I wasn't a huge wrestling fan when I was little, but I did watch some of it on tv on Saturdays and was familiar with the major names of the day. Tojo Yamamoto was a major name back in the 1960's. Today is the anniversary of his suicide in 1992.
There's a sweet news story/tribute video filmed shortly after his death here:
Obsessed With Wrestling has his title history. The Not In Hall Of Fame web site has some information on his career, some videos and an argument for why he should be awarded Hall of Fame status. Memphis Wrestling History has clippings from his career. The picture at the top of the post is scattered all over the web with no attribution that I could find.
He doesn't get much love in the Memphis Heat documentary, but he isn't alive to give interviews.
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