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8 unusual facts about Yoshihiro Tajiri


Boston crab

This move, also known as the Tarantula in reference to Yoshihiro Tajiri's naming of the move, involves a wrestler hooking each of an opponent's legs in one of his/her arms and draping the opponent over the top rope, at this point the wrestler would hook the arms of the opponent with his/her legs securing the hold.

Championship unification

The titles continued to be defended separately and X-Pac lost the Light Heavyweight Championship to Tajiri a week later.

CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship

The finals saw Jerry Estrada defeat Pierroth, Jr. In 1996 the then champion Dr. Wagner, Jr. lost the title to Aquarius on a show in Japan but the title change was never officially recognized by CMLL.

Los Guerreros

Eddie later teamed up with Tajiri to win back the belts due to an injury to Chavo.

Tajiri

Yoshihiro Tajiri (born 1970), a Japanese professional wrestler commonly known as simply Tajiri

The Jersey Triad

Kanyon eventually lost his WCW United States Championship on September 10, 2001 to Tajiri.

The Jung Dragons

Noble won the Cruiserweight Championship shortly after his WWE debut and Akio found partial success as an ally of Tajiri before both were released in 2004 and 2005, respectively.

WNC Women's Championship

On October 12, 2012, Tajiri, the founder of Wrestling New Classic (WNC), announced the creation of the WNC Women's Championship, with a six-woman single-elimination tournament starting on October 26 in Korakuen Hall.


Marty Garner

He then made several appearances in 1996 and 1997 against wrestlers such as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jerry Lawler, Jim Neidhart, Yoshihiro Tajiri, and Marc Mero.

Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling

A house show in Winchester, Tennessee on February 17, later released on VHS, featured former ECW stars Yoshihiro Tajiri and Super Crazy, WCW veterans Ron Reis, Glacier, Scott Anton and, in the main event, a tag team match between Dusty Rhodes and Barry Windham against Erik Watts and Steve Corino.


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