Hayabusa

[Grimmas]

Discuss here.

[BillThompson]

I remember loving Hayabusa back in the 90s, but it's been so long since I've seen footage of him. I recently saw his famous 90s ECW PPV tag match, and I wasn't super impressed, I wonder if he's a case of my nostalgia getting the better of me, but who knows if I'll get to any FMW footage before the year and a half is up.

[Childs]

I've been watching the '98 FMW stuff and Hayabusa was just awful -- sloppy as hell and only knew how to generate heat by trading move after move down the stretch. He's way below Meng.

[soup23]

Thought of you Childs when I saw this thread pop up. I have liked Hayabusa better than you but if someone like Dr. Tom probably won't be on my list, Busa sure as hell wont.

[El-P]

Hayabusa could be a very good worker when he wanted to be. Super charismatic too, and had a strong connection with the FMW crowd. This poll needs some serious FMW love.

[WingedEagle]

El-P, give me 5 to watch.

[El-P]

Using Bahu's top 100 FMW matches list (and memory), in chronological order :

 

Hayabusa vs Hisakatsu Oya 8/31/95 (or the 6/27/95 match)

Mr. Gannosuke & Yukihiro Kanemura vs Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki 12/19/97

Hayabusa vs Mr. Gannosuke 4/30/98

H (Hayabusa) & Mr. Gannosuke vs Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda 12/12/99

Kodo Fuyuki vs Hayabusa 9/26/00

[Loss]

Both of those Oya matches are worth checking out. Also, he has the awesome tag on the AJ New Years Giant Series '99 comm where he teamed with Shinzaki against Tamon Honda and Jun Izumida.

[dawho5]

The match where he teams with Shinzaki against the Holy Demon Army is pretty boss too. 'Busa's big spots and Shinzaki's rope-walking chop are made into monster spots by the build.

[Mando]

Hayabusa had a mystique and allure that even pulled in non-fans like my brother. We were at Heatwave '98 live and it felt like a major moment especially to those of us who swapped FMW and other Japan tapes back-and-forth at my high school. I've never been able to figure out the date but I remember seeing a match vs. Masato Tanaka that was worked more like Flair vs. Steamboat than anything else and went 20+ and post-match all the fans in the tiny building rushed ringside and were slapping the mat in praise. He'd probably make the tail-end of 200 but fall comfortably outside of my 100 ballot.

[Jimmy Redman]

Hayabusa is a guy I need to watch more of. I've said before that I have a soft spot for guys in masks doing crazy flippydoes, and he's a good example of that. I enjoy him whenever I come across him.

 

Mainly I need to watch him more in FMW, because I wonder if he's a guy that I like as a novelty, a special attraction who goes into a NJ tag league or ECW or whatever and looks so cool because he's different.

[goc]

Kodo Fuyuki vs Hayabusa 9/26/00

Didn't see this online when I was looking through my Best of 2000s DVDs so I decided to upload it.

 

[El McKell]

I think he's a lot better when he's doing stuntshow stuff, whether that's flippy or deathmatchy, than when he decides to work like a b-rate version of an All Japan main eventer. I like how he looks but I don't think he carries himself well enough to maintain the mystique the look implies, the more I see him the less he seems like a larger than life figure