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* DearNegativeReader: Tarzan Yamamoto, chief editor of the ''Weekly Pro Wrestling'' magazine, and an important creative consultant behind AJPW's resurgence in the late 80s and 90s, hated Tenryu for leaving AJPW, and performed a huge campaign against SWS, which many people believe (and Yamamoto confirmed in his autobiography) was fueled also by Giant Baba (although Yamamoto claimed that he also disliked Tenryu on a personal level for having accepted an offer that NJPW would have had the pull and pockets to shut down - and indeed did, since Keiji Mutoh was actually the original choice to run SWS, but Seiji Sakaguchi made a call and blocked the signing - but not AJPW). Their enmity went to the point that Tenryu refused to let WAR participate in the 1995 uber-event Bridge of Dreams, a chance no Japanese promotion would have rejected at the time, only because it was promoted by WPW. In fact, and only to spit Yamamoto, Tenryu decided to book an "Anti-Bridge of Dream" WAR event the same night, counting with NJPW guests, a coverage by rival magazine Weekly Gong and a later closed-circuit television screening to ensure he would pull it off.
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A popular rumor in Japanese tabloids claimed that Tenryu had penis enlargement surgery at some point.
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* HostilityOnTheSet:
** Was infamously enemies with Wrestling/KeijiMutoh, who received the job of AJPW chairman Tenryu had long waited for. Tenryu would end up leaving the company due to this.
** With Takashi Ishikawa, a former WAR wrestler that left Tenryu to form Tokyo Pro Wrestling in a move that mirrored Tenryu's own SWS's affair. He became one of Tenryu's main enemies, as he attracted Hiromichi Fuyuki away from WAR with money promises. It got to the point that when TPW joined Akio Sato's union of independent promotions, Fighting for Future, Tenryu created his own, Pro Wrestling Alliance, only to oppose them.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A popular rumor in Japanese tabloidsclaimed claims that Tenryu had [[BiggerIsBetterInBed penis enlargement surgery surgery]] at some point.
** Was infamously enemies with Wrestling/KeijiMutoh, who received the job of AJPW chairman Tenryu had long waited for. Tenryu would end up leaving the company due to this.
** With Takashi Ishikawa, a former WAR wrestler that left Tenryu to form Tokyo Pro Wrestling in a move that mirrored Tenryu's own SWS's affair. He became one of Tenryu's main enemies, as he attracted Hiromichi Fuyuki away from WAR with money promises. It got to the point that when TPW joined Akio Sato's union of independent promotions, Fighting for Future, Tenryu created his own, Pro Wrestling Alliance, only to oppose them.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A popular rumor in Japanese tabloids
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* CreativeDifferences: One of the various reasons Tenryu left [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]] was his frustration with what he saw as the complacency of his rival, Wrestling/JumboTsuruta. This came to a head before what would be their final singles match; Tenryu had intended to escalate their rivalry by incorporating blood, but Tsuruta told referee Kyohei Wada to relay the message to "Gen-chan" to take it easy on him that night. Unbeknownst to both of them, though, Tsuruta was only trying to prevent the transmission of the hepatitis virus which, five years earlier, he learned he had been carrying for his entire life. Tenryu later stated that he would have understood had he known the truth.
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* CreativeDifferences: One of the various reasons Tenryu left [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]] was his frustration with what he saw as the complacency of his rival, Wrestling/JumboTsuruta. This came to a head before what would be their final singles match; Tenryu had intended to escalate their rivalry by incorporating blood, but Tsuruta told referee Kyohei Wada to relay the message to "Gen-chan" to take it easy on him that night. Unbeknownst to both of them, though, Tsuruta was only trying to prevent the transmission of the hepatitis virus which, five years earlier, he learned he had been carrying for his entire life. Tenryu later stated that he would have understood had he known the truth.the context for Tsuruta's hesitance.
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* CreativeDifferences: One of the various reasons Tenryu left [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]] was his frustration with what he saw as the complacency of his rival, Wrestling/JumboTsuruta. This came to a head before what would be their final singles match; Tenryu had intended to escalate their rivalry by incorporating blood, but Tsuruta told referee Kyohei Wada to relay the message to "Gen-chan" to take it easy on him that night. Unbeknownst to both of them, though, Tsuruta was only trying to prevent the transmission of the hepatitis virus which, five years earlier, he learned he had been carrying for his entire life. Tenryu later stated that he would have understood had he known the truth.
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** He was approached by Japanese promoters to take part in the first UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship event in Japan in 1997, as he was reputed to be a tough guy who might do well in UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts. He would had fought as a WAR representative and his opponent would have been possibly Don Frye. However, negotiations fell apart as both Tenryu and the UFC officers agreed that he was too old to compete in MMA and that Frye was too nasty of an opponent for him. Other WAR wrestlers with MMA experience like Wrestling/KojiKitao and Koki Kitahara were offered to replace him, but UFC declined, as they did not want to get involved with pro wrestlers without the name value of Tenryu.
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** He was approached by Japanese promoters to take part in the first UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship event in Japan in 1997, as he was reputed to be a tough guy who might do well in UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts. He would had fought as a WAR representative and his opponent would have been possibly Don Frye. However, negotiations fell apart as both Tenryu and the UFC officers agreed that he was too old to compete in MMA and that Frye was too nasty of an opponent for him. Other WAR wrestlers with MMA experience like Wrestling/KojiKitao and Koki Kitahara were offered to replace him, but UFC declined, as they did not want to get involved with pro wrestlers without the name value of Tenryu.Tenryu.
** In August 2002, knowing Tenryu was not very active in pro wrestling around the time, K-1 chairman Kazuyoshi Ishii proposed him to make his MMA debut in the Dynamite!! event, but Tenryu was not interested.
** In August 2002, knowing Tenryu was not very active in pro wrestling around the time, K-1 chairman Kazuyoshi Ishii proposed him to make his MMA debut in the Dynamite!! event, but Tenryu was not interested.
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** He was approached by Japanese promoters to take part in the first UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship event in Japan in 1997, as he was reputed to be a tough guy who might do well in UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts. He would had fought as a WAR representative, and his opponent would have been possibly Don Frye. However, negotiations fell apart as both Tenryu and the UFC officers agreed that he was too old to compete in MMA and that Frye was too nasty of an opponent for him. Other WAR wrestlers like Wrestling/KojiKitao and Koki Kitahara were offered to replace him, but UFC declined, as they did not want to get involved with pro wrestlers without the name value of Tenryu.
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** He was approached by Japanese promoters to take part in the first UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship event in Japan in 1997, as he was reputed to be a tough guy who might do well in UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts. He would had fought as a WAR representative, representative and his opponent would have been possibly Don Frye. However, negotiations fell apart as both Tenryu and the UFC officers agreed that he was too old to compete in MMA and that Frye was too nasty of an opponent for him. Other WAR wrestlers with MMA experience like Wrestling/KojiKitao and Koki Kitahara were offered to replace him, but UFC declined, as they did not want to get involved with pro wrestlers without the name value of Tenryu.
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** He was approached by Japanese promoters to take part in the first UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship event in Japan in 1997, as he was reputed to be a tough guy. He would had fight as a WAR representative, and his opponent would have been Don Frye. However, negotiations fell apart as both Tenryu and the UFC officers agreed that he was too old to do UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts. Other WAR wrestlers like Wrestling/KojiKitao and Koki Kitahara were offered to fight, but UFC declined, as they did not want to get involved with pro wrestlers without the name value of Tenryu.
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** He was approached by Japanese promoters to take part in the first UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship event in Japan in 1997, as he was reputed to be a tough guy. guy who might do well in UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts. He would had fight fought as a WAR representative, and his opponent would have been possibly Don Frye. However, negotiations fell apart as both Tenryu and the UFC officers agreed that he was too old to do UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts. compete in MMA and that Frye was too nasty of an opponent for him. Other WAR wrestlers like Wrestling/KojiKitao and Koki Kitahara were offered to fight, replace him, but UFC declined, as they did not want to get involved with pro wrestlers without the name value of Tenryu.
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** He was also approached to take part in the first UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship event in Japan in 1997, as he was reputed to be a tough guy, but the negotiations fell apart as he considered himself too old to do UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts.
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** He was also approached by Japanese promoters to take part in the first UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship event in Japan in 1997, as he was reputed to be a tough guy, but the guy. He would had fight as a WAR representative, and his opponent would have been Don Frye. However, negotiations fell apart as both Tenryu and the UFC officers agreed that he considered himself was too old to do UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts.UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts. Other WAR wrestlers like Wrestling/KojiKitao and Koki Kitahara were offered to fight, but UFC declined, as they did not want to get involved with pro wrestlers without the name value of Tenryu.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tenryu was approached to take part in the first UFC event in Japan in 1997, but the negotiations fell apart as he was too old for MMA.
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** Tenryu was invited by [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation Union of Wrestling Forces International]] to compete in their world tournament in February 1994, but he declined, citing schedule problems.
** He was also approached to take part in the firstUFC UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship event in Japan in 1997, as he was reputed to be a tough guy, but the negotiations fell apart as he was considered himself too old for MMA.to do UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts.
** Tenryu was invited by [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation Union of Wrestling Forces International]] to compete in their world tournament in February 1994, but he declined, citing schedule problems.
** He was also approached to take part in the first
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* FollowTheLeader: New Japan, Wrestling/{{WCW}} and NOAH all introduced junior heavyweight TagTeam titles in WAR's wake.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tenryu was approached to take part in the first UFC event in Japan in 1997, but the negotiations fell apart as he was too oldto for MMA.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tenryu was approached to take part in the first UFC event in Japan in 1997, but the negotiations fell apart as he was too old
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