Hayabusa

[Ravenbomb 0]

I remember hearing about Hayabusa doing a moonsault or SSP or something, and landing on his neck and being paralyzed. For a while I was seeing updates, but then nothing. Anybody know what the situation with him is at this point?

[Masked Man of Mystery 0]

I heard something about him starting up his own fed after FMW died, but it went down too apparently

[The Decemberists 0]

He started WMF when FMW went out of business, and I *think* he stood up without support for a couple of seconds at their debut show.

 

WMF is now dead, as as far as I know he's still wheelchair bound, and will more than likely stay that way.

[Guest Ransome]

This site is great for anything FMW-related: http://www.bahufmw.com/

 

Specifically, here's the Hayabusa bio including what happened to him post-injury: http://fmwwrestling.us/Hayabio.html .

[Ravenbomb 0]

so exactly how bad was the injury (compared to, say, Sabu's broken neck)?

[Masked Man of Mystery 0]

Well, it's worse, obviously, as the man is pretty much wheel chair bound for life

[The Decemberists 0]

so exactly how bad was the injury (compared to, say, Sabu's broken neck)?

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October 22, 2001 at Korakuen Hall, Hayabusa would suffer one of the worse injuries in professional wrestling history against Mammoth Sasaki in a one on one battle in attempt to win Shoichi Arai his spot back in FMW. Almost ten minutes into the match, Hayabusa would go to do an Asai Moonsault from the inside of the ring on Sasaki when his foot would suddenly slip on the rope and Eiji Ezaki would fall directly on his head causing him to become paralyzed instantly from the neck down. Hayabusa not knowing what to do would tell referee FMW referee Marty Asano for the match to keep going and Asano would tell Mammoth to keep going. Mammoth who would begin to freak out, would begin to just kick Hayabusa and wait for him to get up, and then would put Hayabusa in a rear chin lock which would cause the injury to become far worse until Referee Asano had no choice but to stop the match. Shoichi Arai, Kuroda, Hisakatsu Oya, GOEMON, Onryo, Ricky Fuji, among others would come in to the ring due to the tragic accident. A stretcher would be rushed to the ring as Hayabusa would ask for the  mic and  address and ask not to rush to the ring and stated to please continue to support FMW for he may have just died for the promotion. Television cameras would then stop filming as paramedics would rush to Korakuen Hall and take off the Hayabusa mask to make it easier for Eiji to breathe as they placed him on the stretcher and would take him to a nearby college hospital in Tokyo. Shoichi Arai and Eiji's wife would be the only ones allowed to visit him while in the hospital the day of the accident. Days later, while in the hospital, germs would get inside of Eiji's body and would end up going into his heart. Eiji Ezaki would begin to suffer an incredibly high fever which would force the doctors to concentrate on the deathly high fever over being paralyzed from the neck down. Many drugs would be given to Eiji Ezaki to help his fever, all of which would take away his memory from October to December 29th.

 

I'd say that is slightly worse than Sabu's broken neck, which he came back from after two months or so...

[Ripper 0]

A stretcher was rushed to the ring as Hayabusa asked for the mic....and stated to please continue to support FMW for he may have just died for the promotion.

 

Edited for better understanding.

 

Thats pretty goddamn hardcore right there.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Hayabusa has more heart for the sport of wrestling than any other person I've ever heard of. Broke his neck, couldn't feel anything below it, and told the ref to keep the match going? Addressed the fans and told them he may have just died for the promotion!? That's fucking loyalty and dedication, right there.

 

May he one day regain the ability to walk. Hayabusa does mean "phoenix," you know, and he'll rise again.

[Toshiaki Koala 0]

 

Is that him on the left? WOW.

[Ravenbomb 0]

so, IS it possible for him to wrestle ever again?

[Richard 0]

so, IS it possible for him to wrestle ever again?

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Taking a wild guess, I'd say no.

[The Decemberists 0]

He says he wants to get to the condiditon that he get in the ring again, just for one match, but it's hightly, highly unlikely. And he does know that, of course, but that's what he was trying to hold on to when he was spent the year plus in hospital and everything else he's had to go through, so it's probably more of a psychological thing rather than an achievable goal.

 

But he can get around reasonable OK on crutches these days according to some sites and still does hours and hours of rehabilition work - when he's not rocking with his band anyway