10 Things We Learned From The Secret Diary Of A WWE Superstar
9. Welcome To America! Good Luck Figuring It Out...
There was a hole in Hakushi's bucket in 1995.
The Japanese star was keen to make roots in the United States as potentially one of WWE's biggest new stars of the era, but found that every attempt to do so resulted in a setback working against. As he articulated it;
"I arrived in New York today. Bull Nakano picked me up at the airport and I dropped my luggage off at her apartment. I tried to open an account at the bank, but they told me I could not because I didn't have a telephone bill so I was unable to go looking for apartments."
As noted elsewhere, the impact this sort of brick-wall obstruction must have had on mental and physical wellbeing shouldn't go underestimated. Jinsei Shinzaki was expected to portray the megastar version of himself on television whilst not even being able to use said role to functionally improve his everyday experience of life in America.