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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