outward reflection of the long-time friendship between the two men.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131369537
• ISBN-10: 6131369534
• Artikelnr.: 31723416