Guest gwf0704 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 My list goes like this: 10-Jumbo Tsuruta 09-The Great Kabuki 08-Ultimo Dragon 07-The Great Muta 06-Shohei "Giant" Baba 05-Toru Tanaka 04-Mr Saito 03-Antonio Inoki 02-Jushin "Thunder" Liger 01-Tiger Mask I know I've left quite a few but I'm rating the ones I've seen wrestle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 the great muta masato tanaka ultimo dragon great sasuke are the ones who have impressed me the most. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mark4steamboat Report post Posted June 21, 2002 keiji muto masato tanaka hayabusa toshiaki kawada the great sasuke TAKA mitsuharu misawa shinya hashimoto had some great matches with steve corino and thats all ive seen of him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 also add tajiri to my list, but pre wwe days only. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mark4steamboat Report post Posted June 21, 2002 i dont see how you can have Kabuki in a BEST list. He was awful in the matches that ive seen of him from nwa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 wasn't he in the wwf for a short period as well? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mark4steamboat Report post Posted June 21, 2002 He was in the rumble for a one time appearance with another asian guy i think that i cant remember his name. I think carlos colon was in that rumble as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 might have been 93. i think carlos was in that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mark4steamboat Report post Posted June 21, 2002 yeah 93 or 94. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dace59 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Jyushin Lyger Masato Tanaka Tayabusa Toshiaki Kawada Ultimo Dragon The Great Sasuke TAKA mitsuharu Misawa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted June 21, 2002 It was Genichiro Tenryu in the 93 rumble. OLD BASTARD~! also Kawada Sasuke Kobashi Lyger GRAN NANIWA~! kaientai Ohtahni Nagata and a bunch of others Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest gwf0704 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Thats why I rated him a 9 as I rated his body of work. He was always a top performer in World Class Championship Wrestling where he feuded with the Von Erichs, Bugsy McGraw and Kamala. He even received some title shots at both Ric Flair and Harley Race which were entertaining. In the Mid South he was a top heel as well wrestling Junkyard Dog and Magnum TA as well as in Florida where he fought Dusty Rhodes, Barry Windham and Mike Rotondo. I always thought he was extremely underrated as a heel and performer and I always marked out when he would shoot that green mist from his mouth! Sorry but I expect this to be my last Kabuki rant ever!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ash Ketchum Report post Posted June 21, 2002 TAKA Sasuke Lyger Hayabusa Ultimo Dragon Tiger Mask And MAGNUM Tokyo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest PlatypusFool Report post Posted June 21, 2002 LYGER~! Kawada Taue Kobashi Misawa Ohtani Naniwa Masaaki Mochizuki Gedo (shut up, i cant help it) Tenzan Kojima Chono (on charisma alone) Nagata Naoki Sano Akiyama aaand about a million others because I am obsessed with puro! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrainYou42 Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Only guy's that i like that haven''t been mentioned yet are the Orient Express. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CED Ordonez Report post Posted June 22, 2002 I'll say Genichiro Tenryu just because he hasn't been mentioned yet and he's a 50-something year old that puts Hogan's workrate to shame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ArkhamGlobe Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Jushin Liger and Kenta Kobashi.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Austin3164life Report post Posted June 22, 2002 The Great Sasuke Jushin Liger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dangerous A Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Juniors Jushin Lyger Minoru Tanaka Great Sasuke Gedo (2001) Tiger Mask (the original) Koji Kanemoto Ultimo Dragon Shinjiro Otani Heavyweights Jumbo Tsuruta Antonio Inoki Genichiro Tenryu and my personal favorites The 3 musketeers (Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Muto, Masahiro Chono) and the 4 Lords of Heaven (Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, Toshiaki Kawada, and Akira Taue) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jubuki Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Oriental? Rugs are oriental - people are not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest gwf0704 Report post Posted June 22, 2002 No offense meant! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Tod deKindes Report post Posted June 22, 2002 I'll say Genichiro Tenryu just because he hasn't been mentioned yet and he's a 50-something year old that puts Hogan's workrate to shame. Right. He and his devastating array of chops...chops...couple of kicks...more chops...some chops and did I mention chops? You gotta be kidding me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest PlatypusFool Report post Posted June 22, 2002 "Oriental? Rugs are oriental - people are not." That's actually technically untrue Jubuki. I was looking in the dictionary the other day and the word 'oriental' means 'of eastern origin'. This can be eastern of the world or eastern of an individual country. It goes on to say that all people living east of the mediterranean (sp?) ocean are considered oriental. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sandman9000 Report post Posted June 23, 2002 Tomoaki Honma (my avatar) and Ryuji Yamakawa. I'm a blood mark and deathmatch fan, sue me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thebear Report post Posted June 24, 2002 Kensuke Sasaki, Tokyo Magnum, Masahiro Chono and Ryuma Go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TigerDriver91 Report post Posted June 25, 2002 10.Ryo Saito 9.CIMA 8.Milano Collection AT 7.Kenta Kobashi 6.Takehiro Murahama 5.Masaaki Mochizuki 4.Mitsuharu Misawa 3.Great Sasuke 2.Minoru Tanaka 1.Lyger... I can sometimes hate the bookerman, but you can't argue with his matches Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BigTim2002 Report post Posted June 25, 2002 Right now, your best Asian wrestler is Kawada. Of all time, it HAS to be Jumbo, because he just ruled SO much...it's not even funny. Honorable mention goes to Mutoh, Lyger, Misawa, Sasuke, Inoki, and CHONO~! I also have a special place in my heart for Gran Hamada, who is like 55 or 56 and is STILL kicking ass. He gets my "Old dude who could beat the shit out of half the main eventers in the US" award. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nezbyte Report post Posted June 30, 2002 Tomoaki Honma (my avatar) and Ryuji Yamakawa. I'm a blood mark and deathmatch fan, sue me. What about Jun Kasai, W*NG Kenemoura, and Shadow WX? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cataclysm911 Report post Posted June 30, 2002 See my sig. Add Liger & Misawa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dmann2000 Report post Posted June 30, 2002 So I'm assuming just cause the guy was born and wrestled exclusively in North America you guys have eliminated Ricky Steamboat from contention. The title just said best Asian/Oriental wrestler, not Asian/Oriental PURO wrestler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites