Gallery: Celebrating WWE's Greatest Wrestlers Of Asian Descent

Sadly, Yokozuna isn't actually Japanese.

by Benjamin Richardson
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Despite the xenophobic overtones which permeated the show (hello, Rusev), this past weekend's SummerSlam was nevertheless a crowning moment for Stamford's cosmopolitan contingent as Jinder Mahal and Shinsuke Nakamura made history by becoming the first Asian pairing to contest the WWE title.

The company's history is bejeweled by superstars who can trace their ancestry back to the Old World's east. From Mesopotamia to the Orient, these are just some of the finest wrestlers of Asian origin to appear in WWE.

15. The Jumping Bomb Angels

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When the Jumping Bomb Angels blasted down from heaven into WWF rings in 1987, they made The Glamour Girls look like the Golden Girls. The team of Noriyo Tateno and Itzuki Yamazaki stunned American audiences with their never-before seen athleticism, and became one of the few tandems to hold the short lived WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.