The Top Ten Moves of Hiroshi Hase

Time to highlight one of the underrated legends of the Puro world. Hiroshi Hase enjoyed a rather lengthy career, debuting in 1986, and wrestling for the next twenty years, also balancing a long term in the Diet. Hase's career started in the Jr. Heavyweight division, where he held the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title on two occasions, one of them ended by a young Owen Hart. From there, he became one of the most successful tag team wrestlers of the time, holding the IWGP Tag Team Titles a grand total of four times, twice with Kensuke Sasaki and twice with Keiji Mutoh. In 1992, he was involved in a match that created the legendary "Muta Scale," in which Muta bled very, very heavily. 1994 brought arguably his greatest accomplishment when he defeated Rick Rude, and held the WCW International Heavyweight Title for about a week. Hase would soon jump to All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he would stay for the remainder of his career until his retirement in 2006, though he is now the chairman of the PWF. Hase is credited for bringing the Uranage to the wrestling world, as well as the innovation of the Northern Lights Suplex.

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[nwsausuke1]

Whats the difference between the Sharpshooter, the Sasorigatame and the scorpion deathlock?

[TheSuicidalDragon]

Different names for the same move.

[SadisticScott]

Isn't the Deathlock STF pretty much the Regal Stretch?

[TheSuicidalDragon]

The Regal Stretch has the victim's arm trapped by the attacker's head.

[MathianSim]

@TheSuicidalDragon A Deathlock STF is a Cross-legged STF, isn't it

[TheSuicidalDragon]

Indeed

[Superplex1001]

Sweet Wrestler. I have alot of respect for him Inventing the Northern Lights Suplex.

[SuperDUDERIKI]

@CMY187 Yes,he is even better than "good". IMO He's the most spirited,passionate pro wrestler ever. The reason he wasn't a top star was because he was never booked that way.The reason most of NJPW's top stars are top stars is because they went through Hase.

[NBMTensai]

@CMY187 Hase wasn't elevated because he came from New Japan, and Giant Baba refused to give him a push over his own trained wrestlers

[CMY187]

SD, I have heard from a fellow wrestling fan that Hase was the best technical wrestler of AJPW in the 1990s, which many call the Golden Age of professional wrestling.

Can you confirm that? Was Hase really that good? And if so, why wasn't he elevated to main event status like Akiyama was?

[MathianSim]

@TheSuicidalDragon WWE games have messed up how we know wrestling moves. People ask me why I call a "Bottom" a Side Slam

[Gigas0101]

@wurblewurble I saw someone doing a demonstration video of a judo uranage, I thought it looked a little closer to a German Suplex than the pro wrestling one, which seems to be a bit more like an "Exploder Side Slam" to me.

[WillOwnForFood]

I used to pick this guy all the time in Power Move Pro Wrestling for the PSX

[wurblewurble]

Man, a wrestling uranage and a judo uranage are very different things.