308. Hiroshi Hase

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An Olympian in 1984, Hiroshi Hase would go on the New Japan where he first gained traction as their Junior Heavyweight Champion. Hase would win that championship twice, but he would move up the ranks to heavyweight where he would be one of the promotion's top tag team wrestler winning the belts on three occasions, two with Kensuke Sasaki and one with Keiji Mutoh. He would also have stellar singles matches as a heavyweight, most notably against Mutoh where Muta (he wrestled as the Great Muta in that match) bled so much in a match that the famed “Muta Scale” was created by fans to gauge how much crimson occurred in a match. Hase would later wrestle for All-Japan and was unselfish by putting over a lot of talent. He would then become a very successful politician in Japan.

The Bullet Points

Other Aliases: Viet Cong Express #1
Billed From: Koyabe, Japan
Key Championships Held:
Stampede International Tag Team w/Funhiro Niikura

IWGP Junior Heavyweight (2)

IWGP World Tag Team (3) 2w/Kensuke Sasaki & 1w/Keiji Mutoh

Super Grade Tag League w/Keiji Mutoh (1993 & 1994)
WCW International
Why they will get in: Hase was one of the all-time greats in Japan and one of the most unselfish.
Why they won't get in: He never competed in the WWE and other than the devalued WCW International Title (which he only held for eight days) was never a World Champion.
Five Greatest Matches/Moments:
1. Beat Kuniaki Kobayashi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title 12/27/7
2. Along with Kensuke Sasaki, he would win the IWGP World Tag Team Championship from Masa Chono and Keiji Mutoh 11/1/90
3. Lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to the Steiner Brothers in the Match of the Year 3/21/91.
4. Wrestled The Great Muta in a classic bloodbath 12/114/92
5. Defeated Rick Rude for the WCW International Championship 3/16/94