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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