a possible suicide attempt by Yasuda

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

Tadao Yasuda was carried into a hospital around 1am on 10/5 after taking a significant amount of sleeping pills. A couple of burning briquets were found in his room as well.

Please pray for his quick recovery (and his messed-up life in general).

[Pheonix_Chi25]

Man, Of all the people I didn't expect to hear this from.

Honestly, we have had enough deaths in pro wrestling this year, half from suicide. Benoit was enough for me, don't need no more.

Hisa if you can get this to anyone around Yasuda san, tell him I am praying for him and that i know Japanese culture a little, but suicide is not the answer to life's problems.

I'm praying for Yasuda san, only because we don't need no more deaths in the squared circle or in life. For the record, what drove him to do this?

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

Mainly, his gambling habit. He's always broke, I hear.

He met with the press in his hospital room few days ago and apologized. I also read that Inoki would help him for his career as a pro-wrestler.

At least, he's willing to live. That's a very good news.

EDIT: Actually, I just found out that those two had a press conf today. Yasuda made a public apology and asked Inoki, "I will do my best. Please let me participate in the IGF card on Dec. 20". Inoki responded by saying, "nobody's worrying about you. What are you gonna do your best for?" but promised that he would assign a trainer for Yasuda for future fights. Typical Inoki, you know.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

He's wrong, somebody is worrying about him, me.

To be honest, and Hisa I hope you don't delete this, I understand Yasuda, I've been to the point of suicide so many times. I've always felt I had no friends, no woman wanted me, I didn't have enough money to make a splash in this world and that nobody cared. I still feel that way, but I found that Jesus loved me that much to allow me to see another day to fight through and vanquish the demons the slapped me around.

I call myself the Man Machine, but I am only human. We all are, we hurt, we cry, we feel pain. The sad part is that you have people who don't give a care or just write people who are suicidal off as "crazy". You don't know how much a person hurts inside or what they feel or go through, in my case I always get the women who either look for men who got the status of a NBA player and the looks of Denzel Washington.

But I just always ask the Lord to just help me understand the things i don't, and whetever hurdle life gives me, let me conquer it. I have not contemplated suicide for 7 years now, and I thank the Lord for it all.

I'm not preaching to the choir, but just saying I understand.