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|signatureMoves=[[Samurai Bomb]], [[Chickenwing Armlock]], [[Inverted Brainbuster]], [[Inverted DDT]], [[Reverse Tornado DDT]], [[Frankensteiner]]
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|titles=[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]] (2), [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]] (2) (w/ [[Jushin Liger]]; w/ [[Ryusuke Taguchi]]), [[British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion]], [[NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion]], [[NWA Welterweight Champion]], [[UWA Middleweight Champion]], [[UWA Junior Heavyweight Champion]] (2), [[WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]] (w/ [[Jushin Liger]]), [[WWA Junior Light Heavyweight Champion]], [[WWF Light Heavyweight Champion]] (2)
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[[Category:Foreign wrestlers|Samurai]]
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[[Category:Japanese wrestlers|Samurai]]

Revision as of 11:50, 9 July 2008

El Samurai
El Samurai
Name El Samurai
Real name Osama Matsuda
Nicknames
Name history Osama Matsuda (debut - 1991, 2004), El Samurai (March 1991 - )
Family
Maestro(s)
Birth date, location April 19, 1966
Obituary date
Debut, location July 24, 1986
Lost mask to (see note)
Height 5'11"/180 cm
Weight 203 lbs/92 kg
Signature moves Samurai Bomb, Chickenwing Armlock, Inverted Brainbuster, Inverted DDT, Reverse Tornado DDT, Frankensteiner
Titles: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion (2), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (2) (w/ Jushin Liger; w/ Ryusuke Taguchi), British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion, NWA World Welterweight Championship, UWA World Middleweight Championship, UWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2), WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (w/ Jushin Liger), WWA Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (2)

Note: Despite never losing his mask, El Samurai has unmasked on occasion, in 2004 for one night only against Osamu Nishimura, and at a NJPW/MUGA show on 1/29/2005 vs Shinsuke Nakamura.

Sources

Wikipedia


Gallery

His old look
wrestling as himself in 2004