WWE: Top 8 Japanese Wrestlers From The Past 30 Years

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3. Ultimo Dragon

It€™s really a shame, but Ultimo Dragon€™s WWE tenure is probably best known for his near-wipeout during his entrance at WrestleMania XX. That shows just how unmemorable his year-plus run was. In WCW, Dragon was treated as a serious threat. They referenced his capturing the J-Crown and when he won the Cruiserweight title at Starrcade in 1996, announcers sold it as he was holding nine titles at once. That€™s quite the ringing endorsement. Dragon would capture both the Cruiserweight and Television Championships multiple times before an arm injury and botched surgery would derail his career. Dragon deserves credit for innovating and bringing the Asai moonsault, Asai DDT and Dragon Sleeper into the mainstream in the United States. He didn€™t get the Rey Mysterio treatment in WWE, but at least he made it there and hung around long enough for people to track down his bio and realize that he was more than a guy in a mask and costume. And at least WWE didn€™t ask Ultimo to break file.