MASANOBU FUCHI - A 5 MATCH PRIMER AND CAREER RETROSPECTIVE

So I was scrolling Cagematch about a month or so back, as you do, and I found myself looking for some Masanobu Fuchi matches to watch, because sometimes you have an insatiable urge to watch some Old Man Graps.

This urge is how I ran across this comment -

"6.0 - Contrary to what some people are saying, Fuchi was not a successful singles wrestler. He was alright, but only had about one standout singles bout against Kikuchi. Where he really shined was in tag scenarios, where he was truly great at playing a more supportive role in league with more standout wrestlers, such as Tsuruta and Kawada."

Masanobu Fuchi has given professional wrestling 50 years of his life. He’s still giving us time off his clock TO THIS DAY, at 70 YEARS OLD. And the best you can say about him is he had ONE STANDOUT SINGLES MATCH??? This pissed me off so bad that I had to start a whole ass blog to talk about it hey hi hello welcome

this right here is my fuckin road dawg frfr come join me as we celebrate this old fella

Apparently, the world doesn’t appreciate dudes like this. Dudes that punch the clock by punching guys in the nose. Dudes that grind, dudes that bend people’s joints the wrong way and aren’t afraid to have gritty, simple but effective matches. Dudes that, ultimately, make the guys they’re wrestling look better in the process.

Some might call him a mechanic. Others might call him a fall guy. And, yeah, he is those things. But if you take a look at the output Fuchi gave us in his career, the maligned and underfed division he carried on his back for the better part of a decade, and the love for his company he carried in his heart for the entirety of his 50 years and counting career…he’s worth being considered much more than just a good supporting player - he’s worth examining in his own right.

This is a five match primer for one of the undercover legends of the King’s Road, the ace of the junior heavyweights - Masanobu Fuchi.

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