Japanese retired professional wrestler (born 1966)
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Birth name
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Born
(1966-03-24) March 24, 1966 (age 58)[1] Chita, Aichi, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Billed height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight
231 lb (105 kg)[2]
Billed from
Chita, Aichi, Japan
Trained by
Masashi Aoyagi
Debut
October 6, 1989
Retired
December 23, 2009
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (松永 光広, Matsunaga Mitsuhiro, born March 24, 1966) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for his deathmatch wrestling style, having competed in memorable deathmatches in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING). He is renowned for participating in the first-ever deathmatch in Japanese wrestling history on December 10, 1989[3] and is also credited for participating in a Piranha Deathmatch against Kendo Nagasaki on August 19, 1996, which has been considered to be the most popular and greatest deathmatch in Japanese wrestling history by wrestling journalists and many sports websites and Matsunaga has received critical acclaim for his performance.[4][5]
Matsunaga began his career in FMW where he specialized in the deathmatch wrestling style and adopted it as his own trademark style. He competed in many infamous deathmatches in W*ING and high-profile feuds with Mr. Pogo, Freddy Krueger and Leatherface in many successful deathmatches earned him the moniker of "Mr. Danger". After working as W*ING's ace from 1992-1993, Matsunaga left the company and returned to FMW where he headlined the successful 1993 Year End Spectacular event against Atsushi Onita. After an alliance with Onita, Matsunaga formed the W*ING Alliance to feud with FMW and avenge the demise of W*ING from FMW. Initially considered to be Onita's successor as FMW's ace, Matsunaga was demoted from his role and failed to gain prominence in FMW and ultimately quit the company in 1996. He then joined BJW and helped the promotion revolutionize in deathmatch wrestling and became a two-time Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion in the company before quitting in 2001.
MitsuhiroMatsunaga (松永 光広, MatsunagaMitsuhiro, born March 24, 1966) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler best known for his deathmatch wrestling...
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deathmatches. It was first created in 1998 when The Great Pogo defeated MitsuhiroMatsunaga in a tournament final. There have been a total of 23 recognized champions...
Creation as he teamed with Tarzan Goto to defeat Jerry Blayman and MitsuhiroMatsunaga. After being eliminated by his frequent ally Tarzan Goto from the...
type of match has only been performed once, between Shadow WX & MitsuhiroMatsunaga. Fire Stone Deathmatch - Electrified space heaters wrapped in barbed...
Championship. In the semi-main event match, CZW's Zandig defeated MitsuhiroMatsunaga in an exploding glass, light tubes and thumbtacks death match to...
teamed up with MitsuhiroMatsunaga to win the World Tag Team Championship, defeating Freddy Krueger and Leatherface. However, Matsunaga vacated the title...
November 23, 1996 1 1:53 Des Moines, Iowa, United States Win 13–2 MitsuhiroMatsunaga Submission (reverse armbar) U-Japan November 17, 1996 1 1:32 Tokyo...
with Lethal Weapon's Ricky Fuji to defeat W*ING Alliance members MitsuhiroMatsunaga, W*ING Kanemura and Hido in FMW's first WarGames match to conclude...
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. The exact date when Atsushi Onita and MitsuhiroMatsunaga vacated the title is uncertain, which means that their reign lasted...
"Gedo"), teaming with Freddie Krueger to defeat Miguelito Perez, MitsuhiroMatsunaga and Yukihiro Kanemura in a WarGames match. On September 26, Jado...
controversial exploding panes of glass match, between Zandig and MitsuhiroMatsunaga in Japan, 2001, Zandig left BJW with the BJW death match title belt...
Japan in September 1996, where in the main event Kendo Nagasaki put MitsuhiroMatsunaga in the tank, defeating him. A Pitch Black match is a hardcore-based...
October, Gladiator joined the new W*ING Alliance with Mr. Pogo, MitsuhiroMatsunaga, Yukihiro Kanemura, Goro Tsurumi, Horace Boulder, Hideki Hosaka and...
was a six-man tag team match with W*ING members Hideki Hosaka and MitsuhiroMatsunaga against FMW's Koji Nakagawa, Battle Ranger Z and Masato Tanaka, which...
his position in February 2017. In June 2017, after studying with MitsuhiroMatsunaga, Taue opened his own steakhouse in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, called...
Toyotomi Hideyoshi Up Up Machine Billed height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Billed weight 105 kg (231 lb) Trained by MitsuhiroMatsunaga Debut February 16, 1995...
Sullivan in a series of matches against Kanemura, Miguelito Pérez and MitsuhiroMatsunaga. Following the close of Smoky Mountain Wrestling in November 1995...
the year, which had been formed by Mr. Pogo, Yukihiro Kanemura and MitsuhiroMatsunaga, all former W*ING wrestlers in 1994. He lost the FMW Brass Knuckles...
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