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* {{Face}}:
** In early WCW, Liger actually started out as the heel when feuding with Wrestling/BrianPillman, but he was such a natural face that the fans started cheering for him. He was a heel as the leader of CTU though.
** ForeignWrestlingHeel: Demoted to this in WCW in late 1995. The theme for ''[=Starrcade=] 1995'' was the "World Cup of Wrestling," a series of matches pitting regular WCW guys vs. New Japan guys. Of course, they had [[Characters/WCWManagers Sonny Onoo]] as the representative for New Japan. WCW even told their stupid audiences at the Disney tapings to boo Liger no matter what he did. He was also an evil foreigner with Okumura, Naito and Yujiro as La Ola Amarilla in CMLL.
** In early WCW, Liger actually started out as the heel when feuding with Wrestling/BrianPillman, but he was such a natural face that the fans started cheering for him. He was a heel as the leader of CTU though.
** ForeignWrestlingHeel: Demoted to this in WCW in late 1995. The theme for ''[=Starrcade=] 1995'' was the "World Cup of Wrestling," a series of matches pitting regular WCW guys vs. New Japan guys. Of course, they had [[Characters/WCWManagers Sonny Onoo]] as the representative for New Japan. WCW even told their stupid audiences at the Disney tapings to boo Liger no matter what he did. He was also an evil foreigner with Okumura, Naito and Yujiro as La Ola Amarilla in CMLL.
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* {{Face}}:
**{{Face}}: In early WCW, Liger actually started out as the heel when feuding with Wrestling/BrianPillman, but he was such a natural face that the fans started cheering for him. He was a heel as the leader of CTU though.
** ForeignWrestlingHeel: Demoted to this in WCW in late 1995. The theme for ''[=Starrcade=] 1995'' was the "World Cup of Wrestling," a series of matches pitting regular WCW guys vs. New Japan guys. Of course, they had [[Characters/WCWManagers Sonny Onoo]] as the representative for New Japan. WCW even told their stupid audiences at the Disney tapings to boo Liger no matter what he did. He was also an evil foreigner with Okumura, Naito and Yujiro as La Ola Amarilla in CMLL.though.
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** ForeignWrestlingHeel: Demoted to this in WCW in late 1995. The theme for ''[=Starrcade=] 1995'' was the "World Cup of Wrestling," a series of matches pitting regular WCW guys vs. New Japan guys. Of course, they had [[Characters/WCWManagers Sonny Onoo]] as the representative for New Japan. WCW even told their stupid audiences at the Disney tapings to boo Liger no matter what he did. He was also an evil foreigner with Okumura, Naito and Yujiro as La Ola Amarilla in CMLL.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel:
** Briefly demoted to this in WCW in late 1995, to fit ''Starrcade 1995'''s "World Cup of Wrestling" theme of WCW vs. NJPW matches. Liger, like all the NJPW guys, was stapled to sneering YellowPeril manager Sonny Onoo for the build, and when taping the Disney shows, WCW outright asked their audiences not to cheer him no matter how many awesome things he did.
** Liger was also an evil foreigner with Okumura, Naito and Yujiro as La Ola Amarilla in CMLL.
** Briefly demoted to this in WCW in late 1995, to fit ''Starrcade 1995'''s "World Cup of Wrestling" theme of WCW vs. NJPW matches. Liger, like all the NJPW guys, was stapled to sneering YellowPeril manager Sonny Onoo for the build, and when taping the Disney shows, WCW outright asked their audiences not to cheer him no matter how many awesome things he did.
** Liger was also an evil foreigner with Okumura, Naito and Yujiro as La Ola Amarilla in CMLL.
* GoodIsNotNice: Despite his superhero gimmick and being a natural babyface, Liger wasn't always the nicest of guys in his Japanese runs, often defined by his arrogance. To say nothing of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Kishin Liger]]...
** In 1999 and 2000, Liger felt that there was no competition within the junior heavyweight division, becoming more aggressive as a result of his aggravation. In 99, Liger announced he was leaving New Japan while still IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion to find competition elsewhere. He returned in 2000, destroying Koji Kanemoto in less than four minutes in the Tokyo Dome.
** In 1999 and 2000, Liger felt that there was no competition within the junior heavyweight division, becoming more aggressive as a result of his aggravation. In 99, Liger announced he was leaving New Japan while still IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion to find competition elsewhere. He returned in 2000, destroying Koji Kanemoto in less than four minutes in the Tokyo Dome.
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* {{Heel}}: Despite his superhero gimmick, Liger wasn't always the nicest of guys. At best, he was an arrogant hero, at worst, he became the Demon Beast known as Kishin Liger. Examples include the above listed WCW and CMLL runs, but he had a few in Japan too, notably:
** In 1999 and 2000, Liger felt that there was no competition within the junior heavyweight division, becoming more aggressive as a result of his aggravation. In 99, Liger announced he was leaving New Japan while still IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion to find competition elsewhere. He returned in 2000, destroying Koji Kanemoto in less than four minutes in the Tokyo Dome.
** In 1999 and 2000, Liger felt that there was no competition within the junior heavyweight division, becoming more aggressive as a result of his aggravation. In 99, Liger announced he was leaving New Japan while still IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion to find competition elsewhere. He returned in 2000, destroying Koji Kanemoto in less than four minutes in the Tokyo Dome.
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Liger worked his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome, and had his official retirement ceremony the following night at NJPW's ''New Year Dash!!''[[note]]Not a writing error, the actual title of the event includes the two exclamation points.[[/note]] He's also being inducted as part of Class 2020 of the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame, in spite of only having one fight for the company.
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Liger worked his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome, and had his official retirement ceremony the following night at NJPW's ''New Year Dash!!''[[note]]Not a writing error, the actual title of the event includes the two exclamation points.[[/note]] He's He was also being inducted as part of Class 2020 of the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame, Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame class of 2020, in spite of working only having one fight match for the company.
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* IKnowKarate: Is apparently trained in koppo (a martial art that allows kicks, grappling and more notably features hand strikes that doesn't use the fist). The art's own founder Seishi Horibe was in his corner when Liger wrestled Don Nakaya Nielsen in a different style fight in 1988.
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* IKnowKarate: Is apparently trained in koppo (a martial art that allows kicks, grappling and more notably features hand strikes that doesn't use the fist). The art's own founder Seishi Masashi Horibe was in his corner when Liger wrestled Don Nakaya Nielsen in a different style fight in 1988.
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* IKnowKarate: Is apparently trained in koppo.koppo (a martial art that allows kicks, grappling and more notably features hand strikes that doesn't use the fist). The art's own founder Seishi Horibe was in his corner when Liger wrestled Don Nakaya Nielsen in a different style fight in 1988.
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* IHaveTheHighGround: He was known for frequent jumping to the top turnbuckle once his Jushin Liger gimmick really got going. However, he stopped doing so quite as frequently around the time his tumor was discovered.
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jushin_Liger The Other Wiki]].
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* TheRival: Claims his closest rivals were Naoki Sano and Wrestling/ChrisBenoit.
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* TheRival: Claims his closest rivals were Naoki Sano Wrestling/NaokiSano and Wrestling/ChrisBenoit.
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* {{Determinator}}: Before he became Liger, he was initially rejected by New Japan because he didn't meet height requirements (another version says he never really applied because he knew he would be rejected), although he was still a teenager and was not likely done growing. He would start his training in Mexico instead, and when NJPW officials Gran Hamada and Kotetsu Yamamoto made a visit and saw him literally starving while studying there, they allowed him to train at the New Japan Dojo. The rest is history.
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* {{Determinator}}: Before he became Liger, a wrestler, he was initially rejected by New Japan because he didn't meet height requirements (another version says he never really applied because he knew he would be rejected), rejected by this reason), although he was still a teenager and was not likely done growing. He would start his training in Mexico instead, as there are not such requirements in Mexican promotions, and when NJPW officials Gran Hamada and Kotetsu Yamamoto made a visit and saw him literally starving while studying there, they allowed him to train at the New Japan Dojo. The rest is history.
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* IKnowKarate: Is apparently trained in koppo. The art's own founder Seishi Horibe was in his corner when he fought Don Nakaya Nielsen in a different style fight in 1988.
* InformedAbility: Many sources state that Yamada learned multiple martial arts, but it's untrue: his only fighting background was amateur wrestling while on high school (and pretty good in that, as he placed second in a national championship). He seems to have a background in koppo, though.
* InformedAbility: Many sources state that Yamada learned multiple martial arts, but it's untrue: his only fighting background was amateur wrestling while on high school (and pretty good in that, as he placed second in a national championship). He seems to have a background in koppo, though.
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* IKnowKarate: Is apparently trained in koppo. The art's own founder Seishi Horibe was in his corner when he fought Liger wrestled Don Nakaya Nielsen in a different style fight in 1988.
* InformedAbility: Many sources state that Yamada learned multiple martial arts, but it's untrue: his only fighting background was amateur wrestling while on high school (and he was pretty good in that, as he placed second in a national championship). Heseems to have a background in later learned koppo, though.
* InformedAbility: Many sources state that Yamada learned multiple martial arts, but it's untrue: his only fighting background was amateur wrestling while on high school (and he was pretty good in that, as he placed second in a national championship). He
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* SacrificialLion: Or maybe just lamb. Regardless, Jushin Liger knew he wouldn't be able to beat Minoru Suzuki in a mixed martial arts bout, especially not post brain surgery, but willingly entered into one anyway so New Japan could save face with Pancrase.
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* SacrificialLion: Or maybe just lamb. Regardless, Jushin Liger knew he wouldn't be able to beat Minoru Suzuki in a mixed martial arts bout, especially not post brain surgery, but willingly entered into one anyway so New Japan could save face with Pancrase. This was presumably also the reason why he opted to throw a wild AwesomeButImpractical kick and pay the price instead of fighting conservatively and possibly humiliating himself even more by failing at that.
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* SuperPoweredEvilSide: His dark, unmasked (but facepainted) alter ego ''Kishin Liger'' is his, used only in the rarest of circumstances to the point he's only ever called on him 4 times in his career, and always against the most ruthless heels in the most heated feuds. [[CurbstompBattle The feuds...tend not to last long after that.]]
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* SuperPoweredEvilSide: His dark, unmasked (but facepainted) alter ego ''Kishin Liger'' is his, used only in the rarest of circumstances to the point he's only ever called on him 4 times in his career, and always against the most ruthless heels in the most heated feuds. [[CurbstompBattle The feuds... tend not to last long after that.]]
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Keiichi Yamada (born November 30, 1964) is a recently retired UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known as '''Jushin "Thunder" Liger'''. He debuted in 1984 and, along with his work in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, also competed for Stampede Wrestling and for All-Star Wrestling in England. He first wrestled under his own name before changing to '''Flying Fuji Yamada'''. He started the Liger gimmick in 1989. Over his career, he has also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and many other promotions. Among his ''many'' in-ring achievements, he is an 11x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-j.html New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]], a 6x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-j-t.html New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/jcrown.html Octuple J-Crown Champion]], and was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1999.
Liger worked his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome, and had his official retirement ceremony the following night at NJPW's New Year Dash!! %% The actual title of the event includes the two exclamation points.
Liger worked his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome, and had his official retirement ceremony the following night at NJPW's New Year Dash!! %% The actual title of the event includes the two exclamation points.
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Keiichi Yamada (born November 30, 1964) 1964 in Hiroshima, Japan) is a recently retired UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese former {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known as '''Jushin "Thunder" Liger'''. He debuted in 1984 and, along with his work in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, also competed for Stampede Wrestling and for All-Star Wrestling in England. He first wrestled under his own name before changing to '''Flying Fuji Yamada'''. He started the Liger gimmick in 1989. Over his career, he has also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and many other promotions. Among his ''many'' in-ring achievements, he is an 11x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-j.html New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]], a 6x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-j-t.html New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/jcrown.html Octuple J-Crown Champion]], and was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1999.
Liger worked his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome, and had his official retirement ceremony the following night at NJPW'sNew ''New Year Dash!! %% The Dash!!''[[note]]Not a writing error, the actual title of the event includes the two exclamation points.
points.[[/note]] He's also being inducted as part of Class 2020 of the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame, in spite of only having one fight for the company.
Liger worked his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome, and had his official retirement ceremony the following night at NJPW's
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* BadassGrandpa: He was '''55''' when he worked his final match.
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* {{Heel}}: Despite his superhero gimmick, Liger wasn't always the nicest of guys. At best, he was an arrogant hero, at worst, he became the Demon Beast known as Kishin Liger. Examples include the above listed WCW and CMLL runs, but he had a few in Japan too, notably:
** In 1999 and 2000, Liger felt that there was no competition within the junior heavyweight division, becoming more aggressive as a result of his aggravation. In 99, Liger announced he was leaving New Japan while still IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion to find competition elsewhere. He returned in 2000, destroying Koji Kanemoto in less than four minutes in the Tokyo Dome.
** In 1999 and 2000, Liger felt that there was no competition within the junior heavyweight division, becoming more aggressive as a result of his aggravation. In 99, Liger announced he was leaving New Japan while still IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion to find competition elsewhere. He returned in 2000, destroying Koji Kanemoto in less than four minutes in the Tokyo Dome.
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** The official romanization that New Japan uses for his name is J'''y'''ushin Thunder Liger.
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* BookEnds: Liger began his career at the first ever Tokyo Dome wrestling show, which was also the first Tokyo Dome wrestling show of the Heisei era. He would end his career almost 31 years later...in the first Tokyo Dome wrestling show of the Reiwa era.
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** New Japan also likes to pretend that the four years he wrestled unmasked and (usually) under his real name never happened.
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* BadassGrandpa: At the time of his billed retirement match, he'll be '''55'''.
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* BadassGrandpa: At the time of He was '''55''' when he worked his billed retirement match, he'll be '''55'''.final match.
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Liger worked his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome, and had his official retirement ceremony the following night at NJPW's New Year Dash!! % %% The actual title of the event includes the two exclamation points.
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Now officially retired.
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Keiichi Yamada (born November 30, 1964) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er as '''Jushin "Thunder" Liger.''' He debuted in 1984 and, along with his work in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, also competed for Stampede Wrestling and for All-Star Wrestling in England. He first wrestled under his own name before changing to '''Flying Fuji Yamada'''. He started the Liger gimmick in 1989. Over his career, he has also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and many other promotions. Among his ''many'' in-ring achievements, he is an 11x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-j.html New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]], a 6x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-j-t.html New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/jcrown.html Octuple J-Crown Champion]], and was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1999.
Liger is scheduled to work his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome.
Liger is scheduled to work his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome.
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Keiichi Yamada (born November 30, 1964) is a recently retired UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known as '''Jushin "Thunder" Liger.''' Liger'''. He debuted in 1984 and, along with his work in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, also competed for Stampede Wrestling and for All-Star Wrestling in England. He first wrestled under his own name before changing to '''Flying Fuji Yamada'''. He started the Liger gimmick in 1989. Over his career, he has also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and many other promotions. Among his ''many'' in-ring achievements, he is an 11x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-j.html New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]], a 6x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-j-t.html New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]], a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/jcrown.html Octuple J-Crown Champion]], and was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1999.
Ligeris scheduled to work worked his retirement match on January 5, 2020 on the second night of NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 14 in the Tokyo Dome.
Dome, and had his official retirement ceremony the following night at NJPW's New Year Dash!! % The actual title of the event includes the two exclamation points.
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** BrianPillman.
