RIP Mr. Fuji (Read 5056 times)

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oldfart

Re: RIP Mr. Fuji
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2016, 11:54:20 PM »
Wrestling from the 60s and 70s was awesome.
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stangzilla

Re: RIP Mr. Fuji
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2016, 07:11:40 AM »
I remember him more as a manager.
I'm old but not that old. LOL
my favorite team that he managed was the Powers of Pain.
I remember him always saying in his sadistic tone, "make them suffer!"
RIP Mr. Fuji

Jl808

RIP Mr. Fuji
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2016, 08:55:36 AM »
Powers of Pain vs the Strike Force!



RIP MR. Fuji
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stangzilla

Re: RIP Mr. Fuji
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2016, 09:08:39 AM »
TIto Santana and Ric Martel (before he was "the model" Ric Martel)
If I remember correctly, Mr. Fuji managed Demolition first, and then turned on them and started managing the Powers of Pain instead.  both of which were spinoffs of the Road Warriors.
I don't remember everything from school, but I remember Pro wrestling storylines pretty well.

stangzilla

Re: RIP Mr. Fuji
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2016, 09:22:51 AM »
the Samoan connection:
Mr. Fuji, Yokozuna, 1 of the wild Samoans (not sure if its Afa or Sika), and the Head Shrinkers (formerly known as the Samoan Swat Team)


oldfart

Re: RIP Mr. Fuji
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2016, 11:21:44 AM »
I remember him from the 60s. Wrestling in Honolulu at the civic or Bloch arena or maybe in the old kgmb studio on kapiolani.
Notable characters of the day:
Curtis Iaukea, Chief Billy White Wolf, Ripper Collins, Johnny Barend, Lord Tallyho Blears, Andre the Giant, Ed Francis, ....
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astroboy

Re: RIP Mr. Fuji
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2016, 03:29:36 PM »
I remember him from the 60s. Wrestling in Honolulu at the civic or Bloch arena or maybe in the old kgmb studio on kapiolani.
Notable characters of the day:
Curtis Iaukea, Chief Billy White Wolf, Ripper Collins, Johnny Barend, Lord Tallyho Blears, Andre the Giant, Ed Francis, ....

+1 for the 50th state wrestling crew. I remember Mr. Fuji, Tosh Togo (Harold Sakata) aka Odd Job from the Gold Finger movie, Jim Hady, Pampero Firpo aka the Missing Link, Nef Maiava, Nick Bockwinkle, The Masked Executioner....
I will also never forget the mainland stars like outrageous Freddy Blassey. He used to file his teeth on live tv. It would be great if any of the 50th state wresting shows were saved. Hey oldf, we are showing our age.     

oldfart

Re: RIP Mr. Fuji
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2016, 05:13:28 PM »
+1 for the 50th state wrestling crew. I remember Mr. Fuji, Tosh Togo (Harold Sakata) aka Odd Job from the Gold Finger movie, Jim Hady, Pampero Firpo aka the Missing Link, Nef Maiava, Nick Bockwinkle, The Masked Executioner....
I will also never forget the mainland stars like outrageous Freddy Blassey. He used to file his teeth on live tv. It would be great if any of the 50th state wresting shows were saved. Hey oldf, we are showing our age.   
...
I was trying to remember oddjobs name!
Missing link....ooohhhh yeah
Neff maiava wrote children's books
Ripper collins became very queer
...
Were you involved with the wrestling shows?
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astroboy

Re: RIP Mr. Fuji
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2016, 07:38:42 PM »
As a kid I had some good memories of watching the wrestlers at the old civic auditorium. I recall an Indian death match between Johnny Barend and Chief Billy White Wolf. Johnny's face was covered with blood, but he still managed to break the chain with his bare hands. As a kid I always thought Chief Billy was a real American Indian. I learned many years later that Chief Billy was from Iran.