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Minoru Suzuki (born June 17, 1968) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter, co-founder of the proto-MMA company Pancrase along Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki. He debuted in 1988 for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, being a Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara trainee along with Funaki. When Fujiwara left for the shoot-style promotion [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation UWF Newborn]], Funaki and Suzuki got a permission to follow him, and they became part of the UWF roster. The promotion fell afterwards and his faction, led by Fujiwara, formed Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, but it was short-lived as well. Funaki and Suzuki realized that Japanese crowds really would pay for see "real" matches with non-worked outcomes and launched Pancrase, the second MMA promotion in history. Using the catch wrestling roots they had learned from Fujiwara, which they called "hybrid wrestling", the two became the aces of Pancrase and had legendary fights with names like Wrestling/KenShamrock, Creator/BasRutten and Guy Mezger, with Minoru gaining the King of Pancrase title against Shamrock. While not as famous or successful as his partner Funaki, Minoru made himself known for his brutality and aloofness in and out of the ring, an aura he would keep the rest of his career. Nonetheless considered a great wrestler, Suzuki retired due to injuries making him lose fights and returned to pro wrestling, becoming a main eventer for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and later Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. In 2015, he'd win the GHC Heavyweight title in Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH and in 2022 he'd win the Wrestling/RingOfHonor World Television Championship, his first title in North America.
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Minoru Suzuki (born June 17, 1968) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter, co-founder of the proto-MMA company Pancrase along Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki. He debuted in 1988 for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, being a Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara trainee along with Funaki. When Fujiwara left for the shoot-style promotion [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation UWF Newborn]], Funaki and Suzuki got a permission to follow him, and they became part of the UWF roster. The promotion fell apart afterwards and his faction, led by Fujiwara, formed Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, but it was short-lived as well. Funaki and Suzuki realized that Japanese crowds really would pay for to see "real" matches with non-worked outcomes and launched Pancrase, the second MMA promotion in history. Using the catch wrestling roots they had learned from Fujiwara, which they called "hybrid wrestling", the two became the aces of Pancrase and had legendary fights with names like Wrestling/KenShamrock, Creator/BasRutten and Guy Mezger, with Minoru gaining the King of Pancrase title against Shamrock. While not as famous or successful as his partner Funaki, Minoru made himself known for his brutality and aloofness in and out of the ring, an aura he would keep the rest of his career. Nonetheless considered a great wrestler, Suzuki retired due to injuries making him lose fights and returned to pro wrestling, becoming a main eventer for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling and later Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. In 2015, he'd win the GHC Heavyweight title in Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH and in 2022 he'd win the Wrestling/RingOfHonor World Television Championship, his first title in North America.
