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Keiichi Yamada

Keiichi Yamada

Acting • 1964-11-30 • Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Keiichi Yamada, better known as Jyushin Liger and later Jyushin Thunder Liger, is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist who debuted in 1984 for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Over a career spanning more than three decades, he competed against many of the world’s top wrestlers in major events worldwide and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior heavyweights of all time.

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New Japan Pro Wrestling8.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling

1972

WCW Monday Nitro8.3

WCW Monday Nitro

1995

Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story6.8

Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story

2004

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn7.4

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn

2015

NJPW Super J-Cup 199410.0

NJPW Super J-Cup 1994

1994

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.17.9

The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol.1

2011

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