10 Things You Didn't Know About Tajiri
7. He Carried Mick Foley's Bags
Before being introduced to World Wrestling Federation audiences as Mankind, Mick Foley had travelled all over the world brutalising his own body for the entertainment of wrestling fans. Foley spent a decent amount of time in Japan, where he wrestled in International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA).
It was here that Foley met a young Yoshihiro Tajiri for the first time. Foley tells the story in his first book of Tajiri carrying the bags, but it transpires that his role was a little more important than that. Tajiri spoke a little bit of Spanish thanks to his time in Mexico, and as such was tasked with looking after the foreign wrestlers that were working for IWA.
Mick Foley and Terry Funk were among them.