| The Tokyo Dome for
All Japan Pro Wrestling, in memory of Giant Baba, and the retirement of
Stan Hanson. |
The Destroyer with
Stan Hansen prior to the match. The show had 58,000 people in
attendance. |
The Destroyer
congratulates Stan for all the years he wrestled for All Japan Pro
Wrestling. |
Motoko Baba and
The Destroyer prior to the ceremony for Giant Baba. |
Mel Mascarus and
The Destroyer receive a standing ovation in the Tokyo Dome. Mel
Mascarus was 23 years old when he first wrestled The Destroyer in
1963, in Los Angeles for the WWA World Championship. |
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| Stan Hansen
receives a ten count prior to the match. |
Abdullah The
Butcher and The Destroyer sharing old wrestling stories after 40 years
of competition. |
Abdullah The
Butcher and The Destroyer enjoy a laugh. |
Mel Mascarus and
the Destroyer final goodbye as Mel goes on tour in Japan. |
The Destroyer and
Onita argue who is #1. The Destroyer helped train Onita for All Japan
Pro Wrestling in the 1970's. |
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| Long time friends,
The Destroyer and Taguchi (better known as Kim Dux) say
hello. |
The Destroyer with
Mike Rotondo (L) whom he trained out of Syracuse University to become a
Pro Wrestler, and Steve Williams. Mike and Steve wrestled each other in
college as amateurs prior to becoming Tag Team Partners. |
The Destroyer says
hello to Tenryu, former (sumo) wrestler, and now back with All Japan
Wrestling. The Destroyer displays his Super bowl mask he wore to
the Buffalo Bills/Washington Redskins football game. |
The Destroyer with
Noriaki Kiguchi's school of wrestling coaches. They coach amateur
wrestling in Japan, in which The Destroyer has taken several wrestlers
ages 6-11 to Japan for the All Japan Kids Tournament. |
The Destroyer
greeting Noriaki Kiguchi, who had two wrestlers from his (Dojo)
wrestling school in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia. |
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| The Destroyer and Terry Funk
(The Destroyer's favorite wrestler to watch) say hello. |
120 years of
experience! The Destroyer, Lord "Tally Ho" Blears, and Terry
Funk. |
A view of Pigeon Park in Tokyo
where The Destroyer was greeted with 6 inches of snow. |
The Destroyer's thought he
would see better weather in Tokyo, compared to Buffalo's 117" of
snow this winter. |
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