Giant Baba
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Shohei Baba, best known by his ring name Giant Baba, was a Japanese professional wrestler, promoter, and professional baseball player. He is best known as a co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling, a pr
Baba in 1964
Baba during his rookie year with the Yomiuri Giants
Baba training in 1962
Wrestling Sikeston, MO 1938 1
Rikidōzan
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Mitsuhiro Momota, better known by the ring name Rikidōzan, was a Korean-Japanese professional wrestler and sumo wrestler. He was known as the father of professional wrestling in Japan, nicknamed "The
Giant Baba
…a co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), a promotion he founded in 1972 along with Mitsuo Momota and Yoshihiro Momota, the sons of his mentor Rikidōzan. For the first 10 years of its existence, Baba was the top star of All Japan, while also serving as the booker, promoter, head trainer and president…
Rikidōzan as the Japanese Heavyweight Champion in 1954
Rikidōzan in 1949, in traditional sumo keshō-mawashi
Momota's apartment, nicknamed the Riki Mansion, in 2007
Momota entered Sannoh Hospital after being stabbed