History Trivia / Toryumon

* TheOtherDarrin: Subverted. Jun Ogawauchi was strongly believed by many to be the first incarnation of Orochi in Osaka Pro Wrestling, as they had the same finisher and body size, but it was revealed to be MIWAYAKI.

** Rumoredly, Kaientai Dojo mainstay Yuji Hino had intended to join the Último Dragón Gym during the Toryumon X phase, but refrained to do so because YASSHI, whom he knew from having attended the same highschool in Kyoto, told him that a stocky heavyweight like Hino would not benefit from a gym meant to produce junior high-flyers. Hino would later have the chance to enter the Toryumon system in El Dorado, where he teamed up with YASSHI.

** Rumoredly, Kaientai Dojo mainstay Yuji Hino had intended to join the Último Dragón Gym during the Toryumon X phase, but refrained to do so because YASSHI, whom he knew for having attended the same highschool in Kyoto, told him that a burly heavyweight like Hino would not take any advantage from a class meant to produce junior high-flyers. Hino would later have the chance to enter the Toryumon system in El Dorado, where he teamed up with YASSHI.

** Akihito Sawafuji's gimmick was originally going to be a BackyardWrestling character named "Chi*Polio Shaburyano", an original idea of Último Dragón himself, but Sawafuji refused, and thus he received the character of Milano Collection A.T.
** Kanji Ichikawa went to Último Dragón thinking on playing a strong-style wrestler in simple black tights, as he has an amateur wrestling background and it would be natural to him. However, Último didn't like it and demanded him to choose a more colourful gimmick, so he created Stalker Ichikawa, a ShoutOut to a character from the Japanese TV show ''Ore Tachi Hyoukin Zoku''.

** When the Sailor Boys broke up, Taiji Ishimori went to become one of the premier cruiserweights in Japan in Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, while the Satos became an indy attraction. It was not immediately apparent, as the twins had still good matches and success as part of STONED, but when they became the Brahman Brothers it became clear they weren't going anywhere up.
** Out of the three full-fledged wrestlers in Mini Crazy MAX, [=SUWAcito=] (Kagetora) has had the greatest success, as he received push after push in every promotion he went and eventually became a significant team player in Wrestling/DragonGate. Of the other two, although Mini CIMA (Wrestling/TakuyaSugi) became actually the most known of the three for his aerial abilities and many characters, his career was the least consistent and he faded to obscurity shortly after his peak, while Small Dandy Fujii (Rasse) has proved unable to leave the Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling low card for any extended time through the years.
** Shogo Takagi and Murciélago from the Los Carros Exóticos stable were a zig-zagged kind. The former managed to stuck with the Toryumon system and land in Wrestling/DragonGate while the latter remained in the indies, but Takagi ended up doing nothing notable in DG and was fired along with Aagan Iisou, while Murciélago became Flash Moon and was a mainstay sensation in Osaka Pro Wrestling for many years. Much straighter with the other two members, Lambo Miura and GALLARDO, as they never even made it out of Toryumon X. GALLARDO in particular had a career that lasted under a dozen matches.

** Kanji Ichikawa went to Último Dragón thinking on playing a strong-style wrestler in simple black tights, as he has an amateur wrestling background and it would be natural to him. However, Último didn't like it and demanded him to choose a more colourful gimmick, so he chose Stalker Ichikawa.

** SUWA applied to the entrance test of [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation Fighting Network RINGS]] before Toryumon, but he did not pass.

** The Sailor Boys broke up, Taiji Ishimori went to become one of the premier cruiserweights in Japan in Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, while the Satos became an indy attraction. It was not immediately apparent, as the twins had still good matches and success as part of STONED, but when they became the Brahman Brothers it became clear they weren't going anywhere up.
** Shogo Takagi and Murciélago from the Los Carros Exóticos stable were a zig-zagged kind, as the former managed to stuck with the Toryumon system and land in Wrestling/DragonGate while the latter remained in the indies. However, Takagi did nothing notable and was fired along with Aagan Iisou, while Murciélago became Flash Moon and was a mainstay sensation in Osaka Pro Wrestling for many years. Much straighter with the other two members, Lambo Miura and GALLARDO, as they never even made it out of Toryumon X. GALLARDO in particular had a career that lasted under a dozen matches.

** SUWA applied to the [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation Fighting Network RINGS]] auditions before Toryumon, but he did not pass.

** Back when all its members took ring names in all caps as the heel custom, Don Fujii's name was going to be "SUMO", as his former name was Sumo Fujii. However, as he thought it sounded silly, he kept that name and decided to change it every year.