Following a loss against Hiroshi Tanahashi on the final day of NJPW’s New Japan Soul tour at Korakuen Hall, Tiger Mask ...

So through the Satoru Sayama branch of the Karl Gotch ‘family tree’, the influence continues to extend into modern MMA training with current fighters.

All I know is that this would have taken place between April 1981 and August 1983, during Sayama’s short tenure as Tiger Mask. Other than that, I don’t know the name of the TV program or anything.

Satoru Sayama had been wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, providing bulkier wrestlers with a guy to squash.His small frame (160 lbs.) would have likely kept him as a bottom feeder had things ...

4. Tiger Mask I (Satoru Sayama) In the late 1970s and early 1980s, New Japan Pro Wrestling was dominating its rival All Japan, due in part to a focus on smaller Junior Heavyweights over the bigger ...

Sayama disowned the Tiger Mask persona in 1984, ... Still, no version of Tiger Mask — and very few junior heavyweights — had the cultural and professional impact of Satoru Sayama.

Nearly 25 years ago, Japanese professional wrestler Satoru Sayama -- better known as the original Tiger Mask -- had an idea about fighting, the seed of Shooto ...

Satoru Sayama, the original Tiger Mask, is yet another example of how a colourful hood can add some much needed sizzle to a well-cooked steak ...

Once upon a time, Satoru Sayama, the legendary Tiger Mask of pro-wrestling lore, dreamed of a truer form of combat than the world of puroresu could offer. Sayama's ambition led to the creation of ...

Hisashi Shinma was known as the on-show President of WWE in the late 1970s and early 1980s, preceding the administration of Jack Tunney. Behind the scenes, however, he was known as a master booker.