[Chismo]

Who agrees that Hiroshi Hase is the most underrated Japanese wrestler of all time? I re-watched his New Japan stuff (tags with KENSKAY and Mutoh) recently, but the real gold mine of Hase is his All Japan work. His matches against Kobashi, Kawada, Akiyama, etc. are great examples of his fantastic talent. And let me tell you this, I enjoy watching Hase more than Taue, Kawada and Akiyama. Yeah! The master of uranage!

 

[bigbuxxx]

I read that last word as "urineage". nothing of substance to add since i've never seen a Hase match.

 

[antoniomare007]

Agreed.

Hase is one of those guys who had tons of talent but was never given the opportunity to showcase his abilities as much as other wrestlers. He's like Owen Hart in that sense.

 

[Cactus]

I only know of Hase as the guy who made Muta piss out a shed ton of blood. What AJPW matches do you recommend from him?

 

[seancarleton77]

Hase was 10x as talented as Muto ever was, his legacy like antonio said was being the Japanese Owen Hart, the under looked under appreciated workhorse.

 

[Fighter Daron]

I don't think Hase was better than Kawada by any means.

 

[TelkEvolon]

On the topic of underrated or not often talked about wrestlers.

Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

 

[Chismo]

I don't think Hase was better than Kawada by any means.

Maybe not, but I definitely enjoy watching Hase more.

Hase was 10x as talented as Muto ever was, his legacy like antonio said was being the Japanese Owen Hart, the under looked under appreciated workhorse.

True.

I only know of Hase as the guy who made Muta piss out a shed ton of blood. What AJPW matches do you recommend from him?

For example:
vs. Kobashi (8/26/1997)
vs. Kawada (5/2/1999)
vs. Akiyama (5/1/1998)

And, of course, his New Japan stuff with Fujinami, Hashimoto, Liger...

 

[seancarleton77]

Guys like Hase, Kanemoto and Akiyama are among the greatest in ring workers of all time.

 

[Boom Baby]

epic mustache

 

[Bobdoyle]

I disagree

The most underrated Puro Wrestler was

Tamon Honda. At least people knew who Hiroshi was.

 

[yyc]

Hase is famous for his match with Mutah without that match nobody knows him

 

[asdf0501]

He was easily better than both Chono And Mutoh.

His IWGP match with Hash is Still one of my favorites NJPW Matches