Rikidozan shoots during match KOs Kimura, killed by Yakuza afterwards

[julesocean]

On December 8, 1963, while partying in a Tokyo nightclub, Rikidōzan was stabbed with a urine-soaked blade by a man named Katsuji Murata who belonged to the ninkyō dantai (Yakuza) Sumiyoshi-ikka. Reportedly, Rikidōzan threw Murata out of the club and continued to party, refusing to seek medical help.[4] Another report states that Rikidōzan did indeed see his physician shortly after the incident, and was told the wound was not serious. He died a week later of peritonitis on December 15. It is rumored by Kimura that his murder was in retaliation for when Rikidozan attacked Kimura during a wrestling match, after Kimura delivered an errant kick to Rikidōzan's groin, ignoring a pre-match arrangement and attacking Kimura for real.[5]

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

THE MURDER WAS A WORK AND RIKIDOZAN LIVES IN CUBA TODAY, BROTHER!

 

[Da King]

THE MURDER WAS A WORK AND RIKIDOZAN LIVES IN CUBA TODAY, BROTHER!

This Hoegan alias is consistently terrible

 

[Hey_zeus]

Yakuza still running puro underneath the table? I know up until the 90s they were still pretty deep in the rasslin biz.

 

[Apex]

What does soaking a blade in urine do?

 

[Hey_zeus]

What does soaking a blade in urine do?

Poison your blood stream with infection.

 

[Apex]

Poison your blood stream with infection.

so urine + blood is a poisonus mix?

i just remembered learning about this in history. soldiers used to do it.

 

[Mack de la Rocha]

Yakuza still running puro underneath the table? I know up until the 90s they were still pretty deep in the rasslin biz.

I didn't know this until I read OP's post. I assumed Puro was 100% legit given the entertainers they have now. I couldn't see the current crop of wrestlers being comfortable with that climate - unless of course they were just keep in the dark.

But the late 80s-early 90s guys?? That's another story. I can see them being hardened enought to keep the secrets and conduct that business.

 

[Amor fati]

so urine + blood is a poisonus mix?

just remembered learning about this in history. soldiers used to do it.

So basically it causes peritonitis, that's horrible.

 

[Jmare007]

Yakuza still running puro underneath the table? I know up until the 90s they were still pretty deep in the rasslin biz.

I didn't know this until I read OP's post. I assumed Puro was 100% legit given the entertainers they have now. I couldn't see the current crop of wrestlers being comfortable with that climate - unless of course they were just keep in the dark.

But the late 80s-early 90s guys?? That's another story. I can see them being hardened enought to keep the secrets and conduct that business.

The Yakuza pretty much own most buildings wrestling promotions use for their events so yeah, they are still involved with the biz. It ain't shocking a wrestler can have some sort of connection with them, they kinda own part of the business in a way. Hell, Honma got involved in some ticket scandal involving the Yakuza (which delayed New Japan offering him a contract) and Misawa's wife had deep connections with them as far as the late 2000s.