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Azumi Goto
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 |  Subject: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 25th 2017, 4:26 pm | |
| - Source: Cageside seats wrote:
- On Friday morning (March 17), Squared Circle Sirens reports that Japanese wrestling legend Manami Toyota officially revealed plans to retire later this year.
The 46-year-old will have been wrestling for 30 years by the time she hangs up the boots after a November 3 show dedicated to her career. Neck and shoulder issues led her to decide to stop performing.
Toyota become known as one of the best wrestlers in the world, regardless of gender, during the 90s while she was with the now-shuttered All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling (AJW). Four-times she won their top title, the WWWA World Championship, and took part in 17 matches graded as five stars by Wrestling Observer from 1991 - 1995. She was enshrined in the publication’s Hall of Fame in 2002 and voted the greatest female wrestler of all time in a 2009 reader poll.
Outside Japan, she worked with Chikara in the early part of this decade. Across several shows with Mike Quackenbush’s company, Toyota performed with several names familiar to WWE fans such as Cesaro, Johnny Gargano and Sarah Amato.
But it was her work in her home country, especially tagging with and competing against Toshiyo Yamada, rivalry with Kyoko Inoue and work with legends like Bull Nakano, Chigusa Nagayo and Aja Kong that built and solidified her reputation as the best.
If you’re not familiar with her work, or even if you are, spend some time checking out her work on YouTube and elsewhere online. You won’t be disappointed.
It's going to be a sad November 3rd this year. Personally, for me Manami is the absolute pinnacle of a female wrestler. She had an amazing look that the others in Joshi Wrestling didn't. Her Japanese Ocean Moves are some of my favorites and it's hard to see why she shouldn't be considered as one of the greatest, if not the greatest female wrestler of all time. I know she never competed for the WWE/WWF like her fellow AJW Originals like Bull Nakano and Aja Kong but she never needed that. I still regard her 60-minute draw with Kyoko Inoue as the greatest AJW match of all time. She's accomplished alot, so like I said. It's going to be a sad November 3rd, 20l7 |
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Mr. DEDEDE
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 25th 2017, 4:40 pm | |
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Amadeus
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 25th 2017, 4:58 pm | |
| Agreed, Azumi. It's always sad when one of the greats hangs up their boots. |
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 25th 2017, 5:24 pm | |
| A real fucking legend man. I was just talking about her being like the best female wrestler ever. She had a wonderful career and legacy. |
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Lars Grier
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 25th 2017, 6:08 pm | |
| Such a great female wrestler. Definitely helped pioneer the division, but it's just so sad that barely anyone know, or care. |
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Hinata Shinoda
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 25th 2017, 6:12 pm | |
| There goes a great Joshi Legend. |
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Sir Killian Charlamagne
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 25th 2017, 8:37 pm | |
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Nobi
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 26th 2017, 12:57 am | |
| Manami Toyota is one of the best Women wrestler I've ever seen. Sadly She'll retired this year :/ |
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Mike Showman
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 26th 2017, 1:12 am | |
| She was one of the most influential figures in Japanese wrestling. Will be sad to see her go |
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『zakkii』
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 26th 2017, 5:23 am | |
| I thought she was already retired.... oh well, I am not following anything so what do I know lol.
Anyway, I'm sure after the retirement, she will share the knowledge to a lot of newer generations. |
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TLA
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| | Subject: Re: Manami Toyota Announces Her Retirment March 26th 2017, 8:42 am | |
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Nasir Escobar
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