7 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (July 28)
6. Hiroshi Hase: Wrestling Politician
Hiroshi Hase was a stalwart of the excellent, innovative NJPW Junior Heavyweight scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known in the west for some stunning tag team wars with the Steiner Brothers and inventing the Northern Lights suplex. He became a prominent member of the Japanese cabinet during and after his post-wrestling career and, on July 26, became the first to contest a pro wrestling match on a Pro Wrestling Masters show at Korakuen Hall.
He teamed with fellow legends Tatsumi Fujinami and Riki Choshu to defeat the Great Muta, Great Kabuki and, incongruously mixing with more esteemed company not for the first time in his career, was one Savio 'TNT' Vega. Politicians and meant to do daft sh*t like wrestling, but this is the post-Donald Trump age.
If only more of his peers would follow suit. Jeremy Corbyn Vs. Theresa May in a Fields of Wheat Death Match might attract more attention to WWE's nonexistent UK arm, which is essentially the new Global Force Wrestling. Trump, with his massive Murica balls, would be well up for it - it's just a shame his treasonous turncoat act failed to draw in 1991.