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    known by the ring name Antonio Inoki (アントニオ猪木, Antonio Inoki), a homage to fellow professional wrestler Antonino Rocca. Inoki was a twelve-time professional...
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  • Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, billed as The War of the Worlds, was a fight between American professional boxer Muhammad Ali and Japanese professional...
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    wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion founded by Antonio Inoki in 2007. Antonio Inoki founded the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) after selling New Japan...
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  • Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) founder Antonio Inoki, who died on October 1, 2022. On October 1, 2022 (September 30 in Eastern Time), Antonio Inoki, the founder of the Japanese...
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    Heavyweight Champion). Hulk Hogan won the tournament, after beating Antonio Inoki via knockout. As a result, Hogan became the first IWGP Heavyweight Champion...
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    on December 18, 1978, and awarded to NJPW mainstay Antonio Inoki by Vincent J. McMahon, upon Inoki's arrival in America. The title was known for being...
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  • was a tribute show in honor of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) founder Antonio Inoki; it took place on the one-year anniversary of his death. Fourteen matches...
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    modern MMA was the 1976 Ali vs. Inoki exhibition bout, fought between boxer Muhammad Ali and wrestler Antonio Inoki in Japan, where it later inspired...
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    was headlined by Scott Norton vs. Shinya Hashimoto and the second by Antonio Inoki vs. Ric Flair. While there were tickets sold, most of the people attending...
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  • (NJPW) founder Antonio Inoki; AEW and NJPW have had a working partnership since early 2021. The name of the event is a reference to Inoki, who AEW President...
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  • Most of these tournaments were dominated by NJPW's founding top star Antonio Inoki. Although the 1983 winner, Hulk Hogan, was awarded a championship belt...
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  • The idea for a professional wrestling event in North Korea came from Antonio Inoki, a Japanese politician, professional wrestler, and head of the professional...
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  • wrestling event. The first wave of shoot wrestlers were students of Antonio Inoki and Karl Gotch from New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), two wrestlers which...
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    Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo. It is currently owned by card game company...
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    defeated Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki in the fifth round who defeated his uncle Aki wrestler previously. Later, Jhara and Inoki became good friends. Jhara...
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    Buddy Rogers, Antonio Rocca, Lou Thesz, Harley Race, The Sheik, Wahoo McDaniel, Fritz von Erich, Bruno Sammartino, Johnny Powers, Antonio Inoki, Jack Brisco...
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  • Wrestling (WCW) under his real name Brian Adams. Trained in Japan by Antonio Inoki, he was a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, a one-time WWF Tag Team...
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  • new champion, while Lesnar kept the physical belt. He signed with Antonio Inoki's Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) in 2007, and lost the championship to Kurt...
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    eventually lose the title to Antonio Inoki, who would take the belt with him when he founded New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Inoki became the wrestler most associated...
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  • wrestler in 1975. He had a series of matches against Antonio Inoki, but was unable to defeat Inoki in singles matches or in tag team competitions. He later...
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  • (disambiguation) Antonio Indjai, Guinea-Bissau's army chief of staff and one of the leaders who orchestrated a coup in the country on 1 April 2010 Antonio Inoki, Japanese...
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    would win the NWF World Title from Antonio Inoki on February 8, 1980, one of the only two wrestlers to dethrone Inoki during his seven-year reign. From...
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    Bart, Konga The Barbarian and The Cuban Assassin against the likes of Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Osamu Kido and Yoshiaki Fujiwara. However, he also...
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    had his first high-profile title match in Japan, defending against Antonio Inoki. He also won a series of rematches against Graham, including an April...
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    held. Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki took place in Japan between American boxer Muhammad Ali and Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki in 1976. The classic match-up...
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  • Wrestle Kingdom name. The event was held in honor of the NJPW founder Antonio Inoki, who died on October 1, 2022. In the main event of night 1, Kazuchika...
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    the stage name also derives from Antonio Inoki, a well-known Japanese wrestler. 2001 – 5º Dan 2005 – Fabiano detto Inoki 2007 – Nobiltà di strada 2014 –...
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    first Korean inductee and the third puroresu star to be inducted after Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami. He was killed in a street fight with a member...
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    Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist Antonio Inoki. Ali was only able to land two jabs while Inoki's kicks caused two blood clots and an infection...
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    1984 and submission losses in Japan to Strong Kobayashi in 1972 and Antonio Inoki in 1986. He also had sixty-minute time-limit draws with two of the three...
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