Japanese superstar Masao Inoue to debut for TNA

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Masao Inoue

Pro-Wrestling NOAH

 

Height: 5’11”

Weight: 235 lbs.

Debut: April 4, 1991 (w/ Mitsuo Momota vs. Richard Slinger & Satoru Asako)

Titles Held: All-Asia Tag Team Title (w/ Tamon Honda)

WEW Tag Team Title (w/ Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Finishing Moves: Million dollar buster, Argentine backbreaker

 

Bio: Masao Inoue is a thirteen year veteran and a mainstay on the Pro-Wrestling NOAH roster. Though most of his success has come with his tag team partner, three-time Olympian Tamon Honda, Inoue is an exceptional technical wrestler who can mix it up with punishing striking blows when needed. He has the tools to become a breakout star and is looking to establish himself as a contender for a major singles title.

 

Selected to tour the United States by eight-time NWA World Champion and World League Wrestling chairman Harley Race, Inoue has been booked to appear on TNA Wrestling Impact and Xplosion tapings September 28th and October 5th.

 

CREDIT: TNAWrestling.com

[Guest Real F'n Show]

Never seen the guy, but hopefully he makes a better impression than Miyamoto, which I guess, wouldn't really be that hard to do.

[Guest Donners]

Aw, I thought it was Masato Tanaka for a split-second.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

For a second, when you said Miyamoto, I thought of Returner.

 

And then I remembered how much better Returner is than anything TNA has ever produced, and I cried.

 

Then I listened to my friend Kurt's band Chadmeister, which is an emo band making fun of other emo bands, and I laughed.

 

Then I listened to some Slayer, and got angry that I missed OzzFest this year.

 

And after that...

 

...well, after that is none of your damn business!

[Guest JebusNassedar]

I don't post on this here forum, but I figured now was the time.

 

Masao Inoue is terrible. Just positively terrible. He's a midcard jobber with only one unique thing about him; his tights have a big white leaf on the ass.

 

The man makes Kenzo Suzuki look like Great Muta. He's a completely colorless suckbag. The only thing 'punishing' about him is having to sit through a ful match of his.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

So, basically, once again TNA fucks up by giving us Japan's worst and hoping fans will watch because the guy's Japanese. The problem with that though, is that puro fans know of the guy and know he's crap, so they won't watch, and the marks don't give a fuck if a wrestler's from Japan or Canada or America.

[Guest Staravenger]

so what does this make TNA in the Japanese Cross-over Department? 0 for 8?

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Ummm..... hate to break it to you but he's already had a TNA match where he teamed up with Team Japan in a six man tag.

[SinToxic 0]

Yes Inoue is pretty colorless, passable in Japan and probable a little over average for TNA standards. 34 years old if that stands for anything. I've seen him use powerhouse style in most of his matches but with his look and size (5'11 is fine in Japan) he will have no chance of getting over in TNA, unless they bring over the whole Team Taue and push them as evil foreigners who hate country music.

 

NOAH always tried hard to keep him busy and I guess they want to take a little break from him. I'm pissed off that they didnt bring someone like Takeshi Morishima or Kentaro Shiga.

 

Whatever happened to Tiger Mask 4 gracing the TNA ring I still wonder to this day.

[Guest Staravenger]

Ummm..... hate to break it to you but he's already had a TNA match where he teamed up with Team Japan in a six man tag.

Shows how important he was. I barely remembered Miyamoto (or whatever his name was).

[Guest Donners]

So you've seen him wrestle before, Corey?

[Guest Donners]

Ummm..... hate to break it to you but he's already had a TNA match where he teamed up with Team Japan in a six man tag.

When? The first Team Japan match had Ebessan, Nosawa & Kamen. Then it was Nosawa, Ryuji Hijikata & Mitsu Hirai Jr, and at the X Cup Team Japan was Nosawa, Mitsu Hirai Jr., Taichi Ishikari & Hirai Nobukazu. I see no mention of Inuoe, unless he was under a different name.

[SinToxic 0]

Sonny Siaki works a better X-division style, I doubt Inoue would have been apart of Team Japan.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

So you've seen him wrestle before, Corey?

No, but I am going on the opinion's of not only Jebus, but other puro fans I do chat with. When almost everybody you ask say the guy's crap? It's perfectly acceptable to believe them when they know more about the topic (puro) than you do.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Double posts shall be burned!

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

So you've seen him wrestle before, Corey?

No, but I am going on the opinion's of not only Jebus, but other puro fans I do chat with. When almost everybody you ask say the guy's crap? It's perfectly acceptable to believe them when they know more about the topic (puro) than you do.

Good thing you believed them Laz. I've seen him......and he's the fucking drizzling shits.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Ummm..... hate to break it to you but he's already had a TNA match where he teamed up with Team Japan in a six man tag.

When? The first Team Japan match had Ebessan, Nosawa & Kamen. Then it was Nosawa, Ryuji Hijikata & Mitsu Hirai Jr, and at the X Cup Team Japan was Nosawa, Mitsu Hirai Jr., Taichi Ishikari & Hirai Nobukazu. I see no mention of Inuoe, unless he was under a different name.

He was in a six man tag with Nosawa/Miyomoto on an episode of Impact.

[Blade2kxx 0]

Ummm..... hate to break it to you but he's already had a TNA match where he teamed up with Team Japan in a six man tag.

When? The first Team Japan match had Ebessan, Nosawa & Kamen. Then it was Nosawa, Ryuji Hijikata & Mitsu Hirai Jr, and at the X Cup Team Japan was Nosawa, Mitsu Hirai Jr., Taichi Ishikari & Hirai Nobukazu. I see no mention of Inuoe, unless he was under a different name.

He was in a six man tag with Nosawa/Miyomoto on an episode of Impact.

IIRC, that was David Young under a mask...

[Guest MikeSC]

Out of curiosity, since nobody seems to really know shit about him, how is he a "Japanese superstar"?

-=Mike

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

Out of curiosity, since nobody seems to really know shit about him, how is he a "Japanese superstar"?

-=Mike

He's not, he's just another wrestler for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan.