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* Tiger Mask's initial Heel gimmick is that of a violent fighter that only loves money and horribly beats up his opponents so that more fans will come to his matches hoping to see him defeated, meaning his purse gets bigger. The awesome part is that ''the public knows that perfectly'', with [[RefugeInAudacity Tiger Mask even explaining it to the fans after one of his fights]] - and yet they continue coming to his fights, because knowing that makes them hate him even more and so they want to see him crushed.
** Immediately after the speech, Jimmy, the child of one of his victims, attacks Tiger Mask but, being a child, can't hurt him and is sent away, much to everyone's relief as they thought he'd hurt the kid. Then an adult rushes Tiger Mask with a knife, and Tiger Mask [[OneHitKO takes him out with a single slap]] before announcing that [[WouldNotHurtAChild while he's not willing to beat up a child]] any adult that tries to attack him like Jimmy will end to the hospital.
** Immediately after the speech, Jimmy, the child of one of his victims, attacks Tiger Mask but, being a child, can't hurt him and is sent away, much to everyone's relief as they thought he'd hurt the kid. Then an adult rushes Tiger Mask with a knife, and Tiger Mask [[OneHitKO takes him out with a single slap]] before announcing that [[WouldNotHurtAChild while he's not willing to beat up a child]] any adult that tries to attack him like Jimmy will end to the hospital.
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*** The moment where the yeti shows just how ''skilled'' he is is when Tiger Mask, realizing he's completely outclassed in terms of strength, resorts to dropkicks to try and weaken his opponent before trying anything slower: the first time the yeti is pushed back, the second time he moves his weight and feet and [[NoSell shrugs off the kick]], and the third time he ''grabs Tiger Mask out of the air and [[MetronomicManMashing slams him on the mat a few times]]. Tiger Mask was forced to run the clock and avoid being grabbed before he recovered enough to try the Super Tiger Drop, and even then it was a close thing.
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*** The moment where the yeti shows just how ''skilled'' he is is when Tiger Mask, realizing he's completely outclassed in terms of strength, resorts to dropkicks to try and weaken his opponent before trying anything slower: the first time the yeti is pushed back, the second time he moves his weight and feet and [[NoSell shrugs off the kick]], and the third time he ''grabs Tiger Mask out of the air air'' and [[MetronomicManMashing slams him on the mat a few times]]. Tiger Mask was forced to run the clock and avoid being grabbed before he recovered enough to try the Super Tiger Drop, and even then it was a close thing.
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** vs. Viking Kid (sixth of the series of seven challengers). On a ring ''[[RatedMForManly floating in the ocean outside of the territorial waters]]''. Nothing more needs to be said.
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** vs. Viking Kid (sixth of the series of seven challengers). On a ring ''[[RatedMForManly floating ''floating in the ocean outside of the territorial waters]]''.waters''. Nothing more needs to be said.
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** One for Tiger the Great: in spite of being at the receiving end of the worst NoHoldsBarredBeatdown in the series (both manga ''and'' anime), he not only [[TheDeterminator manages to fight back for a while]] until [[GameBreakingInjury he gets his knee shattered]] and he's covered by Tiger Mask's cape, proving that Naoto is winning only because he's far more resilient while [[GlassCannon Tiger the Great doesn't have the pain resistance to take that kind of beating for long]], he ''[[MadeOfIron survives it all until the end]]'', only dying when Tiger Mask ''drops the ring's lights on him''-and he ''still'' [[DefiantToTheEnd tries to rise up and fight one last time]].
* Meta: the story of Tiger Mask is so inspirational that in 2011 and 2012, many years after the end of the series and before ''Anime/TigerMaskW'', many children homes in Japan received donations signed "Naoto Date".
* Meta: the story of Tiger Mask is so inspirational that in 2011 and 2012, many years after the end of the series and before ''Anime/TigerMaskW'', many children homes in Japan received donations signed "Naoto Date".
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** One for Tiger the Great: in spite of being at the receiving end of the worst NoHoldsBarredBeatdown in the series (both manga ''and'' anime), he not only [[TheDeterminator manages to fight back for a while]] until [[GameBreakingInjury he gets his knee shattered]] and he's covered by Tiger Mask's cape, proving that Naoto is winning only because he's far more resilient while [[GlassCannon Tiger the Great doesn't have the pain resistance to take that kind of beating for long]], he ''[[MadeOfIron survives it all until the end]]'', only dying when Tiger Mask ''drops the ring's lights on him''-and he ''still'' [[DefiantToTheEnd tries to rise up and fight one last time]].
* Meta: the story of Tiger Mask is so inspirational that in 2011 and 2012, many years after the end of the series and before ''Anime/TigerMaskW'', many children homes in Japan received donations signed "Naoto Date".time]].
* Meta: the story of Tiger Mask is so inspirational that in 2011 and 2012, many years after the end of the series and before ''Anime/TigerMaskW'', many children homes in Japan received donations signed "Naoto Date".
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* Late in the manga, a group of bouncers from Las Vegas' casinos are trying to intimidate Big Condor into not holding his tournament every day, and refuse to listen when he explains he has thought it through and both him and their bosses would make more money this way. What does Big Condor do? He has the bouncers deal with Wrestling/FreddieBlassie, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_Hi_Lee Sky Hi Lee]], and Wrestling/DickTheBruiser. Who is pissed because, being a former bouncer, their stupidity is making him look bad. Cue the wrestlers intimidating the bouncers with some of their tricks:
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* Late in the manga, a group of bouncers from Las Vegas' casinos are trying to intimidate Big Condor into not holding his tournament every day, day as gamblers don't come to the casinos anymore, and refuse to listen when he explains he has thought it through and both him and their bosses would make more money this way. What does Big Condor do? He has the bouncers deal with Wrestling/FreddieBlassie, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_Hi_Lee Sky Hi Lee]], and Wrestling/DickTheBruiser. Who is pissed because, being a former bouncer, their stupidity is making him look bad. [[HilarityEnsues Cue the wrestlers intimidating the bouncers with some of their tricks:tricks]]:
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*** The moment where the yeti shows just how ''skilled'' he is is when Tiger Mask, realizing he's completely outclassed in terms of strength, resorts to dropkicks to try and weaken his opponent before trying anything slower: the first time the yeti is pushed back, the second time he moves his weight and feet and [[NoSell shrugs off the kick]], and the third time he ''grabs Tiger Mask out of the air and [[MetronomicManMashing slams him on the mat a few times]]. Tiger Mask was forced to run the clock and avoid being grabbed before he recovered enough to try the Super Tiger Drop, and even then it was a close thing.
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** Oki's moment came in the fight between Tiger Mask and Mr. Question. When it looked like Tiger Mask was completely defeated, Oki told him his secret strategy to win: faking an headbutt, then when he defended from the headbutt grabbing his legs and throwing him on the ring's poles before using the unescapable submission move Boston Crab. Tiger Mask didn't expect Mr. Question to fall for it but tried it anyway out of respect... And worked like a charm. Oki then smugly told Tiger Mask that he ''did'' hit Mr. Question with his headbutt once when he was wearing his mask, and never used it in the tournament to let him believe that Tiger Mask's headbutts were obscenely powerful and ''make this entire strategy possible''.
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** Oki's moment came in the fight between Tiger Mask and Mr. Question. When it looked like Tiger Mask was completely defeated, Oki told him his secret strategy to win: faking an headbutt, then when he defended from the headbutt grabbing covered in fear of being headbutted he'd have to grabb his legs and throwing throw him on the ring's poles before using the unescapable submission move Boston Crab. Tiger Mask didn't expect Mr. Question to fall for it but tried it anyway out of respect... And worked like a charm. Oki then smugly told Tiger Mask that he ''did'' hit Mr. Question with his headbutt once when he was wearing his mask, and never used it in the tournament to let him believe that Tiger Mask's headbutts were obscenely powerful and ''make this entire strategy possible''.
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** After being defeated, Mr. Question unmasks himself and gets ''two'' Moments of Awesome in one instant, and makes all of his previous Awesomeness even more Awesome: taking off the mask he not only reveals that he's ''[[OldMaster over seventy years old]]'' (he wore the mask and his long-sleeved outfit specifically to hide his age), but that his true identity is The Great Zuma, in-universe the greatest wrestler of all times that could defeat the reigning world champion in ''ten seconds'' in his thirties and had remained undefeated until that day. Tiger Mask then realized that yes, he had just [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable defeated an undefeatable wrestler]], but if that undefeatable wrestler had been ''any'' younger he would have been defeated.
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** After being defeated, Mr. Question unmasks himself and gets ''two'' ''three'' Moments of Awesome in one instant, and makes all of his previous Awesomeness even more Awesome: taking off the mask he not only reveals that he's ''[[OldMaster over seventy years old]]'' (he wore the mask and his long-sleeved outfit specifically to hide his age), but that his true identity is The Great Zuma, in-universe the greatest wrestler of all times that could defeat the reigning world champion in ''ten seconds'' in his thirties and had remained undefeated until that day.day - and [[AwesomenessIsAForce sends the referee to his knees at the realization he's on the same ring as his childhood hero]]. Tiger Mask then realized that yes, he had just [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable defeated an undefeatable wrestler]], but if that undefeatable wrestler had been ''any'' younger he would have been defeated.
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** Final awesomeness: he had returned in the ring to teach a lesson to the Heel wrestlers that didn't know how to actually fight, and, before about one hundred thousands people, bragged that they had fallen like children when faced with the strikes of a seventy-years old man.
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** Final awesomeness: he had returned in the ring to teach a lesson to the Heel wrestlers that didn't know how to actually fight, and, before about one hundred thousands people, bragged brags that they had fallen like children when faced with the strikes of a seventy-years old man.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPMdW-9wUUo How about the opening theme, as a start?]] The beautiful instrumentals by Shinsuke Kikuchi aside, the sheer ''passion'' that Hideo Morimoto brings adds to a wonderful fight song that gets the viewer pumped up for the in-ring action that's bound to take place. And let's not forget the fluid animation that accompanies it as well.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPMdW-9wUUo How about the opening theme, as a start?]] The beautiful instrumentals by Shinsuke Kikuchi aside, the sheer ''passion'' that Hideo Morimoto brings adds to a wonderful fight song that gets the viewer pumped up ready for the upcoming in-ring action that's bound to take place. And let's not forget the fluid animation that accompanies it as well.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPMdW-9wUUo How about the opening theme, as a start? The beautiful instrumentals by Shinsuke Kikuchi aside, the sheer ''passion'' that Hideo Morimoto brings adds to a wonderful fight song that gets the viewer pumped up for the in-ring action that's bound to take place. And let's not forget the fluid animation that accompanies it as well.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPMdW-9wUUo How about the opening theme, as a start? start?]] The beautiful instrumentals by Shinsuke Kikuchi aside, the sheer ''passion'' that Hideo Morimoto brings adds to a wonderful fight song that gets the viewer pumped up for the in-ring action that's bound to take place. And let's not forget the fluid animation that accompanies it as well.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPMdW-9wUUo How about the opening theme, as a start? The beautiful instrumentals by Shinsuke Kikuchi aside, the sheer ''passion'' that Hideo Morimoto brings adds to a wonderful fight song that gets the viewer pumped up for the in-ring action that's bound to take place. And let's not forget the fluid animation that accompanies it as well.
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* At the Maskmen World League Lionman has a moment of pure awesomeness when Mr. X makes him show off his strength, and he crushes a completely filled case of cokes and wins a tug of war with ''twenty'' people lured by the promise of tickets near the ring if they won. Then the moment of awesome is hijacked by [[spoiler: Giant Baba]], who, masked as Great Zebra, yanked the chain of the tug of war and matched Lionman's strength ''with one arm''.
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* At the Maskmen World League Lionman has a moment of pure awesomeness when Mr. X makes him show off his strength, and he crushes a completely filled case of cokes and wins a tug of war with ''twenty'' people lured by the promise of tickets near the ring if they won. Then the moment of awesome is hijacked by [[spoiler: Giant Baba]], Baba, who, masked as Great Zebra, yanked the chain of the tug of war and matched Lionman's strength ''with one arm''.
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** The rematch between Miracle 3 (now the champion) and Tiger Mask... Whose training included Tiger's Cave-style TrainingFromHell and, to perfect the Tiger V, ''having Teppei try and run him over with a car''. In the first round Tiger Mask loses but barely, and matches Miracle 3 move for move in an incredible technical fight. In the second round Miracle 3 starts using his immense strength... And gets ''annihilated'' by the Tiger V, ending out of the ring out cold with his head on the floor and Tiger Mask using his legs to form the letter "V". Then, somehow, ''[[MadeOfIron Miracle 3 came back for the third round]]'', [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope and it was later discovered he was actually three guys]], ''two of which Tiger Mask ultimately knocked out'']]. Needless to say, this is Tiger Mask's greatest victory.
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** The rematch between Miracle 3 (now the champion) and Tiger Mask... Whose training included Tiger's Cave-style TrainingFromHell and, to perfect the Tiger V, ''having Teppei try and run him over with a car''. In the first round Tiger Mask loses but barely, and matches Miracle 3 move for move in an incredible technical fight. In the second round Miracle 3 starts using his immense strength... And gets ''annihilated'' by the Tiger V, ending out of the ring out cold with his head on the floor and Tiger Mask using his legs to form the letter "V". Then, somehow, ''[[MadeOfIron Miracle 3 came back for the third round]]'', [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope and it was later discovered he was actually three guys]], ''two of which Tiger Mask ultimately knocked out'']].out''. Needless to say, this is Tiger Mask's greatest victory.
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** For the rematch with Miracle 3, Tiger Mask comes up with the Tiger V: when rushed by an opponent, Tiger Mask does a Tomoe Nage to throw him out of the ring and then, using his agility and skills with the bridge position, jumps to follow the victim and makes sure he lands head first while forcing open his legs to form a V (hence the name) and holding on the ring ropes to not drop out alongside his victim. This move was ''never'' countered, not even against the extremely skilled El Sicodelico, and the only time it failed was because Tiger Mask had a neck injury and couldn't hold the bridge.
*** The training for the move: Tiger Mask had Teppei ''try and run him over with a car'' while he stood in front of a small drop in the ground, and would only dodge by the bridge position. And then, when he grasped the timing, he ''grabbed the car's back wheels'', leaving Teppei flabbergasted and wondering what did Tiger Mask cook up this time. And when he sees it against Miracle 3, he's in complete awe.
*** The training for the move: Tiger Mask had Teppei ''try and run him over with a car'' while he stood in front of a small drop in the ground, and would only dodge by the bridge position. And then, when he grasped the timing, he ''grabbed the car's back wheels'', leaving Teppei flabbergasted and wondering what did Tiger Mask cook up this time. And when he sees it against Miracle 3, he's in complete awe.
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** vs. Miracle 3 (seventh and last of the series of seven challengers). In a completely normal and regular three rounds-match in spite of being a fight with a Tiger's Cave pupil. It's quite the formidable fight from the start... Then Miracle 3 finally does what nobody else could have done: he ''counters the Fujiyama Tiger Breaker'', in a way nobody else could have done, first by landing on his hands (and with his arms being longer than Tiger Mask he was safe from an attempt to grab him and pull him down anyway) and then, to tire his opponent's legs and have a safe landing while he couldn't grab him, doing [[http://www.toledoblade.com/image/2012/08/06/800x600_b1cCM/London-Olympics-Artistic-Gymnastics-Men.jpg this]]. And that was after an amazing BadassBoast (and he actually delivers): "Congratulation, Tiger Mask! Worth of the ''former'' champion".
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** vs. Miracle 3 (seventh and last of the series of seven challengers). In a completely normal and regular three rounds-match in spite of being a fight with a Tiger's Cave pupil. It's quite the formidable fight from the start... Then Miracle 3 finally does what nobody else could have done: he ''counters the Fujiyama Tiger Breaker'', in a way nobody else could have done, first by landing on his hands (and with his arms being longer than Tiger Mask he was safe from an attempt to grab him and pull him down anyway) and then, to tire his opponent's legs and have a safe landing while he couldn't grab him, doing [[http://www.toledoblade.com/image/2012/08/06/800x600_b1cCM/London-Olympics-Artistic-Gymnastics-Men.jpg this]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Es0ic1JBA pommel routines]]. And that was after an amazing BadassBoast (and he actually delivers): "Congratulation, Tiger Mask! Worth of the ''former'' champion".champion".
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*** The fact Miracle 3 can ''do'' pommel routines with his size.
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** As it was pointed out many times previously, Tiger the Great possesses immense strength, awesome technique, and formidable skills in fouls, making him effectively invincible, and in this fight he's finally cutting loose. And yet, Tiger Mask ''fights back blow for blow'' until his mask gets ripped off.
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** As it was pointed out many times previously, Tiger the Great possesses immense strength, awesome technique, and formidable skills in fouls, making him effectively invincible, invincible (and countering the Fujiyama Tiger Breaker ''with ease''), and in this fight he's finally cutting loose. And yet, Tiger Mask ''fights back blow for blow'' until his mask gets ripped off.
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* Tiger Mask's original ''legal'' {{Finishing Move}}s, with their immense strength and the skill it takes to pull them off:
** The Super Tiger Drop consists in Tiger Mask getting his head between the legs of the opponent (preferably when they're rushing), lift him on his shoulders, walk backwards to the ring ropes and ''on them'', and then jump and [[MetronomicManMashing slam the victim on the ring]]. As said above, when used out of the ring this move ''killed a bear''... And on the ring it knocked out a ''yeti''.
** The Fujiyama Tiger Breaker, so named because one of the victims likened it to being thrown from the top of Mount Fuji. First he executes a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoe_nage Tomoe Nage]], then, before the opponent can fly away, he starts kicking his opponent on the back multiple times, before kicking him much higher, rise up, letting the victim land on his head, and complete the victory with a modified Argentine Backbreaker.
*** The birth of the move: during his second fight in Tiger's Cave underground fighting ring, Tiger Mask was losing due having had to fight both his opponent and his trained snake, so he used a Tomoe Nage to gain some breathing room and kicked up to make it more effective... And [[GroinAttack got his opponent in the nuts]]. And continued for a while before kicking the now emasculated opponent on the ring post, winning the match. But knowing he'd now have to face the much stronger and more skilled Mr. Kamikaze, he wondered how to face said monster... And then perfected said improvised sequence.
*** The Super Tiger Drop had a difficult life, with Star Apollon almost defeating it through his sheer skills at dodging even with his legs closed and then Mr. Question revealing to the world the perfect counter... So ''this time'' Tiger Mask thought about multiple variations to deal with whatever counter the opponent could come up with: Bobo Brazil decided to land head first and smash his head, so Tiger Mask dodged and turned it in the mother of all piledrivers; Black V was [[KungFuProofMook immune to submission holds]] and could shrug off the most dangerous part, so Tiger Mask had the ringside mattresses removed, executed the move, and then ''jumped out head first'', using Black V as a cushion and smashing him between his head and concrete; The Convict challenged Tiger Mask to a chain death match where their hands would be cuffed, so Tiger Mask just jumped with The Convict and used the ring post for the backbreaker.
*** Eventually Miracle 3 does the miracle and thinks up of a counter that ''can'' work: landing arms first, and then using [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Es0ic1JBA pommel horse routines]] to tire Tiger Mask's legs first and be able to land without being caught in the backbreaker (as otherwise there's a chance of the countering wrestler's arms tiring out first and getting caught in the backbreaker). Even this is awesome for Tiger Mask, as it requires enormous strength and resilience to land without hurting or breaking one's arms, said arms being ''longer'' than Tiger Mask's (as otherwise he can just go for the backbreaker), and the agility and skills to perform those routines. In fact, ''only Miracle 3'' could pull it off.
** The Super Tiger Drop consists in Tiger Mask getting his head between the legs of the opponent (preferably when they're rushing), lift him on his shoulders, walk backwards to the ring ropes and ''on them'', and then jump and [[MetronomicManMashing slam the victim on the ring]]. As said above, when used out of the ring this move ''killed a bear''... And on the ring it knocked out a ''yeti''.
** The Fujiyama Tiger Breaker, so named because one of the victims likened it to being thrown from the top of Mount Fuji. First he executes a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoe_nage Tomoe Nage]], then, before the opponent can fly away, he starts kicking his opponent on the back multiple times, before kicking him much higher, rise up, letting the victim land on his head, and complete the victory with a modified Argentine Backbreaker.
*** The birth of the move: during his second fight in Tiger's Cave underground fighting ring, Tiger Mask was losing due having had to fight both his opponent and his trained snake, so he used a Tomoe Nage to gain some breathing room and kicked up to make it more effective... And [[GroinAttack got his opponent in the nuts]]. And continued for a while before kicking the now emasculated opponent on the ring post, winning the match. But knowing he'd now have to face the much stronger and more skilled Mr. Kamikaze, he wondered how to face said monster... And then perfected said improvised sequence.
*** The Super Tiger Drop had a difficult life, with Star Apollon almost defeating it through his sheer skills at dodging even with his legs closed and then Mr. Question revealing to the world the perfect counter... So ''this time'' Tiger Mask thought about multiple variations to deal with whatever counter the opponent could come up with: Bobo Brazil decided to land head first and smash his head, so Tiger Mask dodged and turned it in the mother of all piledrivers; Black V was [[KungFuProofMook immune to submission holds]] and could shrug off the most dangerous part, so Tiger Mask had the ringside mattresses removed, executed the move, and then ''jumped out head first'', using Black V as a cushion and smashing him between his head and concrete; The Convict challenged Tiger Mask to a chain death match where their hands would be cuffed, so Tiger Mask just jumped with The Convict and used the ring post for the backbreaker.
*** Eventually Miracle 3 does the miracle and thinks up of a counter that ''can'' work: landing arms first, and then using [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Es0ic1JBA pommel horse routines]] to tire Tiger Mask's legs first and be able to land without being caught in the backbreaker (as otherwise there's a chance of the countering wrestler's arms tiring out first and getting caught in the backbreaker). Even this is awesome for Tiger Mask, as it requires enormous strength and resilience to land without hurting or breaking one's arms, said arms being ''longer'' than Tiger Mask's (as otherwise he can just go for the backbreaker), and the agility and skills to perform those routines. In fact, ''only Miracle 3'' could pull it off.
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** During the tournament, Tiger Mask's first opponent is eventually revealed to be a ''yeti''. After the yeti is defeated, Mr. Question arrives, brings him to safety as some scientists wanted to basically kidnap him, and reveals he's his teacher. This guy ''taught a yeti how to wrestle''. And did a good job too, as Tiger Mask at one point was completely overwhelmed by [[StrongAndSkilled his combination of superhuman strength and great skil]] while he had already ''annihilated'' the much stronger, but far less skilled, Gorilla Man.
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* The real-world wrestlers such as Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki: they didn't go through the TrainingFromHell Tiger Mask had, which in theory should make them inferior to him, yet the latter easily recognizes them as equal, if not greater, than he is.
