Guest HBK16 Report post Posted April 28, 2002 I was going through some match listings of tapes I am going to get soon and I see like 10 diferent versions of the name Great Sasuke. Not all in the same match but over all. For example, I saw, Sasuke the Great, Sasuke Performa 346, Sasuke346 (which might be the same person, I am not sure), SASUKE, Great Sasuki (which might just be a typo but I am just checking), and of course Great Sasuke. There were some more I think but they escape me. Anyways, what is the deal with all these? Are some just the same person? Just need a little history on these guys so I won't get confused when I see it. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MRFTW Report post Posted April 28, 2002 Well I know that SASUKE is the Great Sasuke's heel persona but the rest I don't know much about. Could be wrong but I think Sasuke the Great is a friend of Sasuke's who he lets use a simillar gimmick in m-pro. I remember reading what the guys real name was once but i've long since forgotten it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MRFTW Report post Posted April 28, 2002 And on a similar subject, what's the deal with guys like Octagon, Pentagon and others having the same kind of outfit as Sasuke too? Any story on that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RickyChosyu Report post Posted April 28, 2002 SASUKE is indeed Sasuke's heel persona, while the man behind the Sasuke the Great gimick is Masao Orihara, who first used the gimick as part of a feud with Sasuke and then teamed with him. Yuki Ishikawa also had a Sasuke rip-off gimick called Sasuke Tiga. I'm not sure who was behind the Sasuke Performa 346 gimick, though. As for the Octagon/Pentagon simalarities, I'm not sure Pentagon's is intentional, since he's only lately been called Pentagon Black, which would indicate why he has a black costume that might resemble Sasuke's. I have little to no lucha knowledge whatsoever, so I'm not really the person to ask. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Stuart Report post Posted April 28, 2002 Mohammed Yone, formerly of BattlARTS and now of NOAH, was one of the Sasukes as well. When Sasuke and the one Ishikawa played teamed against Nisemono Gundan, Yone was the third Sasuke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RickyChosyu Report post Posted April 28, 2002 Didn't they recently dress up Kojima like Sasuke for the M-Pro main event with him and Sasuke (the originial) Vs. Mutoh/Shinzaki? I'm not sure if they actually gave that one a name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MRFTW Report post Posted April 28, 2002 Yeah, he was the Great Kojisuke I believe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HBK16 Report post Posted April 28, 2002 Thanks for the help everyone. Do they all dress the same? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Stuart Report post Posted April 29, 2002 Kojima is apparently debuting another gimmick on 5/1 in Niigata. Not a clue what it is though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
