Hiroyoshi Tenzan

[10.0] "One of the best New Japan wrestlers ever. He's such an old school type powerhouse who has such simplistic matches but gets so much out of them. He hits hard and is willing to get hit equally hard in return and struggle like hell the entire duration of the match."

[7.0] "Wish he'd stop using the diving headbutt but if ever there were a man genetically designed to survive that move it'd be him. Wish he had a longer period as a main eventer. Always thought he had more aura than Kojima. Speaking of which, I don't care for Tencozy that much so that's gonna bring him down a little."

[8.0] "Very good wrestler. Obviously now he's past it, but back in the 90s and 2000s Tenzan was the man. Really liked his look, his ability in-ring was very good too. I wouldn't say he's in contention of being on a pro-wrestling Mount Rushmore, but he played his part very well and deserves a lot of respect for what he did in NJPW."

[9.0] "Awful in his current form but still a legend, he was awesome in his prime even if his booking made him look like shit sometimes. Still delivered a lot of classics and was also a great tag team wrestler."

[8.0] "Tenzan was awesome back in his prime. Looked like a monster when he returned from his excursion and had several good matches with the more established guys. Really found his feet in the 2000's both as a singles and tag wrestler. A great fiery brawling style that got over well and was easily one of the best workers around in his prime."

[8.0] "Was a fine wrestler, obviously a legend but slighly overrated in my opinion, but his was a good main event wrestler. Nothing more, nothing less."

[10.0] "A top 10 NJPW wrestler, Hiroyoshi Tenzan is the Maim Master of NJPW. This guy had a helluva flying headbutt, his brawling style was so chaos purpose and violent, his strikes were juicy and tough, like a steak. Part of some of NJPW's greatest tag competition of all time, such as ChoTen vs GOTCHism, and Tenzan & Nishimura vs Murder Grandpa & Takayama. His series of bouts with Toshiaki Kawada (Best Pillar) and Shinsuke Nakamura where Tenzan tests Nakamura's swag by coming out with a shiny pink jacket are classic of classic."

[8.0] "Undoubtedly one of NJPW's top all-rounder in his healthy days: guy could do high level tag work, could grind in the mid-card, could pull out 60 minute classics with guys like Kojima or short snappy fights like with Sasaki. I would put him higher BUT he's always been kinda weak with singles work, never actually proven to be a main event draw: even when placed into the forefront at his biggest and against amazing talent like Akiyama or whatever he was fine: not anything great but he had a good look, strong foundation, and was solid as a brawler type with powerhouse moves, however I wouldn't say he was anything main event unless he had one wrestling with him, a hot crowd, and him in good condition. Sadly really bad back and leg issues have compromised him for the last 15 years or so: ever since the mid 2000's he's been drastically nerfed in what he can do and it's quite hard to watch him now as one of his ankles doesn't seem to go properly. He's pulled out some good hits over the years in G1's as he can play a strong underdog babyface, but he never reached the heights of his big work back then. He's definitely solid but just not my cup of tea in general, but I can respect his massive workload and how much he's done."

[9.0] "A NJPW fan favorite who could have been an all time great but was screwed over by the horrendous booking of the 2000s. Tenzan is a tag specialist with both of his team with Masahiro Chono and Satoshi Kojima being legendary tag teams in pro wrestling history. Tenzan has also achieved a lot of singles success as well. Tenzan is one of the most accomplished G1 competitors, with 3 wins to his name. Tenzan also has 4 IWGP title reigns to his name unfortunately they were all booked like shit."

[7.0] "A living legend of this business. Even though age has taken a toll on him, he has been a reliable tag team performer until a few years ago and we must not forget that, in his younger days, he was really innovative (the Anaconda Vice still looks good nowadays and the Mountain Bomb, well executed, is still a masterpiece)"

[6.0] "Tenzan was solid when he was younger. These days, he's part of the obligatory old guy stable in NJPW where he continues to take part in meaningless tag matches to exhibit his now mediocre wrestling skills."

[5.0] "The gripes I have with Tenzan are the same gripes I have with Makabe - he doesn't do much, and what he does doesn't look particularly good, even though he is slightly better. I like his look, I'll give him that."

[9.0] "Tenzan is a legend, who I think have done good work as a Singles as well as Tag team wrestler. His tag team with Satoshi Kojima is one of the best tag teams in Japan for a very long time."

[3.0] "Maybe Tenzan was once great. I really don't know, I haven't seen him in his prime. But my perspective on him as an avid watcher of NJPW since the start of their iPPV era is that he should not still be wrestling. He looks like, in his younger days, he was probably the archetypical stiff striker that puro was built around. But that's sure not how he wrestles in the present. He's slow and plodding, his offense is poor, and he's not charismatic. And oh my god do I hate his hair. There's just nothing I feel particularly interested in about the match when he's in the ring."

[2.0] "I don't get Tenzan... His matches are boring. Are you having trouble sleeping? Try watching a Tenzan match. There is nothing interesting about his character, his look is goofy, and his move set is filled with boring maneuvers that look awkward. How is this guy a legend?"

[9.0] "Tenzan maybe getting older and his body seems to be breaking down more often, but i always enjoyed his work. I hope he does wrestle for at least 1 more year."