WWE: Top 8 Japanese Wrestlers From The Past 30 Years
3. Ultimo Dragon
Its really a shame, but Ultimo Dragons WWE tenure is probably best known for his near-wipeout during his entrance at WrestleMania XX. That shows just how unmemorable his year-plus run was. In WCW, Dragon was treated as a serious threat. They referenced his capturing the J-Crown and when he won the Cruiserweight title at Starrcade in 1996, announcers sold it as he was holding nine titles at once. Thats quite the ringing endorsement. Dragon would capture both the Cruiserweight and Television Championships multiple times before an arm injury and botched surgery would derail his career. Dragon deserves credit for innovating and bringing the Asai moonsault, Asai DDT and Dragon Sleeper into the mainstream in the United States. He didnt get the Rey Mysterio treatment in WWE, but at least he made it there and hung around long enough for people to track down his bio and realize that he was more than a guy in a mask and costume. And at least WWE didnt ask Ultimo to break file.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
