268. Hayabusa

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While Hayabusa was not often seen in large wrestling promotions, the legend of the man born Eiji Ezaki cast a large shadow.

With a combination of face paint and a mask, Hayabusa looked unique and combined it with a high flying and hardcore style. He was a rock star in the Japanese independent world and should have had many more years in the ring. A tragic in ring accident where he landed on his head following a failed lionsault ended his career…but not his legend.

The Bullet Points

Other Aliases: Eiji Ezaki (Real Name)
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Billed From: Kumamoto, Japan
Key Championships Held: FMW World Brass Knuckles (3)
FMW World Street Fight Six Man Tag (2) 1w/Kouji Nakagawa & Masato Tanaka & 1w/Hisakatsu Oya & Masato Tanaka
FMW Independent World Heavyweight Title
FMW World Brass Knuckles Tag Team w/Daisuke Ikeda
AJPW All Asia Tag Team w/Jinsei Shinzaki
WEW Tag Team (2) 1w/Mr. Gannosuke & 1w/Tetsuhiro Kuroda
WEW Six Man Tag Team (2) w/Goemon & Tetsuhiro Kuroda
WEW Heavyweight (2)
Why they will get in: He is still cited as an influence for many of the young wrestlers today.
Why they won't get in: He never wrestled in the WWE.
Five Greatest Matches/Moments:
1. Loses to Atsushi Onita in the latter’s retirement match in front of the biggest crowd in FMW history. This was an Electric Barbwire Exploding Cage Death Match at Kawasaki Stadium (4/21/02)
2. Again loses the main event at the Kawasaki Stadium show, this one a tag team match with Masato Tanaka against Terry Funk and Mr. Pogo in a No Rope Barbed Wire Double Hell Tornado Death Match (5/5/96)
3. Defeats Mr. Gannosuke in a mask vs hair match (4/27/97)
4. Won the FMW World Independent Heavyweight Title (4/30/98)
5. With Jinsei Shinzaki, won the All Japan All-Asia Tag Team Titles (2/13/99)