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7. Part Of The Same New Japan Dojo Class As 2 Other WWE Stars

Established in 1972 with Karl Gotch as its head trainer, the New Japan Dojo has developed a reputation as the most rigorous schooling system in pro wrestling.

Adopting many of the same traits as sumo, the Dojo requires its recruits to devote their every waking breath to the sport, with trainees - known as Young Lions - sleeping on-site, and undertaking duties such as cooking and cleaning. Though this army-esque approach to teaching people how to fake-fight may appear extreme, it works: the Dojo has produced some of the very best wrestlers in history.

Recruits are split into classes and grow up in the business together, with Hiromu Takahashi a part of the 2010 class. The last of his crop to graduate, Takahashi shared Dojo space with 2 other would-be WWE signees: Tama Tonga, his current opposition on SmackDown, and EVIL, who is now Naraku in NXT.

The future Don 'Bad Luck' Fale and El Desperado rounded out the contingent, but don't expect to see either man in WWE any time soon. Both are content where they are, plus the former's 'Bad Match Fale' moniker was earned. He's gash, and not in the so-bad-it's-good banter manner as Tonga Loa.