10 best Japanese wrestlers who were wasted in the US

#9 Hiroshi Hase

Hase is both a retired pro wrestling and a former politician

Hiroshi Hase was a mainstay of NJPW for many years and is known today for being one of the most unselfish workers in that company’s history. But he did work for a handful of North American promotions during the 1980s, including Stampede Wrestling, the home of the Hart wrestling family.

However, Hase wasn’t used that much in that promotion beyond a single tag team run as part of the Viet Cong Express. This was a major misuse of Hase’s skills and abilities. Hase is an excellent technical wrestler and also a fantastic storyteller inside the ring. Aside from all his work in NJPW, he’s also famous for being responsible for creating the Muta Scale, the unofficial measurement of bloodiness in wrestling matches.