Shoji Nakamaki retires

[El Pollo Guerrera]

One of the craziest of "garbage" death-match wrestlers, Shoji Nakamaki, retired at the end of the Onita Pro show on December 22nd. He started in 1992 in FMW and had wrestled in W*ING, Big Japan and IWA.

Has anyone heard why he retired?

[edgehead1984]

Well good luck in all your endeavours, Mr. Nakamaki, but nothing will beat carving up other wrestlers.

[Mike Leroi]

One of the craziest of "garbage" death-match wrestlers, Shoji Nakamaki, retired at the end of the Onita Pro show on December 22nd. He started in 1992 in FMW and had wrestled in W*ING, Big Japan and IWA.

Has anyone heard why he retired?

What were some of his more memorable matches?

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Most memorable matches? Let's see... he beat Ono in the opening round of the KOTDM tourny in a thumbtack match, then lost to Cactus Jack in a fight, the Big Japan Ultimate Death match (with every stipulation Big Japan ever had up to that point... barbed wire, light bulbs, weapons, bed of nails, dry ice, portable heaters, scorpions, cactus, scaffolding, barbed wire net, etc), a memorable tag match against Tarzan Goto where a deep gash is carved into his arm with broken glass...

I hadn't seen a lot of his battles, but in those I did see he was giving 100%.

[Black_Flag_Of_Ulster]

All hail the Danger Man! He was cool, always gave you 110 per cent. 'bout time he called it a career tho. HC wrestlers are like HC bands. they dunno when to stop.

[AbBY]

he was a great wrestler. i hope he has a good post-wrestling life in whatever he decides to do

[Tradewynd]

I'll bet Ian Rotten isn't shedding any tears over this retirement...

[jobsquad]

i do not know. nakanami now has all this free time on his hands (assuming we are both aludeing to the puroresupower interview)

[Tradewynd]

Yes, yes we are. I'm not a big fan of Ian, but no one deserves THAT when trying to wash to the blood off after busting your *** for the yakuza's benefit. I want to work IWAMS just to rib him about it.

[naterob2003]

what are you referring to trade?

[Tradewynd]

That is quite the question. During an interview on the Puroresu Power Hour Ian Rotten was asked if he had any stories about Big Japan. He was hesitant to tell the story, but eventually decided it would be OK to share with the public at large. While working for a tour for Big Japan Nakamaki found Ian to be..."irresistible" according to Ian. Nakamaki made several advances toward Ian which were not appreciated. At one point he presented Ian with a bottle of sake, with the intent being of sharing it with Ian to get him drunk and take advantage of him, however Ian again shot him down in a rather unfriendly manner. One night while on tour Nakamaki got really drunk and came banging on Ian's hotel door, making such lewd statements as "Rotten-san, Rotten-san, I sucky dicky better than any woman can." Needless to say, that inspired massive ribbing from the boys which persists to this day. But it does not end there.

Luckily for Ian's sake, he was stealthily able to change rooms, and when Romeo would again come to declare his undying love for Julian someone else was in that hotel room. Sure sucked to be that guy. But as the tour was coming to an end someone from the BJ office (I don't remember who) came to Ian and told him that night's match had to be extra bloody since yakuza (who were presumably funding the show) were in attendance. Ian was unsure how a double hell barb wire broken glass whateveritwas match could not be bloody. The man has a point. It was a tag match in which Ian was working against Nakamaki, and Ian was thankful that Nakamaki didn't do anything unprofessional during the match. Being cut up, battered, bruised and bleeding heavily Ian naturally went to go take a shower. However, his peaceful post-garbage shower was interrupted when the shower curtain was thrown open and Ian gazed upon naked Nakamaki pleasuring himself to the sight of a bloody Ian Rotten covered in soap and shampoo trying to bathe himself. Needless to say, Ian was not to pleased, had a fit, and made lots of complaints to the BJ office about it. By some strange coincidence Ian has not been booked by Big Japan since.

[naterob2003]

first off, thanks trade. That was great. I will admit that thats the first time i have heard about a wrestler being openly gay. More power to the man i guess because for fear of being the next ian rotten or being beaten to a bloody pulp by the guy i wouldn't mess with him. lol. Great story

[Tradewynd]

If that's the first time you've ever heard about a wrestler being gay you don't even want to know how Virgil got his job in the WWF...

[naterob2003]

well now i do...lol. Even if its a sick story isnt it weird how people want to know the inside scoop no matter what? Well now that you mentioned it trade, you better give it up.

[Tradewynd]

You want me to "give it up"... that sounds really bad given the topic this thread has deviated to. Sorry, but if you open a shower door on me while I'm doing my business, I will make no guarantees on your safety.

All fair warnings aside, Virgil had the Scorpio reputation before Scorpio was around, in other words, had an abnormally large penis. Pat Patterson, a longtime fan of such penises, promised him a "featured role" and a "big push" in exchange for orally performing on said large penis. Knowing that the business isn't kind to black guys, he did as Patterson asked figuring it would be his only chance to break out. We all know what a huge run Virgil had as a major WWF Superstar following this.

On a related note, Koko B. Ware also made a gay porno, so I'd say it's safe to say he, Patterson and Nakamaki are all not exactly heterosexual.