El Samurai

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El Samurai
El Samurai
Name El Samurai
Real name Osama Matsuda
Nicknames
Name history Osama Matsuda (debut - 1991, 2004), El Samurai (March 1991 - )
Family N/A
Maestro(s) New Japan Dojo
Birth date, location April 19, 1966
Obituary date N/A
Debut, location July 24, 1986
Lost mask to N/A (see note)
Height 5'11"/1.80m
Weight 203 lbs/92 kg
Signature moves Samurai Bomb, Chickenwing Armlock, Inverted Brainbuster, Inverted DDT, Reverse Tornado DDT, Frankensteiner
Titles: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (2), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (2) (w/ Jushin Liger; w/ Ryusuke Taguchi), British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA Welterweight Championship, UWA Middleweight Champion, UWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2), WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (w/ Jushin Liger), WWA Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (2)

Note: Despite never losing his mask, El Samurai has unmasked on occasion, in 2004 for one night only against Osamu Nishimura, and at a NJPW/MUGA show on 1/29/2005 vs Shinsuke Nakamura.

Sources

Wikipedia