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Yoshihiro Asai
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Ring name(s) Último Dragón
Ultimate Dragon
Asai
Second Tiger
Saigon Dragon
Tiger Dragon
Height 1. 72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight 85 kg (190 lb/13. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 4 st)
Billed height 1. The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most 68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Billed weight 83. 9 kg (185 lb/13. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 21 st) ,84 kg (190 lb/13. The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 2 st)
Born December 12, 1966 (1966-12-12) (age 41)
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Trained by Gran Hamada
Debut May 13, 1987 with Naoki Sano and Hirokazu Hata vs. The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. better known by his Ring name, (b 27 November 1950 is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican Lucha libre style Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He currently goes by the name Takuma Sano Los Millonarios de la Muerte

Yoshihiro Asai (born December 12, 1966 in Nagoya, Aichi), better known as Último Dragón, is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works In addition to having trained in Japan, Asai learned to wrestle in the lucha libre style while working in Mexico. Lucha libre ( Spanish for "free wrestling" is a term used in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking areas to refer to a certain form of Professional wrestling The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Asai is credited with popularizing the "Asai Moonsault". A moonsault, moonsault press or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique with much of its popularity in American wrestling being attributed

Asai is the only professional wrestler in the world to hold 10 titles at the same time. On October 11, 1996, he won the J-Crown, a unification of eight junior (lightweight) division titles from various international promotions. The J-Crown (also known as J-Crown Championship) was formed originally by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a way of unifying eight non-heavyweight titles from several At the time, he also held the NWA Middleweight and WCW Cruiserweight titles, making him the most decorated wrestler in the world. The NWA World Middleweight Championship is a Professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Cruiserweight Championship was a Professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and was [1]

He speaks Spanish fluently, and resided in Mexico for several years.

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Career

The name Ultimo Dragon, which means "Last Dragon" in Spanish was initially used as a gimmick of Asai claiming to be the final student taught by legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, whose nickname was "The Dragon". In marketing language a gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries Bruce Lee ( November 27 1940 – July 20 1973 was an American-born Martial artist, Philosopher, instructor, Martial arts actor and the [1] The gimmick was later forgotten, but the name remained.

Asai debuted in New Japan Pro Wrestling in 1987, but left the promotion along with his mentor, Gran Hamada, to help form Hamada's Universal Lucha Libre promotion. is a major Professional wrestling federation in Japan and is a member of the National Wrestling Alliance, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972 Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) better known by his Ring name, (b 27 November 1950 is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican Lucha libre style Universal Lucha Libre ( Universal Pro-Wrestling until 1991 Federación Universal de Lucha Libre afterwards was a Professional wrestling promotion When the ULL went into decline, he moved to WAR. This article is about the Japanese promotion There is also an independent unrelated WAR (Wrestling And Respect promotion in Lima Ohio, United States

Asai made his American debut for the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotion in 1996 as The Ultimate Dragon. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was referred to by this name for several months in WCW until they realized it was a translation error and reverted to using his real ring name. [2] He suffered an arm injury in 1999 that required surgery. Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental The operation was botched, causing nerve damage. Seddon's classification is a scheme for describing Nerve injury. It was thought that this would force an end of his career and he announced his retirement. [1]

In 1997, Asai then became a trainer where he trained three classes of students, "Toryumon Japan", "Toryumon 2000 Project" (T2P), and "Toryumon X". Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar His first class of students worked for WCW early in their career. In 1998, Asai formed the promotion company Grupo Revolucion based out of Mexico, where he trained several of the top young wrestlers. [3] In 1999, a promotion named Toryumon opened, with the vast majority of the roster having been trained by Asai. Toryumon is the name of Último Dragón 's Professional wrestling school and the associated professional wrestling promotion. Toryumon was later renamed Dragon Gate, and Asai parted ways with the promotion. This article is about a Japanese wrestling promotion For the computer game please see Dragon's Gate. He continued to train students at his gym.

In 2002, Asai underwent another surgery to repair the damage done to his arm and returned to wrestling. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. In the spring of 2003, he signed with World Wrestling Entertainment as the Último Dragón, seeking to realize his two lifelong goals of competing in Madison Square Garden and performing at WrestleMania. Spring is one of the four Temperate Seasons Spring marks the transition from Winter into Summer. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. This article is about the WrestleMania PPV series in general for the first WrestleMania itself see WrestleMania (1985. He was brought in on the heels of the signing of Rey Mysterio on the belief that he would make as big of an impact as Mysterio did upon his WWE debut. Oscar Gutierrez (born December 11 1974 In WWE he was a 1 time World Heavyweight Champion, a 3 time Cruiserweight Champion When Gutierrez Asai made his WWE debut at Madison Square Garden on the June 26, 2003 episode of SmackDown! in a match with Shannon Moore, and wrestled there again at WrestleMania XX. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Shannon Brian Moore is an American professional wrestler best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW as a member of 3 Count WrestleMania XX was the twentieth WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE His contract expired in 2004 .

Since leaving WWE, Asai has occasionally wrestled for the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. He also took part in the short lived promotion Dragondoor. DragonDoor, also known as d2p, was a Professional wrestling federation started under Último Dragón 's " Toryumon " banner and

He has recently wrestled at UWA Hardcore Wrestling based outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. UWA Hardcore Wrestling was a Canadian independent Professional wrestling promotion which operated out of Toronto Ontario. He has wrestled against Sonjay Dutt, M-Dogg 20, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, and Black Tiger all in the UWA. Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982 in Washington DC) better known by his Ring name, Sonjay Dutt, is an Indian American Matthew Capiccioni (born December 31, 1980) is a Professional wrestler, better known as M-Dogg 20 or Matt Cross. Joshua Harter (born February 4 1982) better known by his ring name Chris Sabin, is an American professional wrestler, currently working Patrick Martin (born May 23 1983 better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for Total

Movie career

Ultimo Dragon is set to star in two films in 2008.

The first is Bloodstained Memoirs, also starring Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam, Mick Foley and Keiji Mutoh. Bloodstained Memoirs is a Professional wrestling documentary which began production in 2005 Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9 1970 better known by his Ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian Television and stage Robert "Rob" Alexander Szatkowski Another venture that Van Dam produces is RVDTV reality based programming looking at the life of Rob Van Dam Michael Francis "Mick" Foley Sr Early life Foley was born in Bloomington Indiana. is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. Ultimo Dragon's scenes were filmed in the UK and Italy. [4]

The other is Ultimo Dragon. Little is known about this film, other than Ultimo Dragon stars, and it is a heroic martial arts story. [5]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

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1Despite Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre keeping the NWA initials as part of these two championships after leaving the National Wrestling Alliance, they are not sanctioned nor recognized as world titles by the National Wrestling Alliance. This is a list of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, current and defunct This is a list of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, current and defunct The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ("WON HOF" for short is a professional wrestling hall of fame that exists only on paper The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ("WON HOF" for short is a professional wrestling hall of fame that exists only on paper
²Although he won the championship, the win and reign aren't recognized by World Wrestling Entertainment. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet,

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c Molinaro, John (October 28, 1999). A Quiet End for Ultimo Dragon. SLAM! Wrestling. SLAM! Sports. Retrieved on 2008-03-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus,
  2. ^ Japanese Superstars - Ultimo Dragon
  3. ^ SLAM! Wrestling - John Molinaro Chat
  4. ^ Bloodstained Memoirs Official Site
  5. ^ Ultimo Dragon Official Site
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