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58-504: Hiromichi Fuyuki had been wrestling in Wrestle Association R (WAR) since 1992 and took Jado and Gedo , who just joined WAR after their home promotion, W*ING , folded, under his wing to form the villainous stable Fuyuki-gun and became the lead villain of the company. The group competed in its first match as a team on April 26, 1994 by defeating Genichiro Tenryu , Koki Kitahara and Takashi Ishikawa and quickly became

116-489: A Deep Sleep to Lose match , a match that could only be won by choking the opponent unconscious. On May 3, 2012, at Wrestling Dontaku 2012 , Iizuka won his first title in sixteen years, when he and Toru Yano defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. On June 20, Iizuka and Yano were stripped of the title, after their title rematch with Tenzan and Kojima ended in

174-477: A three-way match , during which Kuroda turned on Tanaka to join Shin Fuyuki-Gun and the match was turned into a six-man tag team match , with Kuroda, Fuyuki and Kanemura gaining a win over Tanaka, Jado and Gedo. The latter would form a trio called Complete Players. The event also saw Onryo get his second consecutive win on GOEMON. GOEMON and Onryo had a third match together on December 10, which ended in

232-516: A " sports entertainment " approach based heavily on comedic storylines and characters similar to American promotions such as World Wrestling Entertainment . The beginning of the end for FMW was realized after its top star Hayabusa suffered a career-ending injury in October 2001; to make matters worse, Mr. Gannosuke injured both his ankles in January 2002. With Hayabusa and Gannosuke gone, Fuyuki

290-583: A Chain Death Match on April 5, 2009, but would lose the rematch on May 3, 2009, at Wrestling Dontaku 2009 . In early 2009, Iizuka, along with most of his stablemates, turned on G.B.H. to join Shinsuke Nakamura 's new Chaos group, and in mid-2009 he rekindled his feud with the returning Tenzan. The two would have a third match on July 20, 2009, which would be another Chain Death Match, this time though Tenzan would defeat Iizuka by knockout to end

348-567: A Six-Man Tag Team Tournament at the 2nd Anniversary Show , where they lost to Ashura Hara , Jinsei Shinzaki and John Tenta in the quarter-final. Fuyuki-gun lost the World Six-Man Tag Team Championship to Bob Backlund , Scott Putski and The Warlord in their first title defense on August 26, only to regain it in a rematch on September 1. On September 29, Fuyuki lost a hair vs. hair match to Tenryu, which stipulated that upon losing Fuyuki would have to ride

406-465: A brief hiatus as Fuyuki went to Mexico to work a few matches with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Fuyuki-gun returned to WAR on June 30 by defeating Hideo Takayama , Hiroshi Itakura and Ichiro Yaguchi in the quarter-final, Brett Como, Lionheart and Dos Caras in the semi-final and Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi and Koti Kitahara in a one-night tournament to become the promotion's first World Six-Man Tag Team Champions . They participated in

464-528: A brief period, Iizuka was also given the nickname: "The Great Traitor" for his betrayal of the New Japan Seikigun. His first major feud after turning was with the man he betrayed, Tenzan. The two first fought on July 8, 2008, in a Lumberjack Death Match which Tenzan won. The two fought again on October 13, 2008, at Destruction '08 in a Chain Death Match which Iizuka won. Since then Iizuka has gone on to feud with Yuji Nagata, again defeating him in

522-440: A broken left ankle, which sidelined him until August. After 33 years with New Japan Pro-Wrestling , on January 7, 2019, NJPW Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi announced Iizuka would retire from professional wrestling the following month, with his retirement match taking place on February 21. In the weeks leading up to his retirement match, Iizuka's former partner Hiroyoshi Tenzan , whom Iizuka turned on in 2008, began attempting to get

580-525: A ceremony in Kawasaki stadium honouring Fuyuki, Hashimoto clutched an urn containing Fuyuki's ashes, and he and Kanemura flung themselves into the barbed wire, both giving Fuyuki a final victory. Fuyuki was survived by his wife Kaoru, whom he married in November 1986, and his two daughters. Under his associate Kintaro Kanemura, the promotion reorganized in 2004 as Apache Pro-Wrestling Army , but continued

638-590: A defense of WEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship against Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue and Chocoball Mukai by hitting Gedo in the back of the head with a title belt, allowing Fuyuki to get the easy victory. Fuyuki formed a new version of Fuyuki-gun called Shin Fuyuki-gun ( English : New Fuyuki Army) with Mr. Gannosuke, Chocoball Mukai, Kyoko Inoue, Koji Nakagawa, Hideki Hosaka , Yoshinori Sasaki and Shoichi Arai . On June 16, Kintaro Kanemura ended TNR and joined Shin Fuyuki-gun. They would be based on Team No Respect as

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696-652: A drastic change to his look, character and wrestling style, turning heel, shaving his head bald, growing a sinister beard, and adapting a hardcore wrestling style. He was also given the gimmick of an uncontrollable madman, and nicknamed " The Great Traitor " for his betrayal of the New Japan roster. Iizuka competed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling over four separate decades before retiring from in ring competition in February 2019. Iizuka made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling in November 1986, wrestling against Akira Nogami in

754-523: A losing effort. From 1986 to 1988, he would only be used as a pre-show attraction, wrestling other young lions such as Kensuke Sasaki , Kenichi Oya , Osamu Matsuda , Shigeo Miyato and Minoru Suzuki , with this latter wrestling Iizuka in his debut match in June 1988. In June 1989, Iizuka and Hiroshi Hase went to the Soviet Union to be trained in sambo , where he would learn his signature maneuvers,

812-515: A match against Kuroda at Deep Throat pay-per-view , where Onryo defeated GOEMON, Kuroda defeated Gannosuke which stipulated that Gannosuke must retire if he lost and Fuyuki defeated Hayabusa to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Hayabusa was taking time off to heal his injured elbows until Kuroda attacked him. On November 28, Kuroda and Masato Tanaka took on Fuyuki and Kanemura and Jado and Gedo in

870-625: A match on May 14, where Fuyuki teamed with Yoshiaki Yatsu . One of several wrestlers to leave AJPW with Genichiro Tenryu in July 1990, Fuyuki competed in Tenryu's rival promotion Super World of Sports under his real name, also appearing on interpromotional shows for the World Wrestling Federation , with little to no impact. Following the closing of SWS in June 1992, Fuyuki followed Tenryu to WAR . While there, he became one of

928-574: A no contest after GOEMON died during the match and was put into a casket. On December 20, GOEMON quit Shin Fuyuki-Gun by returning as Onryo's mystery partner against Azusa Kudo and Naohiko Yamazaki. On December 23, Fuyuki and Kuroda defeated Tamon Honda and Naomichi Marufuji to win the WEW World Tag Team Championship at Pro Wrestling NOAH 's Great Voyage pay-per-view. On January 7, 2001, Kuroda turned on Fuyuki during

986-525: A no contest. They would eventually lose to TenKoji in a decision match for the vacant title on July 22. In early 2013, Iizuka and Yano began making appearances for Pro Wrestling Noah , which led to them defeating Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura for the GHC Tag Team Championship on March 10, 2013. They lost the title to TMDK ( Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste ) in their third defense on July 7. On May 25, 2014, at Back to

1044-603: A shorter variation of his real name, Kodo Fuyuki . After spending over four months freelancing, Fuyuki found a new home in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in February 1997. Fuyuki-Gun made their FMW debut on February 19 by defeating W*ING Alliance members W*ING Kanemura , Hideki Hosaka and Dragon Winger. Fuyuki-Gun initially performed as freelancers on the Japanese independent circuit until they began competing full time for FMW. They appeared at

1102-544: A tag team to be known as "Friendship Tag". Friendship Tag proved to be successful, and they defeated Togi Makabe and a number of different partners in the lead up to April. Iizuka's career would make a radical change in April 2008. During a tag team match with Hiroyoshi Tenzan against then-IWGP Tag Team Champions, Togi Makabe and Toru Yano , Iizuka turned on Tenzan with his trademark sleeper hold, turning heel and joining G.B.H. as their newest member and their insider in

1160-505: A title defense against Masato Tanaka and Gedo, allowing Gedo to pin Fuyuki for the title. As a result, Fuyuki turned fan favorite to end Shin Fuyuki-Gun and begin feuding with Kuroda and his new villainous stable Team Kuroda. On April 1, Kuroda defeated Fuyuki to win the World Heavyweight Championship with the help of Mr. Gannosuke. Hiromichi Fuyuki Hiromichi Fuyuki ( 冬木 弘道 , Fuyuki Hiromichi ) (May 11, 1960 – March 19, 2003)

1218-460: A tournament at 4th Anniversary Show on July 20. Fuyuki-gun made it to the finals of the tournament by defeating Kazuo Yamazaki , Osamu Kido and Takashi Iizuka in the quarter-final and Riki Choshu , Satoshi Kojima and Osamu Nishimura in the semi-final but ended up losing to Masahito Kakihara , Yuuhi Sano and Nobuhiko Takada in the final. In July 1996, Lionheart, who joined the group in November 1994, left WAR as he signed with WCW , while

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1276-491: A villainous group and entered a rivalry with Atsushi Onita and his ZEN group. In 1998, Fuyuki formed Team No Respect with several of FMW's leading wrestlers which remained the dominant "heel" stable until its disbandment in June 2000. From there, he formed multiple stables, which didn't last as long. He became the head " booker " of the promotion in 1999. Attempting to distance the promotion from its earlier reputation for " garbage wrestling " style, he instead focused more on

1334-862: A win over Daikokubo Benkei, Katsumi Hirano and Leatherface . Fuyuki began promoting his own shows as well under the "Fuyuki Army" banner beginning with the Samurai TV airing on April 28. They also began wrestling for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), which would become their home promotion. They made their debut for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) on July 23 and continued to tour with BJW and IWA Japan while running their own Fuyuki Army shows as well with FMW lending its talent and financial support to their shows. Fuyuki-Gun debuted for FMW on February 19 by defeating W*ING 's W*ING Kanemura , Dragon Winger and Hideki Hosaka . They returned to FMW on March 14 by picking another win over W*ING. A week later, Fuyuki-Gun began feuding with Funk Masters of Wrestling by defeating

1392-631: Is also known as a mainstay of FMW where he was the arch rival of the company's top star Hayabusa and a founding member of the stable Team No Respect included Kintaro Kanemura , Hideki Hosaka , Masao Orihara , Tetsuhiro Kuroda , Mr. Gannosuke , Koji Nakagawa , Horace Boulder , Super Leather , Hido , Gedo and Jado. Trained by Isao Yoshihara, Hiromichi Fuyuki made his professional wrestling debut in International Pro Wrestling on May 4, 1980, one week before his 20th birthday. Three months later, IWE folded, and Fuyuki applied to

1450-609: The 8th Anniversary Show , where they defeated Hisakatsu Oya and The Headhunters in a street fight . Fuyuki began feuding with Terry Funk , the leader of Funk Masters of Wrestling, which culminated in a loser leaves FMW match between the two at Fall Spectacular , which Fuyuki lost. As a result, he was forced to leave FMW. He began promoting his own shows under the "Fuyuki Army" banner. He began competing for FMW full-time on November 15, when Fuyuki-Gun defeated ZEN members Hido , The Gladiator and The Great Fake. They ceased appearing for other promotions and established themselves as

1508-515: The Sumida River or Jado and Gedo would have to get their heads shaved. Fuyuki forcibly cut the hair of Jado and Gedo. Fuyuki-gun retained the title against Bob Backlund, Dos Caras and Vampiro Canadiense in their first title defense on October 11. On November 8, Fuyuki-gun retained the title against Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi and Koki Kitahara in a lengthy match which went for nearly forty-three minutes. On January 8, 1995, Fuyuki-gun lost

1566-670: The WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship five times between June 1994 and June 1996, as well as a single reign with UWFI 's Yoji Anjo and ECW 's Bam Bam Bigelow in October 1996. Lionheart also became a member of Fuyuki-Gun, during their stint in WAR. Upon leaving WAR in October 1996, he wrestled briefly as a freelancer, wrestling in various promotions such as Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling , Big Japan Pro Wrestling , and International Wrestling Association of Japan . Around this time, he started using

1624-803: The uranage and the Blizzard Suplex . A month later, he won his first championship, the IWGP Tag Team Championship , with veteran Riki Choshu , defeating Super Strong Machine and George Takano in July 1989. After losing the titles two months later to Shinya Hashimoto and Masa Saito , he floundered in the mid-card. In 1991, he wrestled in Europe , mainly in Austria and Germany for Catch Wrestling Association and in England for All Star Wrestling . He competed only twice in

1682-447: The "old" Iizuka back, wearing a Friendship Tag t-shirt and constantly reminding Iizuka of their past together. After being attacked by Iizuka at every attempt, Tenzan said he would face Iizuka in one last attempt to get his old friend back. In Iizuka's last match on February 21, he, Minoru Suzuki and Taichi were defeated by Tenzan, Kazuchika Okada (who was once one of Iizuka's students) and Toru Yano (his former CHAOS partner). After

1740-672: The All Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo. In August 1981, after spending a year training in the dojo, he made his debut in All Japan Pro Wrestling . In November 1984, he went on an excursion of North America, where he made stops in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and San Antonio, Texas, where he wrestled under the name Ricky Fuyuki , in honor of his childhood idol, Riki Choshu . He would also wrestle in Memphis under

1798-423: The New Japan Seikigun. Upon his heel turn, Iizuka changed his look and wrestling style, shaving his head bald, growing a sinister beard, and adapting a hardcore wrestling style. He was also given the gimmick of an uncontrollable madman, often making his entrances through crowds, violently pushing fans and announcers around. He also began frequently using an iron glove on opponents as his main weapon of choice. For

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1856-722: The United States, for the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance on September 21, 1991, against Owen Hart , and for World Championship Wrestling on May 17, 1992, teaming with the legendary Tatsumi Fujinami in a losing effort against The Steiner Brothers at WrestleWar . He formed what eventually became J-J-Jacks with Akira Nogami in 1992, also briefly forming a trio with El Samurai , wrestling in mid-card tag team matches against teams such as Michiyoshi Ohara and Tatsutoshi Goto , Hiro Saito and Norio Honaga , Brad Armstrong and Scott Norton and others, but

1914-553: The WEW titles. Takashi Iizuka Takayuki Iizuka ( 飯塚 孝之 , Iizuka Takayuki , born August 2, 1966) , better known by his ring name Takashi Iizuka ( 飯塚 高史 , Iizuka Takashi ) , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler . He is best known for his 33-year career in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion . He has also worked for Pro Wrestling Noah , where he

1972-666: The Yokohama Arena , Iizuka turned on Yano and Chaos and jumped to the Suzuki-gun stable. On January 10, 2015, Iizuka took part in an angle, where he, along with the rest of Suzuki-gun, invaded the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion. Iizuka worked regularly for Noah until the storyline concluded in December 2016, which led to the stable returning to NJPW on January 5, 2017. A couple of months later, Iizuka suffered

2030-489: The explosion. On June 26, Fuyuki, Inoue and Mukai lost the 6-Man Tag Team Championship to H, Hisakatsu Oya and Tetsuhiro Kuroda . H eventually returned as Hayabusa on July 23 and defeated Shin Fuyuki-gun in a gauntlet match to earn a title shot at Fuyuki's WEW World Heavyweight Championship and Fuyuki managed to retain the title. On September 15, Gannosuke, Fuyuki and Shinjuku Shark won the 6-Man Tag Team Championship from Hayabusa, Hisakatsu Oya and Tetsuhiro Kuroda, but lost

2088-457: The feud. During the G1 Climax tournament in 2009, Iizuka lost five out of his six matches, mostly by disqualification, due to the use of his iron glove and his new weapon, a steel toothguard. His only non-disqualification loss was to Shinsuke Nakamura by pinfall. And, his only win came against his former tag team partner, Yuji Nagata, who got himself disqualified by throwing the referee out of

2146-479: The feud. After the feud, he spent the next few years in the mid-card, as well as helping young talent in the New Japan Dojo. On March 9, 2008, after Hiroyoshi Tenzan was attacked by the rest of Great Bash Heel once again just weeks after he had been kicked out of the stable, Iizuka came to his aid, clearing the ring of Tomoaki Honma , Gedo and Jado . Iizuka and Tenzan announced they would be forming

2204-485: The group's members Hisakatsu Oya and The Headhunters to win the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship . Fuyuki-Gun defeated the trio in a street fight at 8th Anniversary Show . They defended the title on their own Fuyuki Army shows before it was vacated on July 8 to be defended in a tournament. Fuyuki-Gun participated in the tournament, beating Eagle Sawai, Lioness Asuka and Shark Tsuchiya in

2262-482: The group, leading to a feud between Jado and Gedo. The two former tag team partners met in a match on May 5, where Gedo defeated Jado. Later in the night, Fuyuki-Gun reunited as Jado re-joined TNR. Fuyuki-Gun continued teaming together as TNR members until Fuyuki was forced to leave FMW in storyline due to losing a loser leaves FMW match to Masato Tanaka at 10th Anniversary Show . On May 28, 2000, Koji Nakagawa turned on his Team No Respect allies Jado and Gedo during

2320-543: The latter defeated the former. Fuyuki, Jado, Gannosuke and Kanemura merged to form Team No Respect to feud with FMW and ZEN. Gedo joined the group upon returning to FMW on February 4. Fuyuki-Gun had now been merged in TNR and the trio continued to team with each other as TNR members in various matches throughout 1998. On January 6, 1999, Fuyuki turned fan favorite for the first time by quitting villainous tactics. Jado disagreed with Fuyuki and left TNR while Gedo chose to stay in

2378-463: The lead villains of the company. Shortly after their debut as a team, Fuyuki-gun debuted for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) at the 5th Anniversary Show by losing to Team Canada's Big Titan , The Gladiator and Ricky Fuji . Fuyuki-gun lost to the team of Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi and Koki Kitahara in the main event of the Live War Rise event on June 6. The group went on

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2436-633: The name Mr. Helo , teaming with " Mr. Shima , and was managed by Tojo Yamamoto . In December 1985, he returned to AJPW, under the name Samson Fuyuki , and began teaming with Toshiaki Kawada , under the team name " Footloose ". As members of Genichiro Tenryu 's Revolution Army, Footloose captured the All Asia Tag Team Championship three times between March 9, 1988 and October 20, 1989. Footloose would disband in April 1990, as Kawada teamed with Tiger Mask II , who would later unmask, revealing himself as Mitsuharu Misawa , during

2494-434: The next year, he planned to come out of retirement and had been scheduled to face Shinya Hashimoto before his death. Fuyuki died at approximately 6:50pm on March 19, 2003, after an almost year long battle with intestinal cancer. Fuyuki was perhaps the only wrestler to participate in a match posthumously, as the planned barbed wire deathmatch with Hashimoto indeed went ahead, with Kintaro Kanemura taking Fuyuki's place. After

2552-423: The promotion on November 15. The group began feuding with Atsushi Onita 's ZEN due to Fuyuki's hatred with Onita. On December 5, Fuyuki-Gun defeated Onita's alter ego The Great Nita, Yukihiro Kanemura and Hido. On January 7, 1998, Fuyuki-Gun's Kodo Fuyuki and Jado joined former ZEN members Mr. Gannosuke, Yukihiro Kanemura and Hido in attacking ZEN members Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda after

2610-429: The quarter-final and Daikokubo Benkei, Keisuke Yamada and The Great Kabuki in the semi-final but lost to Funk Masters of Wrestling's Mr. Gannosuke , Hisakatsu Oya and The Gladiator on August 5. Fuyuki-Gun continued their freelancing after Fuyuki was forced to leave FMW after losing a match to Funk Masters of Wrestling leader Terry Funk at Kawasaki Legend . However, Fuyuki-Gun returned to FMW to work full-time for

2668-450: The remaining members of Fuyuki-gun left WAR in October and became freelancers on the Japanese independent circuit . After quitting WAR, Fuyuki-gun began freelancing in various Japanese promotions. They debuted for Tokyo Pro Wrestling (TPW) on December 7 by defeating Takashi Ishikawa , The Great Kabuki and Daikokubo Benkei. They made their debut for International Wrestling Association on their television show on March 9, 1997 by picking

2726-752: The ring, whilst he was making his comeback, following Iizuka's repeated use of the steel toothguard and interference from Tomohiro Ishii . On January 4, 2010, Iizuka teamed with fellow CHAOS members Yano and Ishii and Abdullah the Butcher against Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono , Manabu Nakanishi , and Terry Funk . Iizuka's team lost when tension between Abdullah and Iizuka led to their loss. On December 11, 2010, Iizuka restarted his feud with Hiroyoshi Tenzan, who had just returned after being sidelined for fifteen months due to an injury. On January 4, 2011, at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome , Tenzan defeated Iizuka in

2784-632: The team never proved to be any threat to the IWGP Tag Team titles, so they disbanded in 1996, with Nogami joining with Shiro Koshinaka 's Heisei Ishingun , while Iizuka began teaming with Kazuo Yamazaki , together winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship on June 12, 1996. They held the championships for 34 days, before dropping them to Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan . In October 1995, he changed his ring name from Takayuki to Takashi. In June 1996, he won his second IWGP Tag Team title, this time with another veteran, Kazuo Yamazaki . After losing

2842-440: The title to Arashi , Nobutaka Araya and Koti Kitahara on October 4. Fuyuki-gun defeated the trio in a rematch to regain the title on March 22, 1996. They lost the title to Golden Cups ( Youji Anjoh , Yoshihiro Takayama and Kenichi Yamamoto ) on May 26. On June 7, Fuyuki-gun defeated Golden Cups in a rematch to win their record-setting fifth World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. The title would be vacated on June 19 to be defended in

2900-405: The title to Heisei Ishingun members Shiro Koshinaka , Tatsutoshi Goto and Michiyoshi Ohara . As a result, Fuyuki-gun began a feud with Heisei Ishingun and Fuyuki battled the group's leader Koshinaka in a losing effort at 3rd Anniversary Show . On August 5, Fuyuki-gun defeated Animal Hamaguchi, Koki Kitahara and Genichiro Tenryu to win their third World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. They lost

2958-490: The title to Jado, Gedo and Kaori Nakayama two days later when Nakayama pinned Fuyuki for the title. Gannosuke became upset at Fuyuki losing the title to a girl. Fuyuki retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Hayabusa while GOEMON began feuding with Onryo. Gannosuke grew tired of FMW's sports entertainment style and attacked Shoichi Arai, forcing Arai to fire him. He became unstable and attacked Tetsuhiro Kuroda and cost him matches leading to Arai reinstating him for

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3016-486: The titles in July 1996 to Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan , he was back in the mid-card. 2000 proved to be a great year for Iizuka: on January 4, he teamed with Shinya Hashimoto in a victorious match against Naoya Ogawa and Kazunari Murakami . On July 20, he finally received a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship , despite a losing effort against Kensuke Sasaki . His successful year

3074-488: The top villainous group in FMW and mainly feuded with FMW's top wrestler H . Nakagawa changed his character to "GOEMON". On May 30, Shin Fuyuki-gun kidnapped Ricky Fuji during an autograph signing and planned to blow him after Kodo Fuyuki and GOEMON's match against H and Hayabusa on June 16. H and Hayabusa won the match and then Mr. Gannosuke took Fuji away to blow him and a dynamite exploded but both wrestlers were away from

3132-577: The top wrestlers and was the main heel. In August 1993, Fuyuki was invited by New Japan Pro-Wrestling to participate in the G1 Climax tournament; he defeated Takayuki Iizuka in the first round, but lost to Masahiro Chono in the quarterfinals. In 1994, he would make a brief stint in EMLL in Mexico, once again under the name Samson Fuyuki , feuding with Vampiro . In early 1994, he started teaming with Jado and Gedo as Fuyuki-Gun , with whom he held

3190-440: Was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter better known by his ring name Kodo Fuyuki ( 冬木 弘道 , Fuyuki Kōdō ) best known for his time in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Wrestle Association R (WAR) and other Japanese and international promotions during the 1980s and 1990s as the leader of 6-man tag team Fuyuki-Gun with Gedo and Jado . He

3248-412: Was a one-time GHC Tag Team Champion . Debuting in 1986 under his real name, Iizuka formed the tag team J-J-Jacks with fellow dojo trainee Akira Nogami in 1992. After changing his ring name to Takashi Iizuka ( 飯塚 高史 , Iizuka Takashi ) in 1995, he became a mainstay of the New Japan seikigun, and was a frequent tag team partner for Yuji Nagata during the early 2000s. In 2008, Iizuka underwent

3306-595: Was capped off by winning the G1 Tag League tournament with Yuji Nagata in November. After that, Iizuka would suffer a major concussion in a match against Mitsuya Nagai on June 6, 2001, the injury would keep him out until October 6, 2002. Upon his return, he began a feud with Nagai, who by that point joined the Makai Club as Makai #5. The feud with go through the first quarter of 2003 with Iizuka eventually winning two three-match series against Nagai to end

3364-616: Was finally forced to close the promotion in March 2002, one month after it filed for bankruptcy. Soon after the close of FMW, Fuyuki opened his own promotion, World Entertainment Wrestling, and briefly appeared in WEW before announcing his retirement after being diagnosed with cancer. Wrestling his last match at a retirement show held by Pro Wrestling Noah , Fuyuki teamed with Yoshinari Ogawa & Mitsuharu Misawa to defeat Tamon Honda , Masao Inoue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi on April 14, 2002. Although continuing to promote events for WEW during

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