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Masao Kimura (木村 政雄, Kimura Masao; June 30, 1941 – May 24, 2010) was a Japanese professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Rusher Kimura (ラッシャー木村, Rasshā Kimura). He was a five-time IWA World Heavyweight Champion, making him a five-time world champion.
He was a sumo wrestler under the shikona Kinomura, a direct modification of his surname. He began his career at the May 1958 Grand Sumo tournament and he had a career high rank of Makushita 20 east. He had taken up sumo to build his body for Western-style professional wrestling, thus by 1964 he decided to quit, considering that it would be harder to do so the higher up the divisions he went. He experienced back to back losing Bashos before his retirement, posting consecutive 1-6 records in July and September 1964 in Makushita, sumo's third division.
He debuted in 1965 in the old Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance against Sarukichi Takasakiyama (long-time jobber Motoyuki Kitazawa, later known as Shoji Kai in New Japan Pro-Wrestling). As a protégé of Toyonobori, Kimura followed him when he left due to backstage struggles.
Toyonobori, Isao Yoshiwara, Kimura, Antonio Inoki, Hiro Matsuda, Masa Saito and others formed Tokyo Pro Wrestling. Kimura did not compete much in the upper cards, but in the lower cards he served as debut opponent for future rival, Haruka Eigen, with whom he would have the longest-running fixture in puroresu from 1981 to 2003. Their last match until then happened on January 31, 1967, a win by Kimura.
When Tokyo Pro Wrestling closed down, Kimura joined Toyonobori and Yoshiwara in creating yet another larger promotion.
On April 20, 1968, "Rusher" Kimura won his first major title by teaming with Thunder Sugiyama to win the TWWA (Trans World Wrestling Alliance) World Tag Team Championship from Stan Stasiak and Tank Morgan. They vacated the titles in the fall of that year to give way to the new IWA (International Wrestling Alliance) title governing body. On September 23, 1971, Kimura and Sugiyama won the new IWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Red Bastien and Bill Howard; they vacated the titles in May 1972, when Kimura left for tours abroad.
Kimura showed up in the NWA's Central States and Georgia territories in 1969–70 as Masao Kimura and in the American Wrestling Association as Great Kimura. This was the only time he actually competed in the AWA; his future challenges for AWA titles all happened in IWE in Japan. In 1972, he showed up in Europe, specifically Germany's Verband Der Berufsringer, under his real name.
On October 8, 1970, Kimura defeated Dr. Death (Moose Morowski under a mask) to win the first cage match in Japan. The match, broadcast on IWE's at the time outlet Tokyo Broadcasting System, earned Kimura a reputation and the nickname Kana-ami no Oni (金網の鬼, "Demon of the Steel Cage"). His opponents in cage matches included Ox Baker, Angelo Poffo, Gilles Poisson, King Curtis Iaukea, Baron Mikel Scicluna, Killer Buddy Austin, Lars Anderson, Ole Anderson, Skandor Akbar, The Brute, Rene Goulet, Baron von Raschke, Ray Stevens, Killer Tor Kamata, Butcher Brannigan, Ripper Collins and a rookie Ric Flair.
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Rusher Kimura
Masao Kimura (木村 政雄, Kimura Masao; June 30, 1941 – May 24, 2010) was a Japanese professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Rusher Kimura (ラッシャー木村, Rasshā Kimura). He was a five-time IWA World Heavyweight Champion, making him a five-time world champion.
He was a sumo wrestler under the shikona Kinomura, a direct modification of his surname. He began his career at the May 1958 Grand Sumo tournament and he had a career high rank of Makushita 20 east. He had taken up sumo to build his body for Western-style professional wrestling, thus by 1964 he decided to quit, considering that it would be harder to do so the higher up the divisions he went. He experienced back to back losing Bashos before his retirement, posting consecutive 1-6 records in July and September 1964 in Makushita, sumo's third division.
He debuted in 1965 in the old Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance against Sarukichi Takasakiyama (long-time jobber Motoyuki Kitazawa, later known as Shoji Kai in New Japan Pro-Wrestling). As a protégé of Toyonobori, Kimura followed him when he left due to backstage struggles.
Toyonobori, Isao Yoshiwara, Kimura, Antonio Inoki, Hiro Matsuda, Masa Saito and others formed Tokyo Pro Wrestling. Kimura did not compete much in the upper cards, but in the lower cards he served as debut opponent for future rival, Haruka Eigen, with whom he would have the longest-running fixture in puroresu from 1981 to 2003. Their last match until then happened on January 31, 1967, a win by Kimura.
When Tokyo Pro Wrestling closed down, Kimura joined Toyonobori and Yoshiwara in creating yet another larger promotion.
On April 20, 1968, "Rusher" Kimura won his first major title by teaming with Thunder Sugiyama to win the TWWA (Trans World Wrestling Alliance) World Tag Team Championship from Stan Stasiak and Tank Morgan. They vacated the titles in the fall of that year to give way to the new IWA (International Wrestling Alliance) title governing body. On September 23, 1971, Kimura and Sugiyama won the new IWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Red Bastien and Bill Howard; they vacated the titles in May 1972, when Kimura left for tours abroad.
Kimura showed up in the NWA's Central States and Georgia territories in 1969–70 as Masao Kimura and in the American Wrestling Association as Great Kimura. This was the only time he actually competed in the AWA; his future challenges for AWA titles all happened in IWE in Japan. In 1972, he showed up in Europe, specifically Germany's Verband Der Berufsringer, under his real name.
On October 8, 1970, Kimura defeated Dr. Death (Moose Morowski under a mask) to win the first cage match in Japan. The match, broadcast on IWE's at the time outlet Tokyo Broadcasting System, earned Kimura a reputation and the nickname Kana-ami no Oni (金網の鬼, "Demon of the Steel Cage"). His opponents in cage matches included Ox Baker, Angelo Poffo, Gilles Poisson, King Curtis Iaukea, Baron Mikel Scicluna, Killer Buddy Austin, Lars Anderson, Ole Anderson, Skandor Akbar, The Brute, Rene Goulet, Baron von Raschke, Ray Stevens, Killer Tor Kamata, Butcher Brannigan, Ripper Collins and a rookie Ric Flair.