Talk:Rikidōzan

Wrong Name
김신락 was a North Korean -- not a South Korean. Thereforer his name would be romanized in the North Korean style and spelling -- Kim Shin Rak. Using the South Korean Ministry of Education Romanization system and the South Korean hyphen is simply incorrect for any North Korean person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.70.86.162 (talk) 08:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello, i come from germany and i have written a biography about Rikidozan in 2006 für a german internet forum. The name "Mitsuhiro Momota" was given him by a japanese manager named Momota Inosuke. Riki worked for the local sumowrestling club in North Corea since 1936. In 1939 he moved with Inosuke to Japan, and his Career as a sumowrestler started with his entry into the "Nishonoseki Sumo Wrestling Company" in February 1939. He give up his sumo-career in 1950, after a quarrel with president Tamanoumi.http://www.cagematch.de/cageboard/showthread.php?t=424 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.130.23.212 (talk) 12:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Wrong Flag
Rikidozan was born in North Korea -- not South. Somebody used the wrong flag. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.79.62.19 (talk) 11:15, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Hulk Hogan?!
As the father of professional wrestling in Japan Rikidozan certainly isn’t to be compared to a latecomer such as Hulk Hogan. Rikidozan is of the stature of Lou Thesz. Stating that he is on par with Hulk Hogan suggests either we don’t know our wrestling history… or Wikipedia is a flimsy resource. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.79.62.19 (talk) 09:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Lou Thesz may be a pioneer of professional wrestling internationally who has developed many of the techniques still being used today, and laid the foundation for the development of modern pro wrestling, but unlike Rikidozan he is nowhere a cultural icon of similar stature or even national hero in his own home country. In fact Thesz was actually more respected in Japan and a bigger draw there, as professional wrestling was and still is more mainstream in Japanese culture and society, with none of the negative sleazy stigma we normally associate with pro wrestling in USA and elsewhere. Not only was Rikidozan a legendary figure like Thesz, he was actually a huge pop culture icon in mainstream Japanese culture starting from the 1940-1960's, something Thesz or any of his contemporaries never achieved in the USA. It was only until Ric Flair and Andre The Giant appeared, that pro wrestling went through a second boom in popularity beginning in the 1970's, this time very much entering the pop culture maintream, and well into the Rock and Wrestling Era in 1980's with Hulk Hogan becoming the bona fide celebrity we know today. Haleth (talk) 20:40, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hulk Hogan is the point of reference for people who don't know Wrestling. Wikipedia is the "encyclopedia" for people who don't know facts. Using Hulk Hogan here is, therefore, completely appropriate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.220.193.142 (talk) 16:24, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

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Who the heck is Kimura ??? Lol
When talking about the death, some Kimura is mentioned out of nowhere with absolutely no explanation as to who the writer is referring to. Very poor writing. It's like whoever put that on Wikipedia was just copying from something, most likely where this " Kimura " was already talked about. 96.233.52.166 (talk) 01:51, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * It seems quite clear to me from reading the article that the Kimura being referred to is Masahiko Kimura, who is not mentioned "out of nowhere" but in the previous paragraph, albeit in a different subsection. Nevertheless I have clarified it.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:01, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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Orphaned references in Rikidōzan
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Reference named "auto": From Bill Goldberg:  From Cuba:  From The Sharpe Brothers:  From Beth Phoenix:  From Murder of Rikidōzan: 参照 From Drew Carey:  From Harley Race: WWE History - 1990 thehistoryofwwe Retrieved 16 October 2018 From Donald Trump: </li> <li>From Japan: </li> <li>From Primo Carnera: Maria Grazia Perini. "Carnera". Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto. Editoriale Corno, 1978. p.238.</li> <li>From Korea under Japanese rule: </li> <li>From United States: </li> <li>From WWE: </li> </ul>

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Early life
More information about his early life are in the three Japanese sites on notes. Someone can help me with translations, please? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.233.233.51 (talk) 09:11, 20 February 2019 (UTC)