Rusher Kimura retires (2004/07/10)

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

During the Tokyo Dome card on 2004/07/10, Rusher Kimura, the oldest active wrestler in Japan, appeared on the screen and announced his retirement. He said "it would be inconvenient for others if I continued to wrestle, so I decided to retire. Thank you, everyone. Good bye."

He sure deserves a big retirement ceremony. "King of the Steel Cage" is the true pioneer of the death matches in Japan. He went through a lot during his long career and does deserve a lot more respect than just announcing his retirement on the screen.

[Black_Flag_Of_Ulster]

i agree. very much.

[Pheonix_Chi25]

I wish I had some old All Japan vids to see Kimura in action including his cage matches. I wish Rusher well.

And I agree Hisa, they could have did him better than that.

[edgehead1984]

I agree, A legend should be honoured upon his retirement unless his name is Terry Funk or Atsushi Onita...

But seriously, best wishes to Rusher and the Kimura family and happy retirement.

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

Kimura didn't join All Japan until mid-80s.

I will try to write more about him when I add a page dedicated to him in this website. Actually, I'm planning to add the pages for more wrestlers from the past such as Sorakichi Matsuda, Michiaki Yoshimura, Seiji Sakaguchi, etc., etc..

[Luds]

Very nice to see Hisa! I'd love to read more about old school wrestlers!

And I agree with Kimura. This isn't enough. NOAH should have a show dedicated to him.