This is thought of very highly in the industry. Sayama has the distinction of being a competitor (along with 'Dynamite Kid' Thomas Billington) in the first 5 Star Rating awarded for a Match by Dave Meltzer, for their NJPW Sumo Hall Show 1983 match. He is the only man to hold the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship simultaneously.

He has wrestled under his real name as well as the names Sammy Lee, and masked Super Tiger, Tiger King, Tiger Mask and The Mask of Tiger. Satoru Sayama ( 佐山聡, Sayama Satoru) (born November 27, 1957) is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, MMA and wrestling promoter and writer, best known as the original Tiger Mask. Above all else, Agnes cares about the success of her TV show, and it gives her a unique position to view all of the various events that happen in that series.Īs a final note, I mentally call Miss X “Stephanie McMahon.” I imagine I’m not the only one.Sayama, as Tiger Mask, with the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship, 1982 In many ways, she reminds me of Agnes Joubert, the producer of Hero TV in Tiger & Bunny. In that series and even in Tiger Mask W, Mister X is more the type to conquer others and force them into submission through his cadre of specially trained heel wrestlers. Miss X’s perspective and approach stand in stark contrast to that of her boss, Mister X, the main antagonist of the original Tiger Mask series. But instead of going that route, Miss X always thinks about the profits and the reputation of GWM, and even if her wrestlers come out looking a little worse she’ll welcome anything that increases the prosperity of GWM. Throughout the anime, there are times where Tiger Mask’s appearance means trouble for Miss X and Global Wrestling Monopoly, and if there’s any reason to have Tiger Mask involved, it would be to make him into an example. While she’s clearly positioned to oppose Tiger Mask, what stands out to me most about Miss X is that she’s a businesswoman first, and a villain second. However, the more I watch Tiger Mask W, the more I find her character fascinating. Based on first appearances, Miss X from Tiger Mask W comes across as a generic femme fatale whose primary purpose is to look hot as she antagonizes the heroic Tiger Mask.

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