Elected Japanese parliament-man ANTONIO INOKI!
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame induction ceremony this weekend
SLAM! Wrestling, July 10
Take a Japanese legend....and you have the Class of 2005 in the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. ....The eclectic bunch inductees ...The Class of 2005:
ANTONIO INOKI: To sum up Inoki's career in a paragraph is impossible.. Inoki and fellow trainer Shohei "Giant" Baba went on to become icons in Japan. Inoki founded New Japan Pro Wrestling in 1972 and shaped the business in Japan for the next three decades. His fame was such that he was elected to the Japanese House of Councils. Worldwide, it was Inoki's 1976 bout against Muhammad Ali that propelled him to fame.
