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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
Nicknames
"Padre del Deathmatch"
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)
Championships and accomplishments
All Japan Pro Wrestling
AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masanobu Fuchi
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Cho Hanabi
Bakuha-ō Championship (3 times)
Bakuha-ō Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chigusa Nagayol
Continental Wrestling Association
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Masanobu Fuchi
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship (7 times)
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Tarzan Goto (1), Mitsuhiro Matsunaga (1), Mr. Gannosuke (1), and W*ING Kanemura (1)
FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hido (1), Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1), Masato Tanaka and Hideki Hosaka (1), and Hideki Hosaka and Sean Guinness (1)
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Onita Pro
Barbed-Wire Streetfight Six-Tag Team Championhship (1 time) – with Shigeo Okumura and Mitsunobu Kikuzawa
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
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)