Rusher Kimura R.I.P 1941-2010

[Travicity]

Rusher Kimura has died. In 2004 he retired from active Pro-Wrestling Kimura died this morning at 5:30 local time the Japanese clock consequences of kidney failure, which was causing a lung infection. Masao Kimura, his real name, was born on 06/30/1941 in Hokkaido and denied after a career at the sumo wrestling on 23.04.1965 his first pro wrestling match.

Early in his career (1964-1966) he was in the JWA (Japan Pro Wrestling Association) is active, the first major Japanese wrestling league, from the Baba and Inoki also emerged. About the middle Tokyo Pro, created by Antonio Inoki launched in 1969, he came to the IWE (International Wrestling Enterprise), the former major competition of the staggering JWA. Especially in the beginning, the IWE was known for its contacts in Europe, which opened the doors of many European wrestlers to Japan.

1968 Kimura was involved at the first Japanese Hair Match - a tradition that still has stock. In 1970, the IWE Cage Death Match, the first organized in the history of Japanese wrestling. In this there was involved in Rusher Kimura. Over the years he played sometimes more fights of this kind, which earned him the nickname "Kanaami no Oni (Monster of Steel Cage earned).

After the IWE 1981 lost their TV time slot, the league was forced to close their doors. Kimura joined together with Animal Hamaguchi and Isamu Teranishi of New Japan, and there started a legendary feud between NJPW interpromotionale andthe remains of the IWE. Three years later, in 1984, when the feud was over, Kimura joined the newly formed first UWF Shoot Style doctorate at. Since the original UWF was due to various scandals of short duration, Kimura joined in the same year to All Japan, and did there with the other former wrestlers IWE (Mighty Inoue, Ashura Hara and Goro Tsurumi together), after the end of IWE were switched directly to All Japan.

Kimura was there end up being at home, because with All Japan, he stayed until the NOAH split in 2000. Like all other Japanese wrestlers except Fuchi Kawada and Misawa and he was traded to NOAH. His last match he played in the sold-out gesundheitsbegingt on 03/01/2003 Nippon Budokan, a year later before he finally took leave of the active events. The last decade career - or even longer spent - Kimura in comedy matches in the Under Card, or the opening match with his colleagues, such as same age Mitsuo Momota, Masashi Aoyagi Haruka or self. After his career he was named the Wrestler Honourned Association of NOAH.

Masao Kimura was 68 years old.

[John]

R.i.p.