{"id":4877,"date":"2024-11-28T05:20:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T05:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/kendo-nagasaki-the-oldest-fighter-in-history-the-legend-of-the-millionaire-behind-the-mask\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T05:20:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T05:20:37","slug":"kendo-nagasaki-the-oldest-fighter-in-history-the-legend-of-the-millionaire-behind-the-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/kendo-nagasaki-the-oldest-fighter-in-history-the-legend-of-the-millionaire-behind-the-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendo Nagasaki, the oldest fighter in history: the legend of the millionaire behind the mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul aria-label=\"Redacci\u00f3n:\">\n<li>\n<p>                                                                  ENRIQUE CORBELLA                     <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Updated <\/span><time datetime=\"2024-11-28T03:38:54Z\">                                                        11\/28\/2024 &#8211;         <span>04:38CET<\/abbr><\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\"><strong>Kendo Nagasaki<\/strong>the masked legend of wrestling, has <strong>officially become the oldest wrestler in the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">He <strong>corpulent and silent samurai of 83 years<\/strong> ha <strong>entered the Guinness World Records book<\/strong> after participating in a team match at Fairfield Halls in Croydon.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">Kendo Nagasaki, whose real name is <strong>Peter Thornley<\/strong> and is a great expert in Zen Buddhism, he fought alongside the Dead Gorgeous duo formed by brothers Ben and Jordan Nelson.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">They faced the LDN Wrestling team made up of Sanjay Bagga, DD Crooks and Stevie Fee.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I was disqualified in the end for being naughty<\/p>\n<p><span>Kendo Nagasaki<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">In a disputed decision by the Kendo judges Nagasaki was disqualified for an illegal hold: &#8220;I was disqualified in the end for being naughty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It was a fantastic feeling and it&#8217;s really great to break the Guinness World Record&#8230; It was like going back in time<\/p>\n<p><span>Kendo Nagasaki<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">&#8220;It was a fantastic feeling and it&#8217;s really great to break the Guinness World Record&#8230; It was like going back in time to be there in front of so many people, it was electric, the roar of the crowd was incredible,&#8221; Kendo Nagasaki told the newspaper after the fight. <strong>&#8216;The Sun&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m in excellent condition for my age&#8230; who knows, you might see Kendo Nagasaki in the ring again in the future<\/p>\n<p><span>Kendo Nagasaki<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">&#8220;It was a great day of wrestling, everyone will remember it, just like old times&#8230; But I still feel good, I&#8217;m in excellent condition for my age&#8230; who knows, you might see Kendo Nagasaki in the ring again in the future,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Kendo Nagasaki: career, rivals and the day he was stabbed with a fountain pen<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">Kendo Nagasaki (Peter Thornley) has been fighting in British wrestling for 60 years, of which he became an e<strong>star in the 70s<\/strong> thanks to his participation in the <strong>ITV&#8217;s World of Sport television program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\"  ><source type=\"image\/png\"  ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"582\" alt=\"Kendo Nagasaki, the oldest fighter in history\" src=\"https:\/\/e00-xlk-ue-marca.uecdn.es\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27\/6746df6133359.png\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Kendo Nagasaki, the oldest fighter in history<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">In 1977 the moment became famous when <strong>he took off his mask for the first time<\/strong>an action that was seen by more than <strong>14 million people on television<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\"  ><source type=\"image\/png\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"508\" alt=\"Kendo Nagasaki, the oldest fighter in history\" src=\"https:\/\/e00-xlk-ue-marca.uecdn.es\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27\/6746e008ee2f4.png\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Kendo Nagasaki, the oldest fighter in history<\/span><span><span>@kendonagasaki101<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">Famous were their battles against <strong>Giant Haystacks<\/strong> and <strong>Big Daddy<\/strong>and went around the world the day <strong>a spectator stabbed him in the back with a fountain pen<\/strong> while a fan hit him on the head with a brick.<\/p>\n<h2>Kendo Nagasaki and the man behind the mask: &#8220;I am not a gay fighter, I am a fighter who happens to be gay&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">In 2018 he recognized his <strong>bisexuality<\/strong> in your <strong>autobiography &#8216;Kendo Nagasaki and the man behind the mask&#8217;<\/strong> and shared that she has had a male partner since <strong>His wife died in 1990 at the age of 80.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\"  ><source type=\"image\/png\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"754\" alt=\"Kendo Nagasaki, the oldest fighter in history\" src=\"https:\/\/e00-xlk-ue-marca.uecdn.es\/uploads\/2024\/11\/27\/6746df92ca13f.png\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Kendo Nagasaki, the oldest fighter in history<\/span><span><span>@kendonagasaki101<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">&#8220;I&#8217;d like to point out that I&#8217;m not a gay wrestler, I&#8217;m a wrestler who happens to be gay. 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But in reviewing my entire life for my autobiography, I thought it was time to show you to my fans the full story, so to speak,&#8221; Kendo Nagasaki explained in <strong>&#8216;stokesentinel.co&#8217;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">It recently made headlines in Britain for <strong>selling his 50-room mansion<\/strong> in Stoke-on-Trent (Blackpool) for about <strong>2 million euros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENRIQUE CORBELLA Updated 11\/28\/2024 &#8211; 04:38CET Kendo Nagasakithe masked legend of wrestling, has officially&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga-breaking-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - 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