He was dropped on his head (a "routine" suplex) during a match in Japan on Saturday night, passed out, and died shortly after.
http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/9617/
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 13 June 2009 18:36 (sixteen years ago)
RIP some guy we've never heard of
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Saturday, 13 June 2009 18:37 (sixteen years ago)
I was actually just starting to get back into rasslin' this week. Downloaded a match of his a few days ago, haven't watched it yet. How sad.
― maciej recognizing trill, Saturday, 13 June 2009 19:27 (sixteen years ago)
One of the best
― kingfish, Saturday, 13 June 2009 21:40 (sixteen years ago)
Dude knows how to sell, I'll give him that.
― "too worldly to compete on /b/" (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 14 June 2009 02:17 (sixteen years ago)
oh man. rip.
― adam, Sunday, 14 June 2009 15:48 (sixteen years ago)
oh man
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Monday, 15 June 2009 09:34 (sixteen years ago)
he killed someone once, right?
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Monday, 15 June 2009 09:36 (sixteen years ago)
if not then please delete the above libel of a dead man
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Monday, 15 June 2009 09:40 (sixteen years ago)
This sucks. I've recently started watching wrestling again and some of his mid-late 90s bouts with Kobashi were the best ever. RIP.
Idiot.
― ears are wounds, Monday, 15 June 2009 09:57 (sixteen years ago)
there's this thing called google.
― I GOTTA BRAKE FREEEEE (stevienixed), Monday, 15 June 2009 12:44 (sixteen years ago)
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Monday, June 15, 2009 12:36 PM (3 hours ago)
that would be news to me ...
It seems as though we may never know the exact cause of death, because the family has requested that the medical records remain private, as per Japanese law ...
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 15 June 2009 13:33 (sixteen years ago)
I'm thinking of a "suplexing a trainee to death in a dojo" type anecdote but I might be confusing him with another guy
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Monday, 15 June 2009 13:37 (sixteen years ago)
That was Kensuke Sasaki.
― farcottonloco, Monday, 15 June 2009 13:38 (sixteen years ago)
In an incident in the New Japan dojo in 1995, he was blamed for the death of a trainee. According to the book, Ring of Hell, he suplexed and worked over the trainee, who he thought was not making enough effort. No charges were ever brought against him, however several sources have confirmed that Sasaki feels no remorse over the incident, regarding it as "just one of those things"
An admirable attitude to take to any problems life throws at you.
― farcottonloco, Monday, 15 June 2009 13:39 (sixteen years ago)
sorry yeah
I had a longstanding mental tendency to confuse northern-lights-bomb guy and emerald-flowsion guy
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Monday, 15 June 2009 13:40 (sixteen years ago)
what's that, farcottonloco? Akitoshi Saito is on suicide watch and his home has been vandalised because he killed Misawa?
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 13:20 (fifteen years ago)