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WWE Hall of Famer Mr. Fuji Passes Away
August 28, 2016 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
– The wrestling world has lost one of its most legendary managers. WWE announced this morning that Harry Fujiwara, better known as Mr. Fuji, has passed away at the age of eighty-two. No cause of death was revealed.
Fujiwara began his wrestling career in the ring, debuting on December 15th, 1965 in his home state of Hawaii under the name Mr. Fujiwara. He signed with WWE (then the WWWF) in 1972 and became a five-time WWE World Tag Team Champion, three times with Toru Tanaka and twice with Mr. Saito.
Fuji and Tanaka hit main event status as a tag team in the company soon after their debut and defended the Tag Team Titles against Pedro Morales and Bruno Sammartino several times in 1972, when Morales was World champion. The team left the company in 1974 and had a brief stint in Georgia Championship Wrestling before returning to WWWF in 1977. Fujiwara would return a third time in 1981 and that was when he was teamed with Saito.
After retiring in 1985, Fujiwara becane a manager and took on clients like George “The Animal” Steele, Kamala, Killer Khan, Demolition, The Powers of Pain, Yokozuna and Don Muraco. He became known as one of the top managers in the company, known for throwing salt in the eyes of his clients’ opponents. He continued to make occasional forays into the ring with his clients such as at WrestleMania V when he teamed with the Powers of Pain for a three-on-two match against Demolition.
Fuju left WWE in 1996, shortly after Yokozuna’s babyface turn, and retired from the business. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007.
On behalf of 411, our condolences to the family, friends and many fans of Mr. Fuji. He will be missed.
Several industry figures have commented on Fuji’s passing, as you can see below:
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Triple H
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An unforgettable character in front of the camera and an even better one behind it. Rest in Peace, Mr. Fuji.
2:49 PM - 28 Aug 2016
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Sam Roberts
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RIP #MrFuji - he did more simultaneously for bad guy wrestlers and the salt industry than anyone thought possible.
2:49 PM - 28 Aug 2016
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Tommy Dreamer
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Sad to hear the passing of wrestling legend Mr.Fuji.Classic villain #bonzai
2:34 PM - 28 Aug 2016
R.I.P Mr Fuji
always used to root for him and Yokozuna
Ambrose can't freaking wrestle....AJ should be the champ, look how good he made Cena look at sumer slam.
.Cena doing new moves cuz AJ can handle it...
.Cena doing new moves cuz AJ can handle it...
Dixie Carter May Be Done With TNA
Billy Corgan in. Dixie Carter out.
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We had known that Billy Corgan's involvement behind the scenes in TNA has been increasing over the past few months, and that he was recently named president of the company, but Dixie Carter's role was still a bit of a mystery.
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the longtime owner may actually be completely done with TNA.
"She's out of power completely, she is completely out of power no matter what's said, but she may be gone." Meltzer revealed on his show.
On one hand, this is a long overdue move for the company. Had Dixie willingly given up some of her power long ago to someone like a Jim Ross or Paul Heyman (both who she briefly negotiated with), TNA would likely not have had so many problems over the past few years.
However, she did basically save the company from extinction back in 2002, so it's a bit unfortunate that it ended like this.
It's hard to imagine that this could be a bad thing for TNA in the long run, as Dixie just never quite seemed to grasp the wrestling business, and made one awful decision after the next (hiring Hulk Hogan and Vince Russo, letting A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe go, trying to go up against Raw).
Corgan is a lifelong fan, and the product has improved in 2016, so hopefully this means we're about to see some more big, positive changes for the long-struggling organization.
Billy Corgan in. Dixie Carter out.
ImpactWrestling.com
We had known that Billy Corgan's involvement behind the scenes in TNA has been increasing over the past few months, and that he was recently named president of the company, but Dixie Carter's role was still a bit of a mystery.
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the longtime owner may actually be completely done with TNA.
"She's out of power completely, she is completely out of power no matter what's said, but she may be gone." Meltzer revealed on his show.
On one hand, this is a long overdue move for the company. Had Dixie willingly given up some of her power long ago to someone like a Jim Ross or Paul Heyman (both who she briefly negotiated with), TNA would likely not have had so many problems over the past few years.
However, she did basically save the company from extinction back in 2002, so it's a bit unfortunate that it ended like this.
It's hard to imagine that this could be a bad thing for TNA in the long run, as Dixie just never quite seemed to grasp the wrestling business, and made one awful decision after the next (hiring Hulk Hogan and Vince Russo, letting A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe go, trying to go up against Raw).
Corgan is a lifelong fan, and the product has improved in 2016, so hopefully this means we're about to see some more big, positive changes for the long-struggling organization.
TNA Already Making Final Deletion 2
Will 'Delete or Decay' recapture the original's "magic"?
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Apparently Final Deletion wasn't the final deletion after all.
PWInsder has reported that new footage for the sequel, which will be titled "Delete or Decay" has already been recorded at Matt Hardy's property in North Carolina, just like the original was. This time around, the match will be a tag bout featuring Matt and Jeff Hardy battling Crazzy Steve and Abyss of Decay.
The episode of Impact that aired the Final Deletion match was the most watched one on Pop TV by nearly 40,000 viewers. The social media buzz that the masterpiece, or outright disaster (depending on one's opinion), generated was also incredibly strong for TNA, so a sequel seemed inevitable. It's also being reported that the budget for this round will be greatly increased, so you can only imagine what The Hardy brothers and director Jeremy Borash have come up with.
Will there be multiple dilapidated boats? Even more fireworks? Perhaps Senor Benjamin is simply demanding more money to appear again.
Hopefully Delete or Decay will continue the Hardy's entertaining angle, and they don't run this thing into the ground. It's a fine line the company is walking with this absolute weirdness, but it's certainly worth the chance to bring in more viewers.
No date has been set yet for when the match will air.
http://whatculture.com/wwe/tna-already-making-final-deletion-2
Will 'Delete or Decay' recapture the original's "magic"?
ImpactWrestling.com
Apparently Final Deletion wasn't the final deletion after all.
PWInsder has reported that new footage for the sequel, which will be titled "Delete or Decay" has already been recorded at Matt Hardy's property in North Carolina, just like the original was. This time around, the match will be a tag bout featuring Matt and Jeff Hardy battling Crazzy Steve and Abyss of Decay.
The episode of Impact that aired the Final Deletion match was the most watched one on Pop TV by nearly 40,000 viewers. The social media buzz that the masterpiece, or outright disaster (depending on one's opinion), generated was also incredibly strong for TNA, so a sequel seemed inevitable. It's also being reported that the budget for this round will be greatly increased, so you can only imagine what The Hardy brothers and director Jeremy Borash have come up with.
Will there be multiple dilapidated boats? Even more fireworks? Perhaps Senor Benjamin is simply demanding more money to appear again.
Hopefully Delete or Decay will continue the Hardy's entertaining angle, and they don't run this thing into the ground. It's a fine line the company is walking with this absolute weirdness, but it's certainly worth the chance to bring in more viewers.
No date has been set yet for when the match will air.
http://whatculture.com/wwe/tna-already-making-final-deletion-2
DAHITMAN
Rising Star
Owens could have done it on his own without Triple HHH
DAHITMAN
Rising Star
Rollins and Reigns both have something in common now; getting screwed by Triple H.
Rollins thinking it was going to be like the old days
I HATE Ambrose, he's such a trash ass champion. His US title reign was weak as fuck, this world title reign is equally as weak.
Seems like they are just trying to make the IWC happy in a way. Reigns is still being punished and Vince may be looking to go in another direction for the time being. There were discussions of doing a double turn with Rollins or Reigns/Balor. Guess/ they've decided to pull the trigger on Rollins face turn.
Reports were that HHH didn't want to be back on tv due to the real issues with Shane. So surprising he returned.
Owens wins most likely leads to a feud with Jericho.
glad Owens won. didn't need help from HHH tho.
That's what I didn't get........ His US title run wa weak what made them think this run would be better? It's the exact same.
How do you mess up Owens winning the title on Raw .... insert some HHH/McMahon shenanigans.
Props for them putting the strap on Owens and props to the crowd in Houston. They were loud for most of the match and they were chanting "you deserve it" to Owens.
But they really didn't need to have HHH get involved. He didn't even look like he wanted to be there. I thought he said he was done with in ring work and just wanted to focus on building the company up from backstage.
Props for them putting the strap on Owens and props to the crowd in Houston. They were loud for most of the match and they were chanting "you deserve it" to Owens.
But they really didn't need to have HHH get involved. He didn't even look like he wanted to be there. I thought he said he was done with in ring work and just wanted to focus on building the company up from backstage.
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Yeah I think HHH getting involved was all Vince doing. Seem like it was shotgun booking.
The many shades of Askua/Kana
Not sure why, but every time I see this chick wrestle, I get weirdly turned on.
Every time I see her, I get turn on and I know exactly why ....
Evil Intentions wouldnt mind seeing her and Bayley wrestle..or Paige
oh dam
Jim Cornette Comments on Kevin Owens’ Title Win, Says He Was Wrong About Owens
August 30, 2016 | Posted by Larry Csonka
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– Jim Cornette gave the following statement to Pwinsider.com, regarding Kevin Owens’ WWE Universal title win on last night’s Raw…
“Well, first off, it doesn’t matter to me personally because unless Owens is wrestling The Revival sometime soon, I’m not going to see his matches as I don’t watch Raw, but I am thrilled for him and his fans and anyone who enjoys his work in the ring. The one thing I will admit that I was wrong on with both Owens and El Generico/Sami Zayn is that I never thought they would change, but they did and for the better – they just weren’t going to change for what they were being paid by Ring of Honor! [Laughs] I’ve had a lot of people go after me on Twitter today but the reality is that we put the belt on Kevin Steen for a year in Ring of Honor and there was a reason for that. But, he’s won a title I don’t care about on a show I don’t watch, so it doesn’t effect me personally, but I am happy for him, his fans, his family and anyone that wants to see him succeed.”
Cornette also told the site that he would be addressing the win and the messages he has received from fans on Twitter during his next podcast.
Cool
Never seen this and this might bring me back to watch wrestling again.
I love it. My favorite theme right now hands down.
