10 Best Cruiserweight wrestlers of all-time

#7 Hayabusa

Hayabusa was one of the most exciting wrestlers of his time.

The wrestler who lands at number 7 on this list is someone who was tragically taken too soon. Hayabusa was trained by a legendary team of who's who when it comes to professional wrestling trainers, Ultimo Dragon and Rey Mysterio Sr. being two of them.

In 1987, Hayabusa made his debut with a very small Japanese independent promotion. For the first few years of his career, he would struggle through the smaller independent ranks before finally being noticed by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, which is where things really took off for Hayabusa.

Throughout his career, Hayabusa would stack up a mountain of championships with FMW, but in 2001, everything came to an abrupt halt. During a match against Mammoth Sasaki, Hayabusa went for a springboard moonsault off the middle rope. Unfortunately, he lost his footing, which resulted in him landing on his head.

Due to the manner in which he landed, Hayabusa tragically cracked two of his vertebrae, which subsequently left him paralysed.

Immediately following his injury, Hayabusa would constantly suffer harsh side effects from the injury, one being bleeding of the brain. On March 3, 2016, Hayabusa passed away unexpectedly after suffering a severe brain haemorrhage. He was only 47 at the time of his death.