Re: [Non-Sumo news] Wrestler trained by Rikidozan

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

Giant Baba was a baseball pitcher for Tokyo Yomiuri Giants team before becoming a
professional wrestler. When he and Antonio Inoki were trainees in the US, they formed a
tug-team "Tokyo Towers." Antonio Inoki used to be a truck-and-field athlete before being a
professional wrestler.

When they were recruited by Rikidozan, Rikidozan's tug-team partner was a former Maku(no)uchi
rikishi "Kairiki" or "mighty power" Toyonobori.

-Toshiyori Masumiriki

Joe Kuroda wrote:

> The president of All Nippon Wrestling, "Giant Baba", 204 cm
> professional wrestler died of liver failure on Jan 31. He was 61 years
> old.
>
> Both Giant Baba and former wrestler and now politician Antonio Inoki
> were trained by famed and legendary Rikidozan.
> ==
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