@theyalebrand: Antonio Inoki has died at age 79 after battling a rare disease called amyloidosis, his company, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, that he started in 1972 announced on Saturday. "His achievements, both in professional wrestling and the global community are without parallel and will never be forgotten," the professional wrestling group wrote in a statement. Inoki's reached global fame in 1976 when he faced Muhammad Ali in a rare wrestler vs. boxer match in Tokyo. In 1990, Inoki was instrumental in freeing 36 Japanese hostages held in Iraq. In 2010, he was inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame. He is technically considered WWE's first-ever Japanese world champion but that title is not yet recognized by the organization.

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Sunday 02 October 2022 03:49:56 GMT