The ECW Boys, December 10, 1998---(front) Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley; (back) Shane Douglas, Bill Alfonso, Sabu, and Tommy Dreamer
Sabu is fighting to get it all settled. His mom is at home, still not too good, but better now. He is always said to be a man who is difficult to understand. Sometimes, he is a bitter and blunt man. But, no doubt, he has a big pride as a professional wrestler, and he is, actually, a great guy who treats his family and friends like his treasures. He loves them, and they love him back. He is just open to misunderstanding. He has special thoughts for Japan because he got his first break in FMW in 1991, and it is his wife's country.
Sabu has wrestled for five different offices in Japan in eight years:
FMW from November 20, 1991 to December 9, 1994 (23 tours)
New Japan Pro / Heisei-Ishingun from January 4, 1995 to December 11, 1995 (14 tours)
Big Japan Pro from March 19, 1996 to June 4, 1996 (two tours)
Tokyo Pro from June 24, 1996 to October 8, 1996 (four tours)
All Japan Pro from November 16, 1996 to June 6, 1997 (three tours)
FMW again from December 22, 1997
Sabu in flight with the Arabian Face Buster
Sabu had his first Japan tour for Atsushi Onita's FMW at the end of 1991, when FMW had their year-end tag team tournament. Sabu was teaming with his uncle, The Sheik, who had been absent from Japan for just 10 years since 1981. However, his uncle was never out-dated. They got over with FMW, and Sabu became one of the regular gaijin (foreign) wrestlers for Onita.
November 20-December 9, 1991
World Strongest Martial Arts Tag Team League Tournament
(1) Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto (2) Gregory Velitchev & Kova Krutanize (3) Sambo Asako & Ricky Fuji (4) The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) & Big Titan (Rick Bogner) (5) Leon Spinks & Lufus Blackbone (6) The Sheik & Sabu (7) Horace Boulder & Mark Starr (8) Katsuji Ueda & Calypso Jim (9) The Mercenaries (Billy Anderson & Lou Fabbiano) (10) Chon Sun Mon & Kim Shun Kie
November 20, 1992---Osaka Furits (Prefectural) Gym
The Sheik & Sabu beat Horace Boulder & Mark Starr (1:12 Sheik beat Starr)
December 9, 1991---Tokyo Bay NK Hall, Urayasu, Chiba
The Sheik & Sabu beat The Shooter (Katsutoshi Niiyama) & Eiji Ezaki (Hayabusa / "H") (49 seconds Sheik threw fire at Ezaki)
"The Sheik & Sabu" by Haru Egawa---Haru is one of the best graphic design illustrators in the world today. He has designed many T-shirts for Sabu and ECW.
Tiger Jeet Singh came into FMW from June. The Sheik Army was formed by Sheik, Sabu, The Gladiator, Horace Boulder, and Singh.
February 3, 1992---Iwakuni City Gym, Yamaguchi
Tarzan Goto & Sambo Asako beat Sabu & Blonde Bomber (Chris Candido) (11:51 Asako beat Bomber)
February 5, 1992---Kumamoto City Gym, Kumamoto (FMW)
World Martial Arts Tag Team title match
Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight Death Match
Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto beat Sabu & Big Titan (12:13 Goto beat Sabu)---Onita & Goto kept the title
May 6, 1992---Nichii Sanda, Sanda City, Hyogo
No Rope / Barbed Wire / Tornado Tag Team Fire Death Match
Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto drew The Sheik & Sabu (4:31 No Contest)
May 17, 1992---Toyota City Gym, Aichi
World Martial Arts Tag Team title match
No Rope & Barbed Wire Tornado Tag Team Death Match
Sabu & Horace Boulder beat Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto (7:38 Sabu beat Onita)---Sabu & Boulder became the second champions
May 24, 1992---Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo
World Martial Arts Tag Team title match
Martial Arts Double Stretcher Death Match
Tarzan Goto & Gregory Velitchev beat Sabu & Horace Boulder (11:21 Velitchev KO Boulder / 13:39 Goto KO Sabu)---Goto & Velitchev became the third champions
July 29, 1992---Matsuyama Community Center Gym, Ehime
Sabu beat Eiji Ezaki (Hayabusa / "H") (9:12)---their first singles match
August 26, 1992---IsejinJusco, Kamisu Town, Ibaraki
Gregory Velitchev beat Sabu (5:14)
August 31, 1992---Toei Movie Studio, Oizumi, Tokyo
Sabu beat Amigo Ultra (Damian) (6:07)
September 19, 1992---Yokohama Baseball Stadium, Kanagawa
Sabu beat Shoji Nakamaki (2:37)---Sabu's first stadium match in Japan
October 11, 1992---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
11-Man Street Fight Battle Royal
Atsushi Onita beat Sabu (8:22)
November 20-December 7, 1992
World Strongest Street Fight Tag Team League Tournament
(1) Atsushi Onita & Gregory Velitchev (2) Tarzan Goto & Big Titan (3) The Gladiator & Horace Boulder (4) Tiger Jeet Singh & Tiger Jeet Singh Jr. (Tiger Ali Singh) (5) Dr. Luther & Dr. Hannibal (6) Sambo Asako & Haystacks Calhoun Jr. (Man Mountain Brody) (7) Sabu & Kareem Sudan (8) The Psychos #1 (Billy Anderson) & Alligatormen #2 (Max Anthony)
Sabu and Masanori, August 26, 1993
January 12, 1993---Osaka Furitsu Gym #2
World Martial Arts Heavyweight title match
No Rope & Barbed Wire Street Fight Death Match
Atsushi Onita beat Sabu (10:40)---Onita kept the title
May 5, 1993---Kawasaki Baseball Stadium, Kanagawa
The Sheik & Sabu beat Dr. Luther & Dr. Hannibal (6:53 Sabu b. Luther)
August 22, 1993---Nishinomiya Baseball Stadium, Hyogo
Stretcher Death Match
Terry Funk & Tarzan Goto beat The Sheik & Sabu (6:30 Terry KO Sabu)
Terry Funk and Sabu
FMW had the nationwide-scaled "Atsushi Onita Memorial Retirement Tour" from 1994 to 1995. Sabu wrestled for FMW for a total of five tours in 1994.
January 7-18, 1994
Barbed Wire Tag Team Tournament
(1) The Gladiator & Big Titan (2) Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama (3) Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke (4) Mr. Pogo & Goro Tsurumi (5) Hisakatsu Oya & Hideki Hosaka and Jinsei Shinzaki & Masaru Toi (7) Sabu & Damian and Ricky Fuji & Terry Sims (Terry Garvin)
January 7, 1994---Kamagaya Civic Gym, Chiba
Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke beat Sabu & Damian (14:39 Goto beat Damian)
January 9, 1994---Miasa Town Sports Center, Tottori
Atsushi Onita & Katsutoshi Niiyama beat Sabu & Damian (13:45 Onita beat Damian)
Masanori and Sabu
March 13, 1994---TeleTheater, Heiwa-jima, Tokyo
Mr. Pogo, Goro Tsurumi, & Hideki Hosaka beat The Sheik, Sabu, & Damian (7:19 Pogo beat Damian)
May 5, 1994---Kawasaki Baseball Stadium, Kanagawa
Sabu & Damian beat Dr. Luther & Yone Genjin (Michinoku Pro) (15:14 Damian beat Yone)
August 28, 1994---Osaka Castle Hall
Hayabusa beat Sabu (14:15)
Sabu and Masanori
Sabu decided to leave FMW. The Sheik kept wrestling for FMW until Atsushi Onita's Retirement show at Kawasaki Baseball Stadium on May 5, 1995. Then, Sabu was fired by Paul E. Dangerously and Tod Gordon because he chose Heisei-Ishingun (New Japan's satellite group) shows at Korakuen Hall on April 8 and April 28. He was with WCW for three months from August.
January 4, 1995---Tokyo Dome (New Japan)
Sabu & Masahiro Chono beat Tatsumi Fujinami & Junji Hirata (11:18 Chono beat Hirata)---Sabu debuted with New Japan
May 3, 1995---Fukuoka Dome
IWGP Junior Heavyweight title match
Sabu beat Koji Kanemoto (16:39)---Sabu became the 24th champion
June 12, 1995---Osaka Furitsu Gym
IWGP Junior Heavyweight title match
Sabu beat Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero) (15:50)---Sabu kept the title
June 14, 1995---Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
IWGP & UWA World Junior Heavyweight double title match
Koji Kanemoto beat Sabu (19:04)---Kanemoto won both titles
November 23, 1995---Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight title match
Sabu beat Gran Hamada (11:59)---Sabu became the 22nd champion
December 1, 1995---Niigata City Gym
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight title match
El Samurai beat Sabu (14:06)---Samurai became the 23rd champion
Sabu wrestled for three offices in 1996. He changed from New Japan Pro to Big Japan Pro, from Big Japan Pro to Tokyo Pro, and from Tokyo Pro to All Japan Pro. He faced Kendo Nagasaki (June 4, 1996 / Kofu, Yamanashi) and Abdullah the Butcher (June 24, 1996 / Korakuen Hall, Tokyo) in singles matches. He had some classic aerial matches against 2 Cold Scorpio in Tokyo Pro, and against Rob Van Dam in All Japan Pro. Then, he was teaming with the late Gary Albright in All Japan's "Real World Tag Team League" Tournament from November 16 to December 6.
Sabu coming to the ring
November 16 - December 6, 1996 (All Japan)
Real World Tag Team League Tournament
(1) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (2) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (3) Kenta Kobashi & Patriot and Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (5) Gary Albright & Sabu, Stan Hansen & Takao Omori, and Giant Kimala (Ben Peacock) & Jun Izumida
November 20, 1996---Oita Prefectural Gym
Gary Albright & Sabu beat Giant Kimala & Jun Izumida (14:43 Albright beat Izumida)
November 21, 1996---Hakata StarLanes, Fukuoka
Kenta Kobashi & Patriot (Del Wilkes) beat Gary Albright & Sabu (15:06 Kobashi beat Sabu)
November 22, 1996---Okayama Budokan
Gary Albright & Sabu beat Stan Hansen & Takao Omori (13:30 Sabu beat Omori)
November 23, 1996---Yonago Industrial Hall, Tottori
Steve Williams & Johnny Ace beat Gary Albright & Sabu (18:16 Williams beat Albright)
November 24, 1996---KBS Hall, Kyoto
Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Gary Albright & Sabu (12:51 Taue beat Sabu)
November 26, 1996---Hakodate Civic Gym, Hokkaido
Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama beat Gary Albright & Sabu (13:31 Misawa beat Sabu)
November 28, 1996---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
Giant Kimala & Jun Izumida beat Gary Albright & Sabu (14:57 Kimala beat Sabu)
November 29, 1996---Sapporo Nakajima Sports Center, Hokkaido
Real World Tag Team League '96
Gary Albright & Sabu beat Kenta Kobashi & Patriot (17:14 Albright beat Kobashi)
November 30, 1996---Miyagi Prefectural Sports Center, Miyagi
Stan Hansen & Takao Omori beat Gary Albright & Sabu (16:23 Omori beat Sabu)
December 2, 1996---Osaka Furitsu (Prefectural) Gym
Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama beat Gary Albright & Sabu (12:32 Akiyama beat Sabu)
December 3, 1996---Gifu Industrial Hall
Steve Williams & Johnny Ace beat Gary Albright & Sabu (12:35 Williams beat Sabu)
December 4, 1996---Niigata City Gym
Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Gary Albright & Sabu (13:29 Kawada beat Sabu)
When Sabu lost to Giant Kimala in a singles match in Takasaki City Gym in Gumma on June 4, 1997, he decided to quit All Japan Pro, where he had been really mad about how he was positioned as an undercard wrestler. He returned to FMW at the end of 1997.
January 24, 1997---Akishima Messe, Tokyo
Stan Hansen beat Sabu (5:52)
January 25, 1997---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
All Asian Tag Team title match
Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori beat Sabu & Rob Van Dam (12:26 Omori beat Van Dam)---Akiyama & Omori kept the title
May 24, 1997---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Sabu drew Rob Van Dam (30:00)
December 22, 1997---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (FMW)
Sabu beat Sandman (13:13)
Paul E. Dangerously and ECW sent eight wrestlers and managers to the FMW show from December 11 to 13. The Sheik's Retirement Ceremony was held on December 11, Sabu and his wife, "Mibu," had their Japanese-style wedding ceremony on December 12 (Sabu's birthday), and Sabu & Rob Van Dam won the ECW World Tag Team title on December 13.
November 20, 1998---Yokohama Bunka Gym, Kanagawa
Three Way Dance
Sabu beat Yukihiro Kanemura and One Man Gang
(1) 8:45 Kanemura beat Gang
(2) 16:48 Sabu beat Kanemura
December 12, 1998---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Sabu & Rob Van Dam beat Hayabusa (Eiji Ezaki / "H") & Tommy Dreamer (17:27 RVD beat Dreamer)
December 13, 1998---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
ECW World Tag Team Title match
Sabu & Rob Van Dam beat Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley (16:59; Sabu beat Buh Buh)---Sabu & RVD won the title
June 15, 1999---Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
World Brass Knuckles Tag Team title match
Koji Nakagawa & Gedo beat Sabu & Super Leather (15:30 Gedo beat Leather)
June 16, 1999---Mobara Civic Gym, Chiba
Masato Tanaka & Ricky Fuji drew Sabu & Super Leather (10:11 No Contest)
June 21, 1999---Isezaki Civic Gym, Gumma
Sabu drew Tetsuhiro Kuroda (16:15 No Contest)
Harley Lewis in action
Harley Lewis (6'2" / 255 lbs.) will come to Japan for the first time for Big Japan Pro's "World Extreme Cup" Death Match Tournament from April 24 to May 14, 2000.
Harley was born on May 5, 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been fighting in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournaments since he was fourteen years old and won the Blue belt. Then, he was trained by Tom Brandi to be a professional wrestler. His first match was against Kevin Von Erich in IWCCW (International World Class Championship Wrestling). He has been wrestling for eight years. He held the New Jack City Heavyweight title and NJC Tag Team title, and twice held the WWA (World Wrestling Alliance) Intercontinental title. He was wrestling for Carlos Colon's WWC (World Wrestling Council) for four months at the end of last year and won the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight title. When he and Twiggy Ramirez were in a tag team called The Misfits, managed by Lupus, they won the IWA Hardcore Tag Team title, the Mid Eastern Tag Team title, and the NWA World Tag Team title four times. He also won three Tough Guy Tournaments, and he had a tryout with the WWF in 1998. He faced UFO's Kazunari Murakami at Dennis Coraluzzo's show in Pine Hill, New Jersey on June 4, 1999.
His dream has always been to wrestle in Japan because he loves Japanese style, and his favorite wrestlers, when he was a kid, were wrestling in Japan, such as Bruiser Brody, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, and, most of all, Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy. His favorite moves are the Backdrop Driver and the SuperPlex. His favorite moment is when he pinned the former WWF Champion, Bob Backlund.
You may contact Masanori at masa_h@mail.goo.ne.jp
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