Wrestler Biographies

This index is for my posts on the Wrestlers & Other Personalities section of the Pro Wrestling Only database. This section of the board is a vital component of my publicly available research efforts, as a perfect space to collect information on various personnel without the burden of any narrative expectations. This thread contains an index of profiles I have made, as well as an extensive itinerary of possible future subjects. In addition to my general focus on mens’ puroresu in the Showa period, my emphasis for the foreseeable future will be lesser stars for whom information is scarce in English. All threads I create will be tagged with promotions in which each …

PURORESU OBITUARIES MACH HAYATO (1951-2021) [Adapted from an Igapro obituary] Shigehisa Hido was a Toyota employee who was inspired to become a wrestler after watching the Yamaha Brothers, but was rejected for his 5’9” frame. Hido’s dream did not die, as he sparred in his spare time with Hiroaki Hamada. When Hido heard that Hamada was traveling to Mexico on excursion, Hido borrowed money from a friend to buy a one-way ticket to Mexico. Hido enrolled at Rafael Salamanca’s wrestling school, held in Arena Mexico, and debuted as Karate Hayato in 1976. He would work across Latin America in the following years, wrestling in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia…

As I stated at the top of the previous post, this extended biography precedes part two of Part Two of the SWS series. To commemorate this, I am changing my avatar for the third time since my account was created, to the image which to this point I had only used as my profile picture on the DVDVR board. I already explained it over there, but I shall do so again in a footnote. [1] On with the story. My next post will recount the circumstances around Hara’s return to professional wrestling and the reformation of Ryuharagun as the second half of Part Two of the SWS history. ASHURA HARA Rugby career Susumu Hara took to rugby in his sophomore year of hi…