Mitsuhiro Matsunaga

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Mar 24, 1966(1966-03-24)
Age	58
Birthplace	Chita
Country	Japan
Birth City	Aichi Prefecture
Horoscope	Pisces

Mitsuhiro Matsunaga Biography

Mitsuhiro Matsunaga is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on March 24, 1966 in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, also known as Song Yong Guang Guang, Matsunaga Mitsuhiro was born March 24, 1966. He is a Japanese retired professional wrestler who is best known for his deathmatch style. His participation in the first ever Japanese deathmatch on December 10, 1989 is well-known. He also participated in the Piranha Deathmatch against Kendo Nakasaki on August 19,

1996. This deathmatch has been praised by many wrestling journalists as well as other websites.

Matsunaga started his career in FMW, where he was a specialist in deathmatch wrestling and adopted it as his trademark style. WING deathmatches and high- profile feuds against Mr. Pogo and Freddy Krueger earned him the nickname “Mr. Danger”. Matsunaga was WING’s ace between 1992 and 1993. He then returned to FMW, where he hosted the successful 1993 Year End Spectacular against Atsushi. Matsunaga formed WING Alliance with Onita to fight FMW and avenge WING’s demise. Matsunaga was initially considered Onita’s successor and FMW’s ace. However, he was later demoted and lost his position in FMW. He eventually quit the company in 1996. After he joined BJW, he helped to revolutionize deathmatch wrestling. He was a two-time Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion before he quit in 2001.

On April 3, 1993, Matsunaga won his first title, the promotion’s World Tag Team Championship with Yukihiro Kanemura by defeating Freddie Krueger and Leatherface. He vacated the title only six days later to concentrate on his ongoing feud with Leatherface. On May 5, Matsunaga defeated Leatherface in a Spike Nail Deathmatch to gain his first singles win over his nemesis. Matsunaga then defeated Mr. Pogo in a Scramble Bunkhouse Deathmatch in their last meeting against each other in WING as Pogo would leave the company afterwards due to a contract dispute and return to FMW. Following Pogo’s departure, Matsunaga continued to feud with Freddie Krueger, Leatherface and The Headhunters throughout the summer of 1993. He also made an appearance for Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) in the United States on the August 31 episode of Hardcore TV by teaming with Miguelito Perez to wrestle The Headhunters to a double disqualification. He then toured Mexico to wrestle on two shows for the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). Matsunaga’s final match in WING was a WarGames match, in which Matsunaga, Crash the Terminator and W*ING Kanemura lost to Freddie Krueger, Jado and Gedo at Best Champ on August 25.

Matsunaga had gained fame for his deathmatch wrestling style and was considered by Onita to succeed him as FMW’s ace after Onita’s retirement at FMW 6th Anniversary Show but Matsunaga’s box office drawing power was considered weak by management and the management had to change their mind. On September 7, former WING wrestler Yukihiro Kanemura debuted in FMW and quickly joined Mr. Pogo and convinced Matsunaga to join them but a reluctant Matsunaga did not agree to the offer. Matsunaga met Kanemura at a hospital where Kanemura was being treated for some burns suffered in a match and Onita got the pictures of the meeting and accused Matsunaga of having turned on FMW and joined Kanemura which upset Matsunaga and he broke up with Onita and turned on FMW to form WING Alliance with Kanemura and Pogo to become a villain and feud with FMW. At 6th Anniversary Show on May 5, 1995, the W*ING team of Matsunaga, Hido and Hideki Hosaka lost to Takashi Ishikawa, Apollo Sagawa and Kishin Kawabata. Matsunaga’s stock began dropping in FMW and he was mainly utilized in the mid-card. Following Onita’s retirement, Matsunaga and Pogo continued their rivalry to maintain the deathmatch wrestling in FMW.

Later that year Matsunaga joined Wrestling International New Generations, a new deathmatch wrestling promotion. He made his debut against Nobuhiro Takurumaki on September 20. He quickly became the company’s most popular fan favorite and ace, and was placed in a rivalry with Mr. Pogo. After having fought each other in numerous tag team matches in late 1991, Matsunaga & Pogo were placed in a rivalry against Mr. Pogo and competed in their first singles match in a Scramble Bunkhouse Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Deathmatch at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo. Matsunaga won. Matsunaga won a Fire Deathmatch at One Night One Soul, where he defeated Pogo. Matsunaga was a participant in numerous memorable deathmatches during 1992. His rivalry with Mr. Pogo is considered a classic. The feud with Leatherface led to him losing in a Barbed Wire Deathmatch. He was then defeated by Leatherface again in a Spike Nail Deathmatch at We Love W*ING.

Mitsuhiro Matsunaga Net Worth

Mitsuhiro Matsunaga is one of the richest Professional Wrestler from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Matsunaga began his training in martial arts, and later worked for the World Karate Association. Atsushi Onita, a fellow karateka, taught him professional wrestling. He defeated Billy Mack at the Grudge in Nagoya (FMW) event on October 6, 1989. FMW would bring in several martial artists, as well as fighters to combine professional wrestlers with martial artists. Matsunaga would then be invited to FMW’s touring show in conjunction with WKA. Matsunaga was the headliner at Battle Creation on December 10, 2010 at the Korakuen Hall, Tokyo. He teamed up with Jerry Blayman to face Tarzan Goto and Onita in the company’s first ever barbed wire deathmatch. Blayman and Matsunaga lost. Matsunaga would go on to become a deathmatch champion after this match. Matsunaga was then invited to the Battle Resistance Tournament, January 7,

1990. He defeated Katsuji Umeda in the first round and lost to Masanobu Kurisu the next round.

After the end of the partnership between FMW and WKA, Matsunaga quit FMW. In the summer 1991, he worked two shows with New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

Matsunaga followed his rival Mr. Pogo and left WING to return to FMW on September 15, 1993 as a villain. He teamed with Pogo to defeat Atsushi Onita and Mr. Gannosuke in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Street Fight Deathmatch. Matsunaga feuded with Onita throughout the fall of 1993 and he challenged Onita for the Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship in a highly anticipated No Ropes Barbed Wire Deathmatch between the two at Year End Spectacular, which was promoted as the first-ever meeting between FMW’s ace and WING’s ace. Onita retained the title. After the match, Matsunaga made friends with Onita and turned fan favorite as he joined the FMW side to feud with Pogo and his entourage. At FMW 5th Anniversary Show on May 5, 1994, Matsunaga and Tarzan Goto unsuccessfully challenged Pogo and Hisakatsu Oya for the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship. On July 31, Matsunaga teamed with Atsushi Onita to defeat Pogo and Oya for the tag team championship. As a result, Matsunaga renewed his W*ING-era rivalry with Mr. Pogo as the two clashed in a Street Fight Deathmatch at Summer Spectacular, which Matsunaga lost.

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Matsunaga competed as a freelancer in the Japanese independent circuit during the last few years of his career. On September 16, 2002, Matsunaga attacked Mammoth Sasaki with a baseball bat during Sasaki’s match against Hisakatsu Oya for the Wrestlings Marvelous Future (WMF) promotion. A match was made between Matsunaga and Sasaki which stipulated that if Matsunaga won then he would be allowed to compete in WMF and deathmatches would also be legal in the company and if he lost then he would be banned from competing in WMF. The match took place on September 30, which Matsunaga lost. Matsunaga would make appearances for Pro Wrestling Zero1 between 2005 and 2008. On December 23, 2009, Matsunaga lost to Akitoshi Saito in his retirement match at a Pro Wrestling NOAH show.

Facts & Trivia

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Daniel Massey of Bleacher Report commented “The piranhas took a chunk out of Matsunaga’s chest and he looked in terrible pain when he left the arena. I don’t wish that on anyone, but he chose to wrestle there and in Japan—had they have been fobbed off with a rubbish ending, there would have been a riot. That does not mean I condone the actions, but that’s what makes it great. The final reason this match was the greatest Death Match of all time was because the wrestlers were so good. Matsunaga was already synonymous with the Death Match format and was considered a veteran, so this new concept of piranhas made it more exciting, as even he hadn’t encountered anything like it before. The two wrestlers had a certain chemistry in the ring, and to hold an audience for 20 minutes with a tank of piranhas in the middle of the ring is no easy feat.”