Bios
Professor Ito
Nickname: Golden Wolf
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 260 lbs.
From: Ichinomiya, Japan
Birthday: Jun 20th
Pro Debut: May 4, 1961
Aliases: Umanosuke Ueda, Mr. Ito, Jim Hussey, Great Ito, Hiroshi Ueda, Tengu, Yuji Ueda
Feds Worked For: MSW, NWA-West, TSW, NWA, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), International Championship Wrestling (MS), International Wrestling Association Japan (Japan), International Wrestling Enterprise (Japan), International Wrestling Grand Prix (Japan), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), Kim-Ill Pro Wrestling Foundation (South Korea), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Network of Wrestling (Japan), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), NWA Big Time Wrestling (CA), NWA Hollywood (CA), Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico)
Signature Moves: Weapon Attack, Cobra Claw, Cross Chop, Chickenwing Armlock
Career Highlights: -IWA Champion
-IWE Champion
-NWA (Amarillo) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Chati Yokouchi)
-NWA Americas Tag Team Champion (w/ Pak Choo)
-NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (w/ Chati Yokouchi)
-NWA Gulf Coast Martial Arts Champion
-NWA International Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Kintaro Oki and Tiger Jeet Singh)
-NWA (Los Angeles/Japan) North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Tiger Jeet Singh)
-NWA (Mid-America) World Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/ Tojo Yamamoto, 1 w/ Chati Yokouchi)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (w/ Chati Yokouchi)
-NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion
Affiliates: Tiger Jeet Singh, Saul Weingeroff, Tojo Yamamoto, Chati Yokouchi, Kintaro Oki, Pak Choo, Gantetsu Matsuoka, Goro Tsurumi, Giant Baba, Karl Von Stroheim, Antonio Inoki, Kang Sung Yung, Kazuo Sakurada/Kendo Nagasaki, Masa Saito
Notable Feuds: Antonio Inoki, Genichiro Tenryu, Giant Baba, Seiji Sakaguchi, Kantaro Hoshino, Tatsumi Fujinami, Ashura Hara, Jumbo Tsuruta, Mighty Inoue, Motoshi Okuma, Danny Hodge, Terry Funk, Riki Choshu, Jerry Kozak, Strong Kobayashi, Lorenzo Parente, Kiyotaka Otsubo, Gorgeous George, Jr., Hideyuki Nagasawa, Rusher Kimura, Osamu Kido, Takashi Ishikawa, The Great Kojika, Masio Koma, Isao Yoshiwara, The Great Kabuki, Gantetsu Matsuoka, Ricky Romero, Mr. Chin, Rocky Smith, Luke Brown, Kazuo Sakurada/Dream Machine/Kendo Nagasaki, Ushinosuke Hayashi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Rocky Hata, The Great Mephisto, The Great Kusatsu
Other Facts: -Real name was Yuji Ueda
-As Jim Hussey, he used the nickname "Jumping"
-Trained The Great Kabuki and Hiro Saito for pro wrestling
-Had a long association with the Japanese TV show, "Takeshi's Castle", where he played a sumo wrestler who would compete with contestants on the show.
-In 1996, he was in a severe car accident, where he was thrown through the windshield of his car. He only survived because of his physical conditioning, but suffered a severe injury to his spine and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
-Passed away on December 21, 2011
Supplemental Information
Most Active Members
- Striker
- Michael York
- The Mayne Event
- cphs_sweethearts
- Talon
Oklafan Quiz
Stan Hansen & Frank Goodish held the Tri-State United States Tag Team Titles from October 1974 to July 1975. What is Frank Goodish's most well known wrestling name?
Current Champions
All Star Pro
Livestream Champion
Malik Mayfield
- Heavyweight Champion: Tino Valentino
- Women's Champion: Olivier Vegos
- Tag Team Champions: Wrestlers of Mass Destruction
- Mid-American Champion: Johnny Kove
- 5-Star Champion: Gatekeeper