10 Japanese Wrestlers You Must See Before You Die

8. Megumi 'Evil Princess' Kudo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J7R0GVns1E Why you must watch her: She€™s the most badass hardcore women€™s wrestler ever. During her prime, Megumi Kudo was one of the most feared women€™s wrestlers on the planet. Not only was she an excellent wrestler in her own right, but she worked primarily in the hardcore environment of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, the promotion that made extreme and death-match wrestling a more widespread and accepted offshoot of the traditional grappling art. Kudo not only wrestled great technical matches against the other FMW women, but she also took part in death matches and crazy stipulation matches that made even the legendary women of All Japan Women€™s Pro Wrestling fear her. Because of her commitment to hardcore wrestling, she was an enormous draw for FMW, and she proved that women can be just as vicious in the ring as men. As if that wasn€™t enough, she invented one of the most dangerous wrestling maneuvers ever: the Kudome Valentine, a.k.a. the Vertebreaker. Small wonder she was such a huge draw in her prime.