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Hiro Matsuda

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The Resume

    (July 22, 1937-November 7, 1999)
    Birth name is Yasuhiro Kojima
    Wrestled for the NWA
    Former NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion and holder of several regional NWA singles and tag titles

Why he might be annoying:

    He wrestled barefoot.
    He was obsessed with physical conditioning and would make his students do 1,000 push-ups and sit-ups before even entering the ring.
    Due to the time period in which he wrestled, fans of the 80's, 90's and today have no idea who is.
    Fans have no idea that many of the wrestlers they watched like Hulk Hogan, Lex Luger, Ron Simmons, Scott Hall, Paul Orndorff and many more learned everything they knew from Matsuda.
    He snapped Hulk Hogan's leg the first day Hogan came to be trained by him.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He's well-respected as a trainer as much as he is a wrestler.
    He was one of the first to combine established wrestling moves with karate, a style that would be copied for years.
    His feud with Danny Hodge is widely regarded as the greatest pure wrestling feud of the modern era.
    He trained Hulk Hogan.
    When Hulk Hogan came back from his broken leg injury, Matsuda trained him and made him a big star.

Credit: Reo Rogerz


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 62 Votes: 69.35% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 143 Votes: 67.13% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 306 Votes: 67.32% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 72 Votes: 51.39% Annoying