In Japan, Japanese wrestlers are refered to as fighters. Keiji Mutoh/Great Muta My idol, my hero, THE GREATEST JAPANESE FIGHTER OF ALL TIME....PERIOD!! SIX CROWNS! COUNTEM, SIX! Kenta Kobashi regarded as the physically strongest fighter in Puroresu today and nicknamed "Zettai Ohja(The Absolute Champion)""Tetsujin(Ironman)". His finishing maneuver The Burning Lariat (Running, short-range, or a short-arm lariat), is one of the most devastating moves in wrestling. His matches with other legends are always the regarded as classics. In 2006 he became inactive because of cancer. But in late 2007 made his triumphant return to the wrestling ring. Mitsuharu Misawa is a Japanese professional wrestler who runs the Pro-Wrestling NOAH wrestling promotion in Japan. There's really no other North American wrestler that would really stand up against Misawa's accomplishments in Japan. While a number of wrestlers have achieved comparable popularity, very few could really compare to Misawa in terms of match quality. He has demonstrated a profound grasp of ring psychology and match construction that makes his matches routinely excellent. Misawa started out his career as the second Tiger Mask in 1984, after All Japan Pro-Wrestling bought the Tiger Mask gimmick from New Japan Hayabusa/Eiji Ezaki The heart and soul of FMW. I was fortunate enough to see him wrestle in Japan, but it was the match where he got paralyzed. But I'm glad to see he recovered, and has some mobility now. Kurt Angle is THE GREATEST AMERICAN WRESTLER OF ALL TIME!! The guy was TNA and IWGP Heavyweight Champion. He had to defend his titles in America and Japan. This proves he's better than Triple H, better than Hulk Hogan, and even better than Ric Flair. Yeah I said it!