Mr. Fuji: His 8 Most Legendary Ribs
1. What Comes Around...
After a career of antics and high jinks at the expense of his industry buddies, you'd assume Fuji was in line for a major dose of revenge. And you'd be entirely correct. So it's only fitting we end with the time the ultimate prankster fell victim to one of the ultimate pranks.
After an arduous 200 mile trip down to Medford, Lonnie 'Moondog' Mayne invited Fuji to come and shoot ducks with him on his raft the next day. An elated Fuji accepted, as he did a bottle of Crown Royal to celebrate the occasion, as well as take the edge off the exhaustion of the long journey.
By the time the group reached the venue, Fuji was already half-cut. Possibly even fully-cut. When it came lights-out on the show, it was similarly lights-out for Fuji, who was passed out backstage, curled up like a baby. With wrestlers around, this was a most precarious of positions to be in.
Fuji went to shoot ducks in the morning alright, but not with Mayne. When he blearily awoke, hungover from the previous night's festivities, the Hawaiian found himself starkers, floating on a raft clutching a shotgun in the duck pond of a retirement home not far from his house. Dawn broke and fairly soon there was a gathering of confused elderly residents, unsure just who was in danger: them or he.
The cops soon came to fish Fuji out of the lake, and the begrudging stooge didn't speak to his buddies for another three months. Hey, if you can't take it, don't dish it out.