{"id":123211,"date":"2024-03-08T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123211"},"modified":"2024-03-08T00:02:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T05:02:56","slug":"bull-nakano-top-matches-from-the-2024-wwe-hall-of-fame-inductee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/03\/08\/bull-nakano-top-matches-from-the-2024-wwe-hall-of-fame-inductee\/","title":{"rendered":"Bull Nakano: Top Matches From the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bull Nakano<\/strong> will be inducted into the WWE<\/strong> Hall of Fame during WrestleMania 40<\/strong><\/em> weekend. The Japanese woman’s striking look and insane matches led to an iconic career across Japan, America, and Mexico.<\/p>\n

Nakano’s influence is seen in the world’s current WWE superstars. Becky Lynch’s<\/strong> top rope dropkick is an\u00a0homage to Nakano. AEW’s Saraya’s<\/strong> submission finisher is her Bull’s Angelito. Nia Jax’s<\/strong> sitdown reverse of a sunset flip and single-leg crab are both moves performed by Nakano.<\/p>\n

Bull Nakano’s legendary face paint has been the cause for inspiration by wrestlers from Beth Phoenix<\/strong> to Masha Slamovich<\/strong>. Nakano took to X to share her delight<\/a> at being the first Japanese female wrestler to enter the WWE Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Here, we bring you Bull Nakano’s top matches from her Hall of Fame career within World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW)<\/strong>, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)<\/strong>, and All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling (AJW)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Top Matches From Bull Nakano’s Hall of Fame Career<\/h3>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/PuroresuFlow\/status\/1765386843627888724<\/p>\n

The Match: <\/span><\/strong>Bull Nakano vs. Aja Kong in a Cage Match for the WWWA World Championship at AJW Wrestlemarinepiad, Yokohama (11\/14\/90)<\/h4>\n

Nakano vs. Aja Kong<\/strong> is so extreme it\u2019ll make Nick Gage\u2019s<\/strong> eyes water. The match took place six years into Nakano’s wrestling career, which had begun in the AJW.<\/a><\/p>\n

Nakano makes her entrance look like a dilophosaurus but is met by Kong on the ramp, who starts stabbing her in the head with scissors.<\/p>\n

When inside the cage, the two trade power moves. Before, Kong literally hit 1,000 back elbows and busted Nakano open. A young wrestler chucks in a metal box, which Nakano belts across Kong\u2019s face ten times until she collapses.<\/p>\n

Nakano follows this up with a nunchuck attack. Wrestlers continue to lob weapons in the ring so that the women can beat each other. When there\u2019s a lack of metal rods, scissors, chains, buckets, or rope for the women to use, they casually piledriver each other.<\/p>\n

Eventually, Nakano hits a leg drop off the top of the cage. She pops straight up and climbs out of the cage for the win.<\/p>\n

This move is so dramatic that I\u2019m pretty sure this is when tech developers started working on GIFs.<\/p>\n

Watch the match here.<\/a><\/p>\n

What Next:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Nakano continued to defend the championship in matches against Kong, Manami Toyota<\/strong>, and Monster Ripper<\/strong>. She held the gold for 1057 days until she lost it to Kong at AJW Dream Rush<\/strong> <\/em>In Kawasaki in 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bull Nakano x Aja Kong. A 2013 Weekly Pro reader\u2019s poll ranked this brutal steel cage classic as the #1 women\u2019s wrestling match of all time (11.14.1990) \ud83c\udf1f pic.twitter.com\/0xON5tBq8E<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vintage Puroresu \u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9 (@vintagepuro) March 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n