Saturday, 1 October 2022

Pro-wrestler, politician and hostage negotiator Antonio Inoki dies at 79

Former professional wrestler Antonio Inoki shouts at a press conference in Tokyo on August 21, 2014.

The late wrestler was known for pioneering mixed martial arts, freeing hostages in Iraq and organizing a wrestling match in North Korea that became the biggest-pay-per-view in pro-wrestling history.

(Image credit: Yoshikazu Tsuno /AFP via Getty Images)



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