Profile
| Jushin Liger |
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| Name |
Jushin Liger |
| Real name |
Keiichi Yamada |
| Nicknames |
Thunder |
| Name history |
Keiichi Yamada (debut - 04/89), Flying Fuji Yamada (UK, 09/86 - 08/87), Jushin "Thunder" Liger (04/89 - ), Lyger/Liger (Mexico, 89 - ), Masked CTU-L |
| Family |
none |
| Maestro(s) |
Kotetsu Yamamoto |
| Birth date, location |
November 30, 1964 - Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Obituary date |
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| Debut, location |
March 3, 1984 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan |
| Lost mask to |
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| Height |
5'7"/170 cm |
| Weight |
209 lbs/95 kg |
| Signature moves |
Liger Bomb, Shotei, Fisherman Buster, Brainbuster, Top Rope Brainbuster, Shooting Star Press |
| Titles: |
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (11), CMLL World Middleweight Title, WCW World Light Heavyweight Championship, British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship (2), WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Welterweight Championship, WWF World Light Heavyweight Championship, UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship, WAR International Junior Tag Team Championship (w/ El Samurai), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (3) (2 w/ Great Sasuke, 1 w/ El Samurai), Open The Dream Gate Title, GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship |
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| Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame Member
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Profile
Japanese light heavyweight legend. As Lyger, he's had short tours of CMLL (along with a 1994 AAA appearance and working AAA shows in Japan.) Had an extended stint in CMLL in 2010 as a top level rudo, feuded with La Sombra and Mascara Dorada both in Mexico and Japan. Returned to Mexico in 2011 as a tecnico.
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 unmasked as Keiichi Yamada |
