Ricky Fuji
Fuji in December 2010.
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| Born |
September 27, 1965 Chiba, Japan |
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| Residence | Chiba, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Ricky Fuji Black Tomcat Calgary Tiger |
| Billed height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
| Billed from | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Trained by |
NJPW Dojo Mr. Hito Stu Hart |
| Debut | June 28, 1988 |
Masanori Morimura (森村 方則 Morimura Masanori?) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Ricky Fuji (リッキー フジ?).
Masanori Morimura started training in the NJPW Dojo in 1984, but left the dojo because he was "young and dumb". While at the NJPW Dojo, he wanted to be a UWF fighter instead. When he failed to join UWF, he realized he ruined his chances at beginning his career in Japan. He then left Japan in January 1987 for a training expedition in Canada, where he was trained in the Dungeon by Stu Hart and his right-hand man, Mr. Hito. During his time training in Calgary, he suffered a couple major injuries, including a brain hemorrhage, which he fully recovered from. During his training, he would befriend other Japanese stars like Hiroshi Hase and his former NJPW Dojo mates Keiichi Yamada and Shinya Hashimoto.
On June 28, 1988, Morimura made his professional wrestling debut in Stampede Wrestling against Hart's son, Ross, under the name Tiger Mask (not the same as Satoru Sayama), at a show in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. After a couple of matches, he evolved into Black Tomcat. In August 1988, Black Tomcat was one of many wrestlers cut from Stampede, and joined the North Western Wrestling Federation and later won the promotion's Junior Heavyweight Championship, his first title, after defeating Steve Gillespie.
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