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Liger in November 2015 Birth name Keiichi Yamada Born ( 1964-11-30) November 30, 1964 (age 53), Japan Residence, Japan C.T.U Ranger Yellow Fuji Yamada Jyushin Liger Jyushin Thunder Liger Keiichi Yamada Kishin Liger Billed height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Billed weight 95 kg (209 lb) Billed from, Japan Trained by Tokyo Joe Debut March 3, 1984 Keiichi Yamada ( 山田恵一, Yamada Keiichi, born November 30, 1964), better known as Jyushin Liger ( 獣神ライガー, Jūshin Raigā) and later Jyushin Thunder Liger ( 獣神サンダー・ライガー, Jūshin Sandā Raigā) is a Japanese and former who primarily works for. Throughout his career, which has spanned more than three decades, he has wrestled many of the world's top wrestlers and has performed in major events for promotions across the globe. He is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior heavyweights of all time. Contents. Professional wrestling career Training and early career (1984–1986) Keiichi Yamada was an amateur wrestler during his high school years. In his senior year, he lost to in the finals of a national championship tournament. After graduating high school in the early 1980s, he would apply to 's (NJPW) dojo in the hope of becoming a.
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He was not accepted because he did not meet the height requirements the dojo had at that time. Yamada, determined not to give up his dream of becoming a professional wrestler, left for and began his training there. By his own account, he was almost starving while studying in Mexico, due to this NJPW officials who were visiting took pity on him and asked him to come back to Japan to train in their dojo. In the NJPW dojo, he trained alongside the likes of, and. While continuing his training, he had his debut match in March 1984 at the age of 19, wrestling against. He began studying various styles because he wanted to add something new and different to his wrestling style, which is how he learned his kick. In 1985, Yamada participated in the and got to the final of the tournament before being defeated by Shunji Kosugi.
In the beginning of 1986, Yamada participated in the League but lost to. On July 19, 1986, Yamada faced in a losing effort in his first of many IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship matches. All Star Wrestling (1986–1987, 1989, 2014) After winning the in March 1986, he went on an excursion of Europe, where he wrestled for in, under the name 'Flying' Fuji Yamada. He won the World Heavy Middleweight Championship twice, once in September 1986 and once in March 1987, both times defeating 'Rollerball' and both times losing it back to him, the last of these title changes being televised on. Yamada would later visit All Star again in 1989, with tag partner. He returned to Britain in 2014 to work once again for All Star Wrestling, this time under his masked Jushin Liger identity. Stampede Wrestling (1987, 1989) Yamada went on an excursion in, around May 1987, where he wrestled in 's in under his real name.
He also trained under Hart in the legendary '. His experiences there led him to refer to Hart as a 'very, very tough man.' He would return to Calgary in January 1989. New Japan Pro-Wrestling Return and character change (1987–1988) After returning to Japan in August 1987, Yamada debuted his Shooting Star Press in a match against, for which he had gotten the idea from reading the.
Throughout 1987 and 1988, Yamada improved with each match, occasionally getting shots at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, most notably against on June 10, 1988, and against on December 9, 1988. He would also take part in the first ever where he earned 31 points, not enough to progress to the final. Within months of his second Canadian excursion, NJPW called him back, as they needed him for a based on an extremely popular, created. NJPW had done this previously with, which had become a huge success. Yamada was given a superhero-like full body costume and a demonic looking mask, resembling the superhero type featured in and anime programs. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion (1989–2000).
Liger in 2007 Yamada as 'Jyushin Liger' returned to NJPW on April 24, 1989, at the. In the character's debut match, he defeated. He has also wrestled all the to date (from in 1989 to in 2009). The Liger character underwent changes in conjunction with the Go Nagai anime progressing and its hero powering up. In January 1990, Liger was renamed 'Jyushin Thunder Liger', a name he continues to use to this day. He quickly became one of NJPW's top junior heavyweights, eventually capturing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship eleven times, between May 25, 1989 and December 6, 1999, among numerous other titles and accolades while wrestling around the world. When appearing without his mask on, Yamada blocks his appearance by covering his face with one hand.
Jushin Liger (獣神ライガー, jūshin raigā?, lit. Beast God Liger, also sometimes romanized as Juushin Liger, Bio Armor Ryger, Jushin Riger, Jushin Ryger and.
Early in his career, Yamada's style mostly consisted of high flying. Years later, he started adapting more power moves and started focusing more on grappling and telling a story in the ring; part of this change was due to the fact that Liger had to reduce the stress he was putting on his body after undergoing brain tumor surgery in August 1996, which explained why he lost his match to in the first round of the tournament. He also had the opportunity to wrestle on July 17, in which he lost. Liger has won two tournaments in and. Kishin Liger (1996, 2006, 2012) On October 20, 1996, faced off in a match with Liger. As the match progressed, Muta resorted to his underhand tactics that had become his style over the years.
He tore at Liger's mask and eventually ripped it off, but Liger kept his face down on the mat. After grabbing a chair outside the ring, Muta entered the ring but before he could hit Liger with it, Liger stood up and revealed his face to be painted pale white with red writings and spit mist into Muta's face (another Muta trademark). He tore off his bodysuit and revealed a painted chest, then proceeded to fight more aggressively the rest of the match, despite losing the match to Muta. On July 30, 2006, Liger revived the 'Kishin Liger' gimmick and faced off with rival Bad Boy Hido in NJPW. The story was that Hido had cut a piece of Liger's hair and Liger vowed revenge, so he transformed into Kishin Liger.
Liger won the match with a onto a steel chair. Liger's next appearance as Kishin Liger took place in June 2012 and was brought on by tearing his mask to pieces. The gimmick is a variation of The Great Muta gimmick which relies on bloody and evil tactics in a match, using mannerisms and imagery that differ from the person's normal ways. This gimmick also uses many wrestling moves that are regulars in The Great Muta's move set, such as the.
Heavyweight division (2000) During 2000, as decided to de-emphasize the junior heavyweight division (a costly decision that diminished its credibility), Liger wrestled heavyweights without wearing the upper part of his bodysuit or his mask horns (the first time he wore that attire was on February 24, 1994, against Shinya Hashimoto in a non-title match between the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and the ). Junior heavyweight veteran (2001–present) From 2001–2007, Liger was the leader of the NJPW stable Control Terrorism Unit (CTU) along with, and briefly. CTU was disbanded in August 2007, when Liger decided CTU would disband while at the top of NJPW, Liger would then join Masahiro Chono's Legend stable. The Legend stable would disband in February 2010, after Chono, Choshu and 's departures. Since then, Liger has mainly teamed with fellow veteran Tiger Mask, remaining outside of championship contention for the most part.
Liger and Tiger won the vacant on June 16, 2012, at, losing it to ( and ) on July 22. Liger's most recent shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship took place on May 3, 2016, when he unsuccessfully challenged for the title. In May 2017, Liger announced that the would be his last BOSJ tournament. He finished the tournament with a record of six losses and one win, which came in his last match against Taichi. World Wrestling Federation/WWE (1990, 2015) Liger made his (WWF) debut on April 13, 1990, at Wrestling Summit in the Tokyo Dome, an event co-produced with NJPW and (AJPW), where he defeated. On July 16, 2015, WWE announced that Liger would wrestle a match at the special event on August 22, 2015, against.
According to NJPW, WWE had approached them about bringing Liger in for the event as a special guest. At the event, Liger was victorious over Breeze. World Championship Wrestling 1991–1992 Liger made appearances with (WCW) during the 1990s. He made his debut in December 1991. He feuded with over the.
He defeated Pillman on December 25 for the title at a house show in. He would hold onto the title for over two months, before losing it back to Pillman. Liger left WCW in December 1992 after, teaming with in a losing effort to and in a Lethal Lottery match.
1995–1999 Upon his return to WCW in 1995, Liger had the distinction of appearing in the first ever match on the inaugural held at the on September 4 where he lost to Brian Pillman. He returned to WCW in September 1995; he would go on to face many other opponents such as, Pillman, and, as well as unsuccessfully challenging for the. Liger was met with controversy around late-November/early-December 1999 while wrestling a short tour in WCW as the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion when he lost the championship on an episode of Monday Nitro to via a blow to the head from a bottle. Liger regained his title the following week from, who was substituting for Guerrera because he broke his arm.
However, the scripting of these title changes was viewed as embarrassing for NJPW and the company chose not to acknowledge or release any information about the title changes. In turn, none of the Japanese sports media outlets reported the two title changes as well. New Japan didn't recognize Guerrera's reign until 2007. Liger was also referred to as a 10-time champion until this time. Ring of Honor 2004–2010 On November 5, 2004, Liger debuted in (ROH), headlining their back-to-back 'Weekend of Thunder' shows to huge acclaim. ROH selected as Liger's special opponent for that weekend. For Night 1, the two faced each other in a singles match, with Liger winning the highly competitive bout after a super brainbuster.
On November 6, 2004 Night 2 would see a 'dream tag-team' match in the main event. Liger chose then-ROH Champion as his partner out of respect for Joe's accomplishments as ROH World Champion, and Danielson selected to negate Joe. Liger again came out on top, pinning Danielson with a Liger Bomb to win the match.
On January 29, 2010 at ROH's debut show in as part of, Liger lost a non-title match to via pinfall after a. It was Liger's first ROH match in over five years.
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2014–2015 In May 2014, Liger returned to ROH as part of a tour co-produced by NJPW and ROH. On May 17 at, Liger unsuccessfully challenged for the. On March 27, 2015, Liger returned to ROH at the event, unsuccessfully challenging for the. Liger returned to ROH the following May to take part in the ROH/NJPW co-produced and events. 2016–2017 Liger returned to ROH on December 2, 2016, at, where he was defeated. Liger returned to ROH on August 18, 2017, during their UK tour stop in London, which was co-promoted with NJPW, CMLL and the UK's (RPW). Liger teamed with and to unsuccessfully challenge and The Boys for the.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005–2006) Liger debuted in the American promotion on October 23, 2005 as part of their, losing to. He was scheduled to face off against Christopher Daniels at on April 23, 2006. He had been unaware that the match was to be held in a, something in which he had never participated before. When he heard of this he cancelled the match.
One of TNA's has speculated that he didn't want to participate in the match due to it being in a new environment, fearing it would have hampered his performance. According to D'Amore, Liger had been unhappy with his previous TNA match against Joe which was cut short due to communication problems, and wanted his next TNA match to be better. D'Amore has also denied the rumor that communication issues between TNA and NJPW had caused the match to be cancelled. Liger was not double booked to two events at the same time, as had been publicly speculated. Liger was the captain of the New Japan team in the and defeated Captain at on May 14, 2006 using a Crash Thunder Buster after Williams was distracted by the rest of Team Japan, who draped the flag over Williams after Liger's victory. Liger was eliminated in the X-Cup Gauntlet later that night and was unable to gain any points in the match as it was won by Team Canada with as runners up.
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Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre 2007–2010. See also: Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes Jushin Thunder Liger (mask) (mask) Summer Struggle 1901991- July 4, 1991 Jushin Thunder Liger (mask) (mask) 94- January 4, 1994 Mixed martial arts record Professional record breakdown 1 match 0 wins 1 loss By knockout 0 0 By submission 0 1 By decision 0 0 By disqualification 0 0 Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Loss 0–1 Submission November 30, 2002 1 1:48 See also.