Fight History- Maeda vs Sayama shoot fight UWF 1985

  • 7 years ago
From culturecrossfire.com: "In 1984, several wrestlers became disenchanted with the traditional working style of wrestling and wanted to start a promotion that focused more on submissions and strikes. Thus the UWF (Universal Wrestling Federation) was born. The following year, the concept had created a rift among top names Maeda and Mask (Sayama) as both men had visions on where they wanted the promotion to go. Maeda was also reportedly resentful of Mask booking himself to constantly win all of his matches. When the two principals met several times in the Fall of 85, the blows thrown were not held back and the two men laid in the shots to a very real degree. Their second encounter ended with Maeda blasting Sayama in the groin and being DQ’d. Maeda ended up suspended and eventually fired from the UWF over the incident. Sayama ending up quitting wrestling after this event as well and the promotion effectively folded."

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