Rikidozan V,S. Kimura

[dhksrksalem]

キム（キムシンラク、力道山の本名）とキムですねｗ

[uota777]

こんな卑怯な男だったのか

力道山

ろくでもないな

[9uroo]

何故、勝負師であるはずの木村さんが途中から殺気をおびた力道山­さんに気付かなかったのか？

それは木村さんが連日遊びほうけて気合も入っていない状態だった­からにほかならない。

八百長は両者も承知のこと、でもお客さんに魅せる仕事であるのに­全く真剣みのなかった木村側に一番の問題がある。貴重なお金を頂­戴しながらお客様をなめきった態度で仕事場にたったからこんな結­果になったのだと思う。注意をはらっていても油断で死んだり、再­起不能になる職場でこれはないよ。猪木さんがさる筋の関係者に、­どうして力道山さんが急変したかこう語っていた。それは彼の出身­を耳元で木村さんがささやき馬鹿にしたからだと。

日本へも帰化し、日本のヒーローとなっていた彼だが、コンプレッ­クスなど気性の激しい性格の彼に言うべき言葉ではないことは常識­を持った男なら言わないはずだが、やはり昔の日本人は民族の優劣­を誇示する傾向はあった。

結局、気合をぬきっぱなしの木村さんが一番悪いのだ。それは大山­倍逹さんも認めている。木村さんが奥さんのためにしたことは美談­だが、それとお客様からお金を頂戴するプロの仕事を遊び半分にし­ていたことは別次元の話だ。

[464959630721]

リアルに強い総合格闘家は邪魔だった（嘘がばれる）から

計算してつぶした・・・と妄想

[teitei1978]

モントリオール事件の１００倍ひどいなこれ

プロレス大好きだけど、これは力道山、いただけない

でも、木村の奥さんは幸せだったろうなあ

旦那が汚名被っても命を助けようとしてくれるなんて・・・



[teitei1978]

モントリオール事件の１００倍ひどいなこれ

プロレス大好きだけど、これは力道山、いただけない

でも、木村の奥さんは幸せだったろうなあ

旦那が汚名被っても命を助けようとしてくれるなんて・・・



[knorrcupsoap]

当時プロレスには台本がある事が知られてなかった。力道山が台本­を無視して木村に殴りかかり、戸惑ってるうちに倒されてしまった­のをマスコミが、最強は力道山だと放送した。力道山は格闘家です­らないと思う。詳しくはWikipediaの木村政彦の項へ。

[ooogooman]

Why does this spectacularly terrible, mega-compressed version have hundreds of thousands more views than RagingBull1935's absolutely pristine, more complete version?

[Brujeriachica]

@ooogooman thanks for the post about RagingBull1935's video.

[AJDevilx]

The Kata Guruma according to various sources formed part of Kanos arsenal, when he had trouble throwing a sempai in class, so he studied other grappling styles, and when he watched the fireman carry from a wrestling magazine he used it on class, and he could throw the person he was struggling to throw, and since that Kata guruma has been part of Kanos tehcniques that he then put together to form judo

[SallyMyers1991]

Rikidozan was a nutcase but Kimura more than a match for him. Read in a martial arts's book called From Lee to Li how Kimura did a thousand push-ups a day and used to drink sake before training. Don't make them like they used to.

[davidbayala]

I'm glad that Rikidozan

got stabbed up. That was fot attacking Kimura for real, when it was only suppose to be a staged match. The ref should have got fucked up too.

[paulinhapolotinha]

carambra esse é velho em....

[fluxboyx]

You guys are aware that this was intended to be a staged match. The plan was to trade a few holds, but when Kimura allowed Rikodozan to hit him ... Rikodozan unleashed a full blow at his neck.

Not part of the script.

[xingyimaster1987]

this just goes to show, you can be the best grappler in the world, but nothing can beat a solid blow to a vital point, as kimura said afterwards even a child could have knocked him out with that blow.

[sk8pirata]

so this was pro wrestling right

[0corazondeleon0]

The facts are very simple. The fight was prearranged to be a draw, Rikidozan cheated with an open palm chop to the neck which knocked out Kimura. The Yakuza called Kimura the same evening indicating they had sent men to kill Rikidozan for his treachery.

[kirokyukan]

Even if Rikidozan did cheat, Kimura had more then enough time to recover from Rikis first couple of slaps. Instead, if you watch the entire fight, you will see Riki proceeded to soccer kick him in the face a couple times and bitch slapped the guy around for like a minute. Don't get me wrong, Kimura is a Legend, but on this night Riki got the better of him.

[mitchx69]

You jnow he did get knocekd our uncouncious when he got kicked in the face and Rikidozan was wearing boots so one kick after a fight whe nhit hard before hand and then a boot to the head would do it

[10granimal]

This was a shoot and Kimura left embarrassed.

[zini5]

I have a black belt in my closet. Never did me much good. I am a master of karate and friendship. But it wasn't until I got my masters degree that I started making over $80,000 a year. Married a real pretty girl, she didn't care much for machismo, so now I garden, and do yoga.  Message from the Dayman (fighter of the nightman)

[thickey1156]

and then you hold me down with your big strong hands and fill me up right, two men its fells wrong but it feels so right, yes the nightman come inside yeah the nightman

[ECWNET]

Fuck all of you, I don't care what ranks you are in Judo and Karate and that garbage. I'm ranked #1 in Street Fighter!

[vitorshaolin]

test it in the cage buddy

[ECWNET]

It was a joke...

[vitorshaolin]

by the pro wrestling is a joke

[KataVideo]

are you guys nuts? this is pro wrestling. it's fake. for the love of god, I can't believe people are arguing about this.

[KimboSliced2]

This match is famous because it turned from Pro-wrestling to a "shoot", or real, fight. It started when the Japanese named Kimura threw a groin kick. The real fight ended with judoka on the floor.

[melonbarmonster]

Kimura was hell of a judoka but rikidizan was a totally different weight class and strength. No one will ever know the entire back story behind this but obviously the gangsters, rikidozan, kimura were all out for themselves. There's also the inevitable fact that Rikidozan was Korean and that Kimura was representing judo. Given Rikidozan had to give up sumo for being Korea, he obviously didn't take too well to being paid to lose perhaps thinking it as bc of him being Korean.

[bergurking]

Every wrestler has a martial arts background and many have go on to compete in MMA and have been very succesfull like Kazushi Sakuraba,Brock Lesnar,Minoru Suzuki and Ken Shamrock.A martial artist is supposed to be able to defend himself in any situation and as displayed by this Kimura was not able to do

[loudenvier]

Yes! I think those catch wrestlers must be really good... Their tactics are great! Tell you: "It's all an act, we do this and that, allright? Don't bother defending, I won't hit you in the head..." Then they hit you and, wow, you should be prepared to be able to be hit fullforce in the head and recover!!! Nice reasoning of yours! (Sakuraba and Shamrock both were Shooto fighters, shooto is for real, not catch wrestling ridicule)

[bergurking]

Catch wrestling and Pro wrestling are very diffrent you idiot,if you would actually do some research you would see that over the years catch wrestling has always proved to be superior from Ad Santel defeating Tokugoro Ito to modern MMA.Kimura was a very talented martial artist but as you can see he could not even defend himself from a single punch.A martial artist is supposed to be able to defend themself no matter what situation they are in.

[loudenvier]

Man, your arguments are becoming childish! How could you defend yourself properly after a full blown out hit on the head? No once can... It's not about your skill, it's about physiology! Kimura was way superior to Rikidozan, who was only an actor and not a real fighter... This was a play, and was supposed to be a play. Rikidozan cheated and won. Fine. That do not make him a great fighter, and should not, to any honorable person, made Kimura, one of the greatest fighters of all time, unskilled.

[bergurking]

Not about skill? what the hell are you talking about,and as you can see he didn't go down after the first blow and did nothing after that,he had a chance to defend himself after the first blow but he didn't...

[loudenvier]

Man, you must be seeing another fight entirely! Did you saw the referee separating them when Kimura had a kuchiki-taoshi? Then, while Kimura was wiping the blood from his nose, Rikidozan hit him again, and he went backwards while Rikidozan throw two more punches, the last one KO Kimura for sure! Rikidozan was very good at hitting like that, by treason... A good guy. His death was very deserved at the hands of the Yakusa.

[bergurking]

cry me a river..So he deserved to die because he beat Kimura in a fight? you are the dumbest guy in martial arts except for ashida kim

[loudenvier]

Yes! That's it. Your reasoning processes really amaze me!

[bergurking]

if i may ask,what martial arts do you study and what belts do you have in them?

[loudenvier]

I'm a judo shodan and I'm a brown belt in BJJ. I've started in BJJ back in 1997 but after injuring my patella I've switched to Judo for a while and keep there until getting the black belt, now, after rupturing my ACL in Judo I'm back to BJJ to get my BJJ black belt, but, unfortunately, I'll have to reconstruct my ACL, and this will get me around 9 months on the freezer!

[bergurking]

I'm a 2nd dan judoka,3rd dan bujinkan,i have a 5th dan in jiu jitsu,competed in muy thai,done catch wrestling,i've also done Wing Tsung and i got a 5th degree black belt in Kajukenbo

[loudenvier]

Congratulations! I wonder why you don't enter MMA with such a curriculum to put Rickinson to shame!

[bergurking]

never been a big fan of mma

[melonbarmonster]

Is there a "don't hit me when I'm wiping blood off" rule that I didn't know about? And you're supposed to hit your opponent when they're stunned. Kimura was smaller and would have gotten demolished in a real fight against Riki. You are being ridiculous. Riki was killed by mafia because he was getting too big for a Korean not because he 'cheated' in this fight. Kimura is well known for taking the loss without crying foul.

[loudenvier]

He was killed because he owned money to Yakusa! The Yakusa offered to kill him after his cheating in this fight against a real martial artist (Kimura). Kimura promptly asked that they should not do that! Now, you are telling me that Kimura, by being smaller, would get demolished by Rikizodan? Do you have any martial arts experience? At least, have you watched MMA? The bigger guys almost always lose. Riki was a fake! Kimura was for real.

[CruelAngel777]

Shut the fuck up no one cares!! Judo is gay so are the gracies, and all you monkeys who jerk off to that ape Jujitsu bullshit.

[sekeun]

did rikidozan screw over kimura here? probably yes? was it wrong? probably yes? was it out of the ordinary? NO. this is professional wrestling. look what happened to bret 'the hitman' hart in montreal.

also, this is rikidozan's stage. he can do anything he wanted. when he was a sumo, he got screwed over way worse than kimura in this one fight. rikidozan learned the hard way to become successful in japan. he is just returning the favour.

[v1xrknokm]

That is WHY Yakuza Killed him. Choi (Oyama) was going to do it.

[bergurking]

actually they killed him because he owed them money

[jamisont1]

judo was a regular class in school at that time so most of ppl had experience in Judo. also rikidozan was a korean traditional wrestling player before he played sumo. in my experience, judoka dont do much against korean traditional wrestling players.

[moelicious416]

buddy, ssireum is only good for takedowns and not as finesse as judo.

[bergurking]

If you think that korean wrestling tops judo you really need to do some research,korean wrestling is pretty much just a standard folk wrestling style which would not be used in a fight

[edudoj]

I'm from Brasil and I'm a fan of Kimura, his determination and his technique were fantastic.

It's sad to watch people like Rikidozan, this man never won Kimura, this is obviously!!

This man never had the courage to do a real fight with the greatest Kimura!!!

Kimura forever.

[jamisont1]

even tho kimura was best judoka at that time, doesnt mean he was best fighter. Rikidozan was much stronger, bigger man also has more experience on MMA than kimura. kimura lacked stand ups only grappling.

[xDurandalx]

Kimura would have easily wiped the floor with Rikidozan, if he had been told ahead of time that this was a shoot. Kimura is arguably one of the greatest Judoka to ever live, and kicked Helio Gracie's ass a couple years after he got shot on by Rikidozan.

In all seriousness, he could have literally killed Riki in the ring without too much trouble on his part.

[bergurking]

then why didn't he fight back? i guess it was right what Riki said before the fight "ore wa nibyō de katsu"

[xDurandalx]

I could probably take out Ken f-ing Shamrock if I told him it was going to be a worked match and worked a few holds, then just started shooting on him.

I cannot believe, in any stretch of the imagination, that Kimura could kick Helio Gracie's ass so bad that he literally broke both of the mans arms, but couldn't take out a mediocre sumo wrestler with some cross training in traditional Korean wrestling.

Kimura wasn't just some Judo guy. He was THE man of his generation when it came to judo.

[bergurking]

If Kimura was as good as people say he would've realised that the worked match had just turned into a fight but he got knocked the fuck out,you are also forgetting that Rikidozan was a very talented catch wrestler and over the years catch wrestling has been proved to be superior

[loudenvier]

Hey man! Do you really believe Kimura was not better than Rikidozan? It was Rikidozan that resorted to treason, Kimura never lost his honor. There's no war Rikidozan could beat Kimura in a real fight... Also, Rikidozan was more experienced in "pro-wrestling" so Kimura may well have thought it was all part of the show until it was too late to recover. Rikidozan brought shame over himself for this (and almost died too.)

[bergurking]

If you really are a good martial artist you should be able to tell the diffrence between awork and a shoot

[loudenvier]

Are you really trying to imply that Rikidozan, an actor that played staged fights, was a good martial artist because he was able to beat Kimura by employing treason and hitting his partner with real punches to the head? And Kimura, one of the greatest Judoka of all time, who trained for real 10 hours a day, every day including Sundays, who devastated Hélio Gracie, this reputable martial artist is NOT a GOOD martial artist at all? I don't understand your intent, it's for the sake of defamation?

[bergurking]

when did i say Kimura wasn't a good martial artist and one thing people often forget wrestlers do train! why the hell would you hink they just lie around doing nothing?

[loudenvier]

When you say "if you are a good martial artist you should be able to tell the difference between art work and shoot" you're implying that Kimura wasn't able to do that, because he was hit unexpectedly by Rikidozan and, as such, was not able to realize Rikidozan treason... Wrestler do train, of course, they train to do moves that NEVER work in real-life, they train acrobatics and things like that... Their pins are ridiculous... That's why they are not great martial artists.

[bergurking]

Every wrestler has a martial arts background and many have go on to compete in MMA and have been very succesfull like Kazushi Sakuraba,Brock Lesnar,Minoru Suzuki and Ken Shamrock.A martial artist is supposed to be able to defend himself in any situation and as displayed by this Kimura was not able to do

[bergurking]

and if i could add a little bit more, many moves used in Catch Wrestling and Pro Wrestling actually come from judo such as the firemans carry which is Kata Guruma and the german suplex which is an Ura Nage

[Good1Embiko]

yes but u gotta remember that lots of judo throws come from different countries...

[bergurking]

from different countries? Judo is a japanese martial art thatevolved from Ju-Jitsu which is another japanese martial art

[Good1Embiko]

for example Uchi Mata from Uzbekistani Kures

Kata Guruma, Sukui nage from Mongolian Bukh

Ura Nage from Greco Roman wrestling

[bergurking]

many moves in martial arts are very similar but Judo does not have roots in any martial arts outside of japan

[kempobrad]

but jujutsu does, thus...so does judo...indirectly.

[stu106]

They were more then likly developed independant of each other.

[ab3k1nz]

this was supposed to be a pro wrestling staged fight, and it was supposed to end in a draw.. but rikidozan got greedy and started throwing real punches... LOOK IT UP YOU TOYS

[DevJL]

Kimura would have kicked his ass in a real fight!

[helderm]

Rikidozan was the man. Kimura was/is overhyped. He realized that was no match for the korean wrestler.

[Darksido]

Please try and read again, I'll re-quote: "You can read about it in any knowledgeable site dedicated to history of the martial arts (particularly Judo history)." Better yet, you can compare their profiles. Whatever ideas/fantasies you have about this man been capable of defeating Masahiko Kimura in a non-fixed fight are your own.

[ponglaiwj]

definately a stagfed fight

[theredraven]

Except Rikidozan sorta.........Beat the shit out of him in the end and stopped playing by the script.

[Darksido]

You really think Sensei Kimura -The Greatest Judoka in history- was in need of this fight for any 'glory'? You are either extremely bias or extremely ignorant my friend.

[Darksido]

It was a fixed fight. Before the fight, Kimura told reporters: "that professional wrestling was show business, not real fights." The 'choreography' was decided by Kimura, Rikidozan, and Koto. You can read about it in any knowledgeable site dedicated to history of the martial arts (particularly Judo history). Like ChinaMan says, Sensei Kimura would have wiped the floor with Rikidozan.

[arlesantos]

Quem ganhou???

Quem ganhou???

[alcorderyjr]

Absolutely a double-cross, Kimura is the man who defeated and broke Helio Gracie's arm in a REAL BOUT! Rikidozan started shooting, and in the process, stunned Kimura allowing him to finish the match with a real, and dangerous SUMO chop. I've lost some respect for Rikidozan because of the truth behind this match. Obviously some of his ways were past down to his student Antonio Inoki, who tried a planned takeover of the JWA, and was kicked out of the NWA. Baba, Inoki's OWN FRIEND! ran the company.

[CyborgNinja7]

You can see in this video Kimura kick Rikidozan in the groin. I believe it was unintentional - what happens when you're conditioned all your life to fight as if your life depends on it. But Rikidozan became furious and came back with a series of vicious blows. It was the fault of both.

[RDbushi]

riki is a piece of shit . any body that know prowres knows riki set this match up. it starts of all pro wrestling. they do little arm drags back and forth then all of a sudden dozan starts getting real rough with kimura and kimura (LIKE A FUCKIN TRUE GRAPPLER) tries to shoot in and take him down,then when the take down was eminent the ref makes kimura break up the body lock and start standing like its a boxing match all of a sudden instead of a wrestling match

[mestrik]

L'unica pecca è la qualità del filmato.

[joopsnoop]

It was a match that Kimura was meant to win but Rikidozan was a bastard and he decided to win for himself and that's when you see him open up in the corner. THat part was not in the script. And yes, in the end he cheated and double crossed too many people and got killed by the yakuza.

[siasti]

For good example of what happens to wrestlers that try to fight real martial artists see the Kimo (not Kimbo) vs Bam Bam Bigelow fight. Bam Bam has a real bad look on his face at the start but soon changes...

[nsquidc]

You do know that this fight was staged, right?

[siasti]

I have read extensively about Kimura (as I admire him greatly) so, yes, I knew that. Have you seen the Kimo vs Bam Bam match?

[kforcer]

The fight wasn't staged. It was one of the biggest double-crosses in pro-wrestling history. Kimura and Rikidozan were meant to fight to a draw, but out of nowhere, Rikidozan started pounding on him.

[YuenYun]

Makes me kinda think of Bret Hart :P

[dmellis98]

This was not staged. This was a double cross. You think that Rikidozan could have knocked this guy out while he was expecting punches to the head?

[biglittlejujitsuman]

i would have loved to see kimura kick his as in a real fight

[chingonraza]

The Yakuza offered to kill Rikidozan but Kimura declined later he would die in a bar.

[mark9104]

Rumour was it was Mas Oyama of Kyoushin who offered to do that

[vvvviperrrr]

It's professional wrestling.

Kimura needed money to cure wife's sickness.

It was a pro wrestler to earn Kimura money.

Rikidozan is his employer.

This game is prearranged performances.

[vvvviperrrr]

It's professional wrestling.

Kimura needed money to cure wife's sickness.

It was a pro wrestler to earn Kimura money.

Rikidozan is his employer.

This game is prearranged performances.

[kforcer]

Nope. It was a double-cross by Rikidozan. A work that turned into a shoot.

[trustobey1016]

i remember reading about this, now i get to see it.

[mad80sman]

.....Is this the pro-wrestling match where the other guy was supposed to win anyway but other guy was an asshole and karate chopped him in the throat? I couldn't see what happened.

[Lordasia]

Yep this is the one. It happens later in the match when Riki gets Kimura in the corner and starts chopping away. They get broken up and comes back and hits Kimura a few more times until Kimura drops.

[roygbiv330]

both were to blame.

[nipsjaps]

fake^^

[bobblehead21]

lol kimura was a prowrestler for a while...this is what this is i guess..lol gayy

[michinco]

this fightwas bull shit!

the whole thing was scam!

it wasn't a real deal.

[mad80sman]

lol i know, hella funny. He's just doing pro-wrestling for the money...cause I don't think you can get any money from Judo... unless you own a school or something.....or LL CoolJ pays you to work out with him lol.

[IChinaManI]

back then there was no money in judo. Just watch the doug rogers documentary.

[bringbackpridefc]

YEAH BAD NEWS ALLEN AGREES

[babakaze]

pro wresling suck

[no789]

lol work

[wrestler50000]

Things happen in Pro Wrestling... and it wasnt meant to. It is obvious that Kimura did a low blow to riki but I would have thought of it as accidental than on purpose. I guess we will never know the truth unless you are kimura, riki, or the referee. Still, it would have been a good match.

[trufatman]

all u guys are damn jap sympathizers

pause the damn vid at 44 seconds....

kimura kicks him in the balls

in the pic u can see riki jumping

from the lowblow.. he starts flat on his feet at 43 then on his toes at 44. i dont think its riki who betrayed kimora

watch rikis facial expression from 43 to 44 he got hit in the balls and i would thrash the shit outa kimura for that

[chastell]

You'd have tried!!!!!

[IChinaManI]

Its a fucking worked match. It wasn't thrown with any force at all. If this was a real fight kimura would have wiped the floor with him. Kimura did boxing as well, and was no pushover. Two punches into a throw and submission would have been easy for kimura. The man trained 9 hour a day.

[MrGOATSE]

It was a double cross mate.

[IChinaManI]

what...?

[babakaze]

who win!?

[WorldWarCheese]

It was a Pro Wrestling Match which was supposed to be fake. Rikidozen first hit Kimura as hard as he could surprising him and knocking him to the ground. Rikidozen "won" because he was a Korean Immigrant and Felt a real Japanese in his League would take away from his prestige. He was later stabbed in a bar while drunk.

[trustobey1016]

didn't the yakuza get him?

[samuraiixi]

it was suppose to be rehearsed, they made a deal, but rikidozan betrayed him.

[paraparajmo]

I have the movie about Rikidozan which was made by Koreans. They really tried to portray Rikidozan as some sort of insecure jerk.

[WorldWarCheese]

Because he WAS one.

[samuraiixi]

movie? about rikizodan...do they show a match between kimura and him?

[paraparajmo]

Well, Kimura's name is changed to Iimura. It was a Korean production but it's mostly in Japanese language. Miki Nakatani a famous Japanese actress plays his wife.

[samuraiixi]

ohh, i should check that out.

tks

[chairmang]

worked match ending with a legit punch shame on rikidozan.

[tskarzyn]

I find it hilarious that someone thought that Kimura died from that sucker punch. Kimura > God > Dog Shit > Rikidozan.

[WorldWarCheese]

Kimura the Almighty Judo God. If I wasn't in a Dorm I'd burn incense to his picture to ask for more Judo Skill and Willpower. THE FAMOUS TRIPLE THREE, or NINE HOURS TRAINING A DAY GO KIMURA FOR EVER!

[DemonsInTheNight]

probably to try to cause infection in the wound

[zornfizza]

According to Wikipedia, he was "stabbed with a urine-soaked blade" - what's up with THAT?!?

[atadizdar]

Apparently, Rikidozan had owned a nightclub, and he had some dealings with the Yakuza. This guy who was with the Yakuza decided to start some shit with Riki.  Rikidozan got stabbed once and the attacker urinated on the blade of the knife and stabbed Rikidozan again. Rikidozan did go to the hospital, and would have been cured by antibiotics, but he decided to forgo the antibiotics. I think he got a bacterial infection and died of that.

[79ecra]

WORK?!

[MauriceSometimes]

Still unhonourable or not, the guy didn't deserve to die. Cmon now.

[ebonyroundass]

he's a japan wrestling legend, didn't deserve to die that way...

[Shibuki]

I'm into Kyokushin Karate and didn't know that. So Rikidozan was not a very honourable man from what you're telling....

[obri]

yeah that was literally a sucker punch... lol

[userek]

Thanks!

[blackjack100]

crryan agree with u.

[crryan]

Just realized that is was a Prowrestling match.

[crryan]

So it was a sucker punch? Sucks that they wanted it fixed though.

[chastell]

Rikidozan and Kimura both agreed to a fixed fight in order to show their skills without one of them having to lose! If it was a real fight Kimura whould have murdered him!!!

[TheLatinSamurai]

The reason Kimura gangster suppoters and Mas Oyama offered to kill Rikidozan was that this fight was sopost to be a fixed fight that lead to a draw . Thats why everybody was offering to kill Rikidozan.

[mmarzec]

Kimura was KOed. Hours later, Kimura’s gangster supporters offered to kill Rikidozan. Mas Oyama was among the volunteers. ( Kimura was a mentor and good friend. )

Kimura declined the offer to avoid unnecessary killing. Through meditation, the “death” that appeared in his head signified that Rikidozan would someday die violently. Ten years later, Rikidozan was killed by a small-time gangster, with a tanto, in a bar.

"No one before Kimura, no one after."

[thachcv]

Man, that was a cheap shot. Kimura wasn't even looking at the guy at one point, then BOOM! 2 friggen sucker punches to the face, that's a b*tch move. I mean, the frst shot stunned Kimura, but the second was the heart breaker. Knocked out him cold. Friggen cheapshot. But what do ya know? Rikidozan died 10 years later. This is what we cal, "Karma". =]

[ebonyroundass]

I thought it was Riki's finishing move, the karate chop, right?

[samuraiixi]

rikidozan and kimura were suppose to have a fixed fight, riki betrayed him by sucker punching/chopping.

u probably already know lol

[Bujin80]

real story behind this that you don't see (reference Pat Smith and Don Draeger in Martial Musings) is Rikidozan running out of the ring and Kimura chasing him through the crowd and pounding him into the ground.

[samuraiixi]

haaahahhaha are u serioussss!?!?!??!? kimura never mentioned it hahah so modest. so modest. is it a photo? ill look it up...tks

[Bujin80]

check out Pat Smith's Martial Musings - you may be able to find it at your local library.

[ebonyroundass]

that's bad to see a legend die that way, it's a same tradegy as Bruiser Brody!