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Post by Casey on Mar 4, 2016 8:41:40 GMT -5
Nick Mondo is Saying Hayabusa has passed. Hayabusa is the guy who got me watching FMW DVDs. Crazy thing I was watching his DVDs looking for more After he got hurt. R.I.P.
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Post by tystates on Mar 4, 2016 8:54:07 GMT -5
I got to meet Hayabusa on my second trip to Japan. An incredible career cut short due to injury, and now another legend gone way too soon.
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 4, 2016 9:00:39 GMT -5
R.I.P
Never met him but I did see him live in ECW
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Post by tystates on Mar 4, 2016 9:11:36 GMT -5
I met him in 2008. I was at the outdoor show May 5, 2001 and watched Hayabusa and the Great Sasuke vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Mr. Gannosuke in a 15,000 Volt Thunderbolt Octagon Cage Electric Bomb Death Match.
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Post by cruefan68 on Mar 4, 2016 9:24:53 GMT -5
Oh man this is heartbreaking. I was not expecting to see this today. Hayabusa, along with Jushin Liger and the Great Sasuke, were my favorites from Japan in the 1990's. The tragic in ring accident that paralyzed him (which I unknowingly watched on a Hayabusa comp recently forgetting that it happened against Mammoth Sasaki) is so hard to watch even once. I wince every time I see Chris Jericho doing that same springboard moonsault.
When the video came out last year showing Hayabusa getting up out of his wheelchair and walking to the ring unassisted surrounded by his peers like Genechiro Tenryu you couldn't help but shed a tear. Rest in peace to the "Phoenix" and thanks for all of the great matches.
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Post by walkswithwolf on Mar 4, 2016 10:44:44 GMT -5
Rest in Peace Hayabusa  ( There is a card for him here on the Archive,which i will use on my Fed.One of the greatest high flying Daredevils in Wrestlings History |
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 4, 2016 11:03:43 GMT -5
The official cause of death is listed as subarachnoid hemorrhage, which is bleeding in the area of the brain and the tissues that cover the brain.
Hayabusa's most famous United States match came at ECW Heatwave 1998, when he teamed with Jinsei Shinzaki (Hakushi) to face Rob Van Dam and Sabu. Hayabusa suffered a career ending neck injury in 2001 and was confined to a wheelchair. He made news last year after being able to stand and walk into the ring on his own during a ceremony in Japan.
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Post by walkswithwolf on Mar 4, 2016 11:24:50 GMT -5
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Post by TTX on Mar 4, 2016 11:52:45 GMT -5
RIP Hayabusa
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Post by Pariah on Mar 4, 2016 12:43:14 GMT -5
Thoughts to his family and friends... RIP.
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