Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto (July 3, 1965 - July 11, 2005) was a Japanese professional wrestler. Along with Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Three Musketeers" that began competing in New Japan Pro Wrestling in the mid-1980s and dominated the promotion in the 1990s.
He is one (the others being Keiji Mutoh and Satoshi Kojima) of three wrestlers that have held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. He is often compared to All Japan Pro Wrestling's Toshiaki Kawada, as both are widely known for their stiff kicks and violent matches.
==Career==
==In wrestling==
*Finishing moves
**Jumping spike DDT
**Vertical drop brainbuster
*Signature moves
**Multiple DDT variations
***Elevated
***Flowing
***Running
**Multiple Suplex variations
***Bottom rope super
***Exploder
***German
**Overhead chop
**Running leg drop
**Spinning heel kick
**Triangle choke
*Entrance music
**"Raging Saints" (with "Prologue" intro) by Seiji Yokoyama (1988–1989)
**"Never" by Moving Pictures (1989)
**"Bakusho Sengen" (1989–2005)
**"Bakusho Sengen (with "Open The Door" intro)" (1991–1993, big matches)
**"Bakusho Sengen (with "Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Into Battle Mix)" intro)" (1993–2005, big matches)
==Championships and accomplishments==
*All Japan Pro Wrestling
**Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*National Wrestling Alliance
**NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2010)
*New Japan Pro Wrestling
**IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
**IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Masa Saito (2) and Junji Hirata (1)
**G1 Climax (1998)
**Kyushu Cup (1990)
**Super Grade Tag League (1992) – with Riki Chōshū
**Super Grade Tag League (1996) – with Scott Norton
**Greatest Wrestlers (Class of 2010)
*Nikkan Sports
** Match of The Year (1996) vs. Nobuhiko Takada on April 29
*Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE
**NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Naoya Ogawa (2) Yoshiaki Fujiwara (1)
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI ranked him #45 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
*Tokyo Sports
**Achievement Award (2005)
**Fighting Spirit (1993)
**Performance Award (1989)
**Wrestler of the Year (1994)
*Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
**Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2000)
==External links==
* Profile
* Profile
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