Yasuhiro Kojima
Also Known As: Hiro Matsuda, Ernesto Kojima
Biography: Yasuhiro Kojima (小島 泰弘, Kojima Yasuhiro) was a Japanese professional wrestler and trainer best known by his ring name Hiro Matsuda (ヒロ松田, Hiro Matsuda). He trained many professional wrestlers including Hulk Hogan, The Great Muta, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Scott Hall, Lex Luger, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, and Ron Simmons.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: July 22, 1937
Deathday: November 27, 1999
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Gender: Male
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Sukeban Kabushiki-gaisha: Yacchae! Ojôsan
Overview: Shoko and Tomoko, who are in their third year of high school, and Nami, a first year, set up Sukeban Co., Ltd. and start their business by arbitrating between biker gangs. Meanwhile, Ryu from the Kumazasa-gumi asks for a prostitute, but Tomoko, who is still a virgin, accepts the request on her own. Next, they get a big job transporting drugs, but...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-15
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NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Overview: Clash of the Champions V took place on February 15, 1989 at the Cleveland Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. There were 5,000 people in attendance and the show drew a 4.6 rating on TBS. This show was warm up show for the Chi-Town Rumble PPV only 5 days later.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-15
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NWA Live: March 18, 1989
Overview: Live from The Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-18
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NJPW V-Mania Vol. 3
Overview: See some of the brightest international stars in New Japan Pro Wrestling in this compilation of hard-hitting action.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-21
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NWA Chi-Town Rumble
Overview: Chi-Town Rumble was a professional wrestling PPV event produced by WCW under the NWA banner. It took place on February 20, 1989 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. The main event was a standard wrestling match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Ric Flair defended the title against Ricky Steamboat. Featured matches on the undercard were Road Warriors versus Varsity Club (Steve Williams and Kevin Sullivan) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship, Lex Luger versus Barry Windham for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, Mike Rotunda versus Rick Steiner for the NWA World Television Championship, Midnight Express versus Original Midnight Express in a Loser Leaves NWA match, Sting versus Butch Reed and Michael Hayes versus Russian Assassin #1.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-20
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NWA Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
Overview: WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun took place on April 2, 1989 at The SuperDome in New Orleans, Louisiana. There were 5,300 people in attendance and the show drew a 4.3 rating on TBS. This show was used to build the WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown PPV on May 7. Clash VI was held on the same day as WrestleMania V and on free TV in an attempt to hurt the PPV rating.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-02
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NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown
Overview: WrestleWar 1989: Music City Showdown was the first WrestleWar professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on May 7, 1989 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-07
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WCW Halloween Havoc '92
Overview: WCW Halloween Havoc '92 took place on October 25, 1992 from the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The main event was Jake Roberts versus Sting in a Spin The Wheel...Make The Deal Match. A second main event was a title defense of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship by Ron Simmons against The Barbarian. Steve Williams and Terry Gordy were to challenge the NWA & WCW Wold Tag Team Champions, Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes, however Gordy no-showed the event which led to Steve Austin subbing for him. Another substitution occured when Rick Rude chose not to wrestle twice and defend his WCW US Heavyweight Championship. This led to Big Van Vader defending Rude's title against Nikita Koloff.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-25
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WCW SuperBrawl III
Overview: SuperBrawl III took place on February 21, 1993 from the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. This event marked the return of Ric Flair to WCW. The main event was Big Van Vader defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sting in a White Castle of Fear Strap match. The Great Muta defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes defended the WCW U.S. Heavyweight Championship against Maxx Payne. Other matches include The Rock N' Roll Express vs The Heavenly Bodies (from Smokey Mountain Wrestling), Cactus Jack vs Paul Orndorff in a Falls-Count-Anywhere match, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith vs "Wild" Bill irwin, and Chris Benoit vs. 2 Cold Scorpio.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-21
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