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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Dec 26, 2014 17:46:44 GMT -6
1990 - New Japan Pro Wrestling had a two-hour live prime time special from Hamamatsu headlined by Tatsumi Fujinami winning the IWGP heavyweight title from Riki Choshu, but the show was more memorable for being the final appearance as a wrestler by Lou Thesz, who at the age of 74, lost to Masahiro Chono's STF in a match he regrets ever doing as his artificial hip went out trying to do a piledriver and he had to gut his way through the rest of the match. Thesz became the first wrestler ever to wrestle in seven decades (Mae Young has since done the same). Nick Bockwinkel, at 56, and Hiro Matsuda, at 53, also came out of retirement on the show, which drew a 10.0 rating.
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