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The Bulldogs
After Canadian Stampede, Dynamite traveled to Japan, where he started his legendary feud against the original Tiger Mask. The two wrestlers put Junior Heavyweight wrestling on the map, putting on some of the best technical wrestling matches in history, especially their critically acclaimed match at Madison Square Garden. Dynamite later won the WWF Junior Heavyweight championship, and then made his way to the WWF.
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The Dynamite Kid teamed up with Davey Boy Smith to form the British Bulldogs, and won the WWF Tag Team championships. The Bulldogs became the number one tag team in the WWF, but had to drop the titles as Dynamite suffered a legitimate back injury. After his back surgery, it was evident that Dynamite wasn’t the same, and after having various backstage confrontations and fights with the other wrestlers, Dynamite decided to leave the WWF, and to his surprise, Davey followed him out of the organization.
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Dynamite and Davey then went back to Stampede Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling, until Davey Smith signed a contract with the WWF behind Dynamite’s back, and trademarked “British Bulldog” and took up the monicker. Dynamite wrestled in Japan till the end of his career, which was the result of years of substance abuse and working stiff in the ring. Dynamite Kid lost feeling in his left leg in ’97, and was paralyzed for life.
Dynamite Kid left behind a lasting legacy, as well as a sad reminder of how one of the greatest technicians destroyed his career by abusing drugs and alcohol, along with anabolic steroids. Kid relied heavily on steroids to put on muscle mass, and with the mixture of drugs, steroids and alcohol, Dynamite’s career was cut short, and he is now confined to a wheel chair.
Dynamite’s style of working stiff, including the swan dive headbutt led to his condition, as all of it played a factor in Dynamite’s retirement. Dynamite is regarded as the best technical wrestler to have never won the World title, and this puts him at number 8 in our list of the most underrated wrestlers/performers in WWE history.
Read other articles in the series here: Top 10 underrated performers in WWE.
