10 great “Foreign” Wrestlers Who Were Actually Born In America
6. “Professor” Toru Tanaka
There were numerous Asian- and Polynesian-American wrestlers who depicted cliché Japanese heels in the years after WWII, from Kinji Shibuya to Harold "Oddjob" Sakata, however U.s. Armed force Sergeant and Hawaiian local Charles Kalani, Jr. may have had the greatest effect, wrestling as the fearsome "Educator" Toru Tanaka. Tanaka appeared in the late 1960s and, instantly from that point, was principle eventing Madison Square Garden against fabulous WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino. He would turn into a various time World Tag Team Champion with Mr. Fuji (once more, all the more on him later) and, in the wake of resigning, would act in excess of two-dozen movies, typically tackling the Oddjob-sort scoundrel parts.
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