MANIAC Wrestlers That Will Totally F*** YOU UP! ?

8. Minoru Suzuki

Road Warriors
NJPW

The scariest man in wrestling until he decides that not to be the case, Minoru Suzuki's reputation between the ropes is assured. But he's just as big a maniac outside of the ring - he'll go as far as to f*ck you up on a train.

This was the case in September 2023, when 'The King Of Pro-Wrestling' and Sanshiro Takagi lobbed bombs on a bullet train during a match for DDT, and it's not as if Suzuki's a stranger to this type of action. A seasoned brawler who can turn his hand to any weapon or setting, Suzuki's joyously outgoing attitude towards wrestling is matched only by his hilarious love of the violent acts.

He even made real the "rain or shine" cliché - the heavens opened for his outdoor 30th anniversary celebration match against Kazuchika Okada, but he took great pride in slapping the 'Rainmaker' so forcefully that the nickname quickly became literal.

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