Atsushi Onita

Atsushi Onita (October 25, 1957) is a Japanese former politician and active professional wrestler best known as the founder and one of the top stars of FMW. He is credited with importing to Japan, as well as innovating, the death match style of professional wrestling (which was largely popular and rooted in Puerto Rico).
In December 2016, Onita announced his plans to retire on October 25, 2017, his sixtieth birthday. He also wanted Masato Tanaka to lead the revived FMW after his retirement.
==Career==
==In wrestling==
*Finishing moves
**Flowing snap DDT
**Thunder Fire Powerbomb – innovated
*Signature moves
**Arm drag
**Fireball
**Asian mist - parodied from The Great Muta
**Backslide
**Crossbody, sometimes from an elevated position
**Double underhook suplex
**Elbow smash
**Bridging fallaway slam
**German suplex
**Headbutt
**Missile dropkick
**Piledriver
**Sleeper hold
**Suicide dive
*Teams and stables
** ZEN
* Nicknames
** "Padre del Deathmatch"
** "Mr. Liar"
*Entrance themes
**"Superstar" by Don Ellis (AJPW, 1974–1985)
**"Great Balls Of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis (Freelance, 1988–1989)
**"Wild Thing" by The Troggs (ECW, 1999)
**"Wild Thing (Great Nita Mix) (NJPW/WAR/WJ, 1994–1999, 2003) – as The Great Nita
**"Wild Thing" by X (1989–present)
*Wrestlers trained
**Choden Senshi Battle Ranger
**Command Bolshoi
**Flying Kid Ichihara
**GOEMON
**Gosaku
**Hayabusa
**Hideki Hosaka
**Kenichi Fujii
**Masahiro Sase
**Masato Tanaka
**Miss Mongol
**Shoji Nakamaki
**Super Delfin
**Tetsuhiro Kuroda
**Wild Seven
== Championships and accomplishments ==
*All Japan Pro Wrestling
**AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Masanobu Fuchi (1) & Yoshi Tatsu (1)
**NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**NWA World International Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
*Continental Wrestling Association
**AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Mr. Fuchi (2)
**CWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Mr. Fuchi (1)
*Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
**FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
**FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (3 times) with Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (1), Mr. Gannosuke (1), and Yukihiro Kanemura (1)
**FMW Six Man Street Fight Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Hido & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1) and Koji Nakagawa & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1)
**FMW World Street Fight Six Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Hideki Hosaka & Masato Tanaka (1) and Hideki Hosaka & Sean Guinness (1)
**WWA Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
**WWA Martial-Arts Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Tarzan Goto (1)
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked him #43 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1999
**PWI ranked him #123 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003
*Super Fireworks Pro Wrestling
**Blast King Championship (3 times)
**Blast King Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Chigusa Nagayo (1)
*Tokyo Sports
**Best Tag Team Award (2015) 
**Effort Prize (1979)
**Fighting Spirit Award (2014)
**Match of the Year (1990) vs. Tarzan Goto on August 4
**Match of the Year (1994) with Tarzan Goto vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Ashura Hara on March 2
**Outstanding Performance Prize (1991)
**Special Prize (1989, 1991)
**Wrestler of the Year (1990)
*Wrestle Association-R
**Six Man Tag Team Tournament (1994) with Genichiro Tenryu and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow
*Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
**Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (1990) Stabbing of Jose Gonzalez storyline
**Best Babyface (1993, 1994)
**Most Charismatic (1994)
**Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
==External links==
* Atsushi Onita Profile
* Profile
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