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El Samurai

Also known as El Purpose, Edo Samurai, Osamu Matsuda

General Data

Current gimmick:

El Samurai

Age:

59 years

Promotion:

Sportiva Entertainment

Personal Data

Birthday:

19.04.1966

Birthplace:

Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan

Gender:

male

Height:

5' 11" (180 cm)

Weight:

187 lbs (85 kg)

Background in sports:

Ringen

Career Data

Alter egos:

Edo Samurai
El Purpose
El Samurai
Osamu Matsuda

Roles:

Singles Wrestler (1986 - 2013)
Tag Team Wrestler (1986 - 2013)

Beginning of in-ring career:

24.07.1986

End of in-ring career:

2013

In-ring experience:

27 years

Wrestling style:

Technician, High Flyer

Trainer:

Kotetsu Yamamoto & Osamu Kido

Signature moves:

Chickenwing Armlock
Samurai Bomb
Samurai Clutch
Inverted DDT
Tope Suicida

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Current Total Rating (?)

Valid votes: 56

Number of comments: 8

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Average rating: 7.30 [56]

Average rating in 2024: 7.17 [6]

Average rating in 2023: 8.00 [8]

Average rating in 2022: 7.71 [7]

Average rating in 2021: 7.60 [5]

Average rating in 2020: 7.40 [5]

Average rating in 2018: 8.00 [1]

Average rating in 2016: 6.00 [2]

Average rating in 2015: 8.00 [2]

Average rating in 2014: 8.00 [1]

Average rating in 2013: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2011: 7.50 [2]

Average rating in 2010: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2009: 6.33 [3]

Average rating in 2008: 6.20 [5]

Average rating in 2007: 7.43 [7]

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Latest comments of the CAGEMATCH inmates

Makai Club wrote on 26.02.2024:

[6.0] "Never have I seen anyone so talented be so boring. His work looks crisp and great most of the time but there is a complete drynesss to his wrestling, a lack of drama and flair that takes away from the talent and makes his matches feel boring unless in there with the right oponent on the right day. While I think he failed to give his part in the 92 BOSJ finals, he certainly delivers against the likes of Otani and Kanemoto on occasion and produced wonder matches from it, which makes my indifference to him all the more confusing. A talent for sure but one who never truly became as good as he should've been."

UWF Rules Enthusiast wrote on 06.05.2022:

[9.0] "El Samurai is a very underrated worker. He was such an important wrestler in the NJPW junior heavyweight division in the 1990s, but this is something that gets often overlooked."

CyberVoltes wrote on 28.08.2020:

[6.0] "El Samurai had a great look and wasn't really an overall bad wrestler. However, his in-ring work was always very bland, specially compared to what other junior heavyweights were doing at the time. He did, of course, have the occasional amazing match, but more often than not he was the one being carried in those. All things considered, he did pretty well for himself, as he has been IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, J-Crown Champion, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (with Liger, with Taguchi and then again with Kanemoto) and winner of Best of Super Juniors IV, to name a few of his accomplishments."