Kaoru Matsumoto
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| Born |
November 11, 1960 Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan |
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| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Dump Matsumoto |
| Billed height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Billed weight | 91 kg (201 lb) |
| Debut | 1980 |
| Retired | February 25, 1988 |
Kaoru Matsumoto (松本 香 Matsumoto Kaoru?) is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler, known by her ringname Dump Matsumoto (ダンプ松本 Danpu Matsumoto?), who competed in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling as one of the leading female wrestlers during the 1980s. The longtime leader of the stable Gokuaku Domei—which included Crane Yu, Condor Saito and Bull Nakano—she was one of the main rivals of the popular tag team Crush Gals. Their long running feud would become extremely popular in Japan during the 1980s, with their televised matches resulting in some of the highest rated in Japanese television as well as the promotion regularly selling out arenas.
Making her debut in 1980, within three years she defeated Lioness Asuka for the AJW Championship on January 8 and held the title for almost six months before losing the title back to Asuka on June 1, 1983.
During her feud with the Crush Gals, she would often team with Bull Nakano and Crane Yu, who Matsumoto teamed with to defeat Lioness Asuka and Chigusa Nagayo for the WWWA Tag Team title on February 25, 1985 although the two were forced to vacate the title two months later following Yu's retirement.
She later made an unsuccessful bid for the vacant WWWA World Heavyweight Championship losing to Devil Masami on December 12, 1985. She later lost to rival Chigusa Nagayo for the All Pacific Championship in Tokyo, Japan on April 5, 1986.
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