Killer Khan

Killer Khan
Masashi Ozawa
Ring name(s) Killer Khan
Temjin El Mongol
Billed height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Billed weight 111 kg (240 lb)
Born March 6, 1947 (1947-03-06) (age 64)
Tsubame, Niigata, Japan
Billed from Mongolia[1]
Debut 1973
Retired 1987

Masashi Ozawa (小沢 正志 Ozawa Masashi?)[1] (born March 6, 1947) is a retired professional wrestler. Popularly known as Killer Khan, he was billed from Mongolia and had numerous high-profile matches with André the Giant in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the 1980s, including the first ever "stretcher match".[clarification needed] Khan used Asian mist against opponents.

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Professional wrestling career

Ozawa's Mongolian giant character was created by Karl Gotch.[1] He traveled to America in 1979 to wrestle. The following year, in 1980, Khan first wrestled Andre the Giant in tag team match for Georgia Championship Wrestling.[1] Later that same year, he was hired by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).[1] In the WWF, Khan originally feuded with WWF Champion Bob Backlund, as well as the WWF Intercontinental Champion Pedro Morales.[1]

Khan was then placed in feud with Andre the Giant. During one match in May 1981, Khan botched a kneedrop off of the top turnbuckle that resulted in Andre the Giant breaking his ankle, as Khan accidentally landed on it.[1][2] The incident has been reported as real and as a storyline to help put Khan over.[1] When Andre returned from his injury, he and Khan feuded into the next year.[3] In November 1981 in Philadelphia in a "Mongolian Stretcher match".[3] The feud was named Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Feud of the Year.[4]

In 1984 in Canada's Stampede Wrestling, he had a series of matches with Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie.[5] On January 20, 1984, he won the Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship from Gouldie in a street fight.[5] In March, he lost the title to Dynamite Kid.

Khan made a brief return to the WWF in 1987, managed by Mr. Fuji, where he feuded with Outback Jack. In addition, he wrestled against WWF Champion Hulk Hogan in a match at the Boston Garden where Hogan retained his title.[6]

Personal life

Khan had a role as a bodyguard in the movie 3 Ninjas Kick Back. Khan currently owns a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. He is married to Cindy Ozawa of Lutz, Florida, though the two remain geographically estranged.[clarification needed] He has three children: Yukiea, Yoshiko, and David Masato. All of them reside in the United States.

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
  • Signature moves

Championships and accomplishments

  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Krugman, Michael. Andre the Giant: A Legendary Life, p.48.
  2. ^ Todd, Terry (December 21, 1981). "To The Giant Among Us". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1125102/7/index.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 
  3. ^ a b Krugman, Michael. Andre the Giant: A Legendary Life, p.56–57.
  4. ^ a b Krugman, Michael. Andre the Giant: A Legendary Life, p.61.
  5. ^ a b Nevada, Vance (May 11, 2008). "Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/gouldie-archie.html. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 
  6. ^ a b Ward, Marshall (November 16, 2009). ""Unreleased" Hogan DVD great if not exactly true". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Reviews/2009/11/15/11756786.html. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 
  7. ^ "Gary Hart profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/g/gary-hart.html. Retrieved 2009-11-23. 

References

  • Krugman, Michael (2009). Andre the Giant: A Legendary Life. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 1416541128. 

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