Yakuza, puroresu, and NJPW info???

**BloodRiotZero** · 03-08-2004, 05:02 PM

While reading a review of Vampiro's shoot interview at The Smart Marks, it was mentioned that Antonio Inoki has deep Yakuza ties, "which resulted in him being slapped around in front of everybody one day by a mafiosa and thanking him for it..." I've also been reading around the net about Inoki being backed financially by them.

Can anyone provide any more information about this, the Yakuza's ties w/ Japanese wrestling and Antonio Inoki? This is a real intriguing to me for some reason.

03-08-2004, 05:02 PM	#1
BloodRiotZero Orochi Maverick Posts: 147	Yakuza, puroresu, and NJPW info??? While reading a review of Vampiro's shoot interview at The Smart Marks, it was mentioned that Antonio Inoki has deep Yakuza ties, "which resulted in him being slapped around in front of everybody one day by a mafiosa and thanking him for it..." I've also been reading around the net about Inoki being backed financially by them. Can anyone provide any more information about this, the Yakuza's ties w/ Japanese wrestling and Antonio Inoki? This is a real intriguing to me for some reason.