3) Rick Rude
Rick Rude is a WWE Hall of Famer. You might not know that he actually wrestled several matches for New Japan Pro Wrestling in his career.
Rude even went to the finals of the 1992 G1 Climax. Rude was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Masahiro Chono. Rude also wrestled Sting at the NJPW Wrestling Dontaku event in 1994.
Here is a photo of Rude vs Chono:
Arguably the greatest match of Rick Rude’s career,vs Masa Chono.August 12,1992. the 1992 G1 Climax was a 16-man single-elimination tournament for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship.just rewatched this on @njpwworld and it’s still great. pic.twitter.com/myOCEiwAVR
— Rasslin’ History 101 (@WrestlingIsKing) January 18, 2018
2) Sting
Sting actually wrestled on multiple occasions for New Japan Pro Wrestling throughout the 1990’s. He wrestled the likes of Antonio Inoki, the Great Muta and more.
Here is a clip from Sting wrestling the Great Muta at the WCW/NJPW Supershow in 1991:
1) The Undertaker
Believe it or not, the Undertaker once wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Using the name: ‘Punisher’ Dice Morgan, he teamed up with Scott Hall in March of 1990 at an NJPW event. The duo were defeated by Masa Saito and Shin’ya Hashimoto.
Later in 1990, the Undertaker signed with WWE and the rest is history. Here is a photo of Hall, the Undertaker and Chris Benoit from the show:
Me, Dead Man and Taker…#NJPW pic.twitter.com/V5AwVvVzf6
— Scott Hall (@SCOTTHALLNWO) February 28, 2014
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