Masato Tanaka comments on the passing of Mike Awesome & his career
On Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 2:53 PM EST According to PWInsider, Masato Tanaka recently made some comments about the passing of Mike Awesome. Tanaka, who was one of Awesome's biggest rivals in wrestling, said he hoped the news was false when he first heard about Awesome's passing. He called Awesome one of his greatest foes in the ring, but one of his greatest friends outside of the ring as well. Tanaka added that his feud with Awesome in ECW was the turning point of his career.
Awesome had his final professional wrestling match with Tanaka at the ECW One Night Stand PPV in June of 2005 in New York City at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Many wrestling fans touted it as the match of the night on that card.