Just look at that face. Don't look at it for too long mind you, but look at it nonetheless. It will keep you up at night. It will keep you up at night for very good reason. That is the face of Minoru Suzuki. He may be 48 years old this coming June, but don't for one moment thinks this makes him any less dangerous. Suzuki is 50% professional wrestler, 50% MMA fighter, 100% terrifying human being. He was the co-founder of Pancrase, which was one of the first MMA organisations in the world. He is universally regarded as one of the finest shoot grappler and submission fighters in the world, and this added to the fact he seemingly gives a grand total of zero fudges makes for a very dangerous man indeed. For the last 12 months Suzuki has been out of New Japan, taking his Suzuki-gun stable (also featuring Shelton Benjamin, among others) on a rampage through rival promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
