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42-474: Before creating the Naked Women's Wrestling League, the creators tried other products that featured naked women, such as online gambling, before settling on nude female wrestling. The NWWL wrestlers were trained by Ron Hutchison . The show made its debut in 2004 with the release of the pay-per-view show "Vegas Stripped". It returned to pay-per-view in 2006, with the "Naked Revolution" show. Carmen Electra hosted

84-704: A foundation to NJPW's nWo Japan . Establishing himself as leader of its Japanese sister stable, Chono joined the American nWo in December 1996 as it was gaining momentum in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He would also join its successor, Team 2000, which would eventually restructure again. In a match against WCW's Bill Goldberg , Chono supposedly " shot " the match (actually employing legitimate combat) and dislocated his shoulder. Upon returning to Japan, Chono rejoined NJPW, where he achieved much success. He won

126-457: A hiatus, which forced him and Hiroyoshi Tenzan to vacate the title on July 7, 1995. Since 1999, Chono has owned his own clothing brand, Aristrist (stylised in all caps), with his wife Martina. The name is a portmanteau of "Aristo" and "Tristano". Chono appears as a gang member in the 2017 video game Yakuza Kiwami 2 , alongside Genichiro Tenryu , Keiji Mutoh , Riki Choshu and Tatsumi Fujinami . Besides appearing in numerous TV shows, he

168-651: A match against Matt Borne where he was victorious, he debuted his signature move, the STF. On February 10, 1990, he wrestled in the main-event of NJPW's second Tokyo Dome show, teaming with Shinya Hashimoto against Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi , on April 27 he won the IWGP Tag Team Championship with Mutoh, and on December 26 he defeated his mentor, wrestling legend Lou Thesz , when Thesz came out of retirement for one last match. The next year, Chono solidified his main-event status with an amazing performance in

210-524: A promoter, with New Japan permitting him to set up cards in different areas of Japan. Following the 2007 G1 Climax , it appears that Chono may be breaking away from his BLACK faction and formed the Legend stable, having sworn in wrestlers such as Riki Choshu, Jushin Thunder Liger , Shiro Koshinaka , and AKIRA . Outside wrestling, Chono began appearing on Gaki no Tsukai 's " No Laughing Batsu Game " as one of

252-587: A public statement announcing the purchase of the historical Newsboys boxing gym in Toronto's east end and reopening the training center as the Pro Wrestling Training Gym. In April of that year, he traveled to Tokyo, Japan to organize GAEA Japan 's 8th Anniversary show at the Yokohama Bunka Gym with promoter Chigusa Nagayo . He would later co-promote Carmen Electra 's female wrestling promotion,

294-562: A six man tag team match for Dotonbori Pro Wrestling on April 13, 2014. He teamed with Daisuke Masaoka and Hayata in a loss to Super Delfin , Hub , and Gran Hamada . Since 2014, Chono's appearances have been limited to non-active roles such as commentary, talk battles and special appearances. In a 2017 interview, Chono did not completely rule out the possibility of a return to the ring but believed it would be unlikely due to various injuries. In 2021, he revealed that he had been suffering from spinal stenosis and underwent surgery for it, which

336-557: A victory over JOKER (Kuuga, Orochi, and Tadasuke ). On October 3, 2011, Chono returned to NJPW for a Team Wolf reunion match, teaming with Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Hiro Saito to defeat Osamu Nishimura, Koji Kanemoto , and Shinjiro Otani. In January 2013, Chono signed with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as an advisor. On August 25, 2013, Chono teamed with Joe Doering and defeated KENSO and AJPW President Nobuo Shiraishi in an exhibition tag team match. Chono left AJPW in 2014. After returning to freelance, Chono wrestled once in eight years:

378-554: A week for 5 weeks. On April 29, 2019, Hutchison published his first book; Pain Torture Agony . The book, edited by Scott Teal , is a compelling, inside-look at the tough world of pro-wrestling, as told in an informative and often humorous manner. Masahiro Chono Masahiro Chono ( 蝶野正洋 , Chōno Masahiro , born September 17, 1963) is a Japanese-American retired professional wrestler and actor best known for his 26-year stint with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). As

420-524: A young age watching The Shiek and Dewey Robertson . In 1981, while still attending Northern Secondary high school, the 17-year-old Hutchison began training with Sweet Daddy Siki and Johnny Powers at Sully's Gym. Training part-time for two years, he would wrestle his first professional match with Danny Little Wolf defeating Teddy Marshall and Joey War Eagle at Scarboro Arena Gardens on June 5, 1983, and began wrestling for promoter "Bearman" Dave McKigney soon after his debut. He would also wrestle for

462-572: Is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, trainer and promoter who competed for Canadian independent promotions such as Grand Prix Wrestling and Maple Leaf Wrestling as well as a brief stint in the World Wrestling Federation during the mid-1980s. He is also the promoter of the Toronto-based Apocalypse Wrestling Federation and the head trainer of Carmen Electra 's Naked Women's Wrestling League . He

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504-696: Is the owner of the Ron Hutchison Wrestling Academy at Sully's Gym and co-owner of Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchison's School of Wrestling . He is also credited as one of the leading trainers of professional wrestlers in Canada whose students include Christian , Edge , Trish Stratus , Gail Kim , Beth Phoenix , Traci Brooks , Tiger Ali Singh , Johnny Swinger , Mad Dog Rex, The Club Studd Tony Mack, Kid Lightning, David Diamond, Joe E. Legend , The Original Sinn and Asylum. Born in Toronto, Hutchison became interested in professional wrestling at

546-619: The Naked Women's Wrestling League , serving as the promotion's head trainer and consultant in October 2003. As recently as 2005, he began training former reality TV star Mandy Weaver for a career in the promotion. In October 2007, Hutchison took part in a three-city tour of India with Tiger Jeet Singh 's Universal Wrestling Stars, Incorporated and included American independent wrestlers Sonjay Dutt , Steve Corino , Jerry Lynn , Don Paysan as well as Canadian female wrestlers Kacey Diamond, Josianne

588-847: The Young Lions Cup . After winning the tournament, he went on an excursion that started in Europe, wrestling for Otto Wanz 's Catch Wrestling Association . After a while in Europe , Chono went on an excursion to North America , starting in the United States for Central States Wrestling in Kansas City, which by then broke away from the National Wrestling Alliance to form the World Wrestling Alliance. He would also later wrestle in

630-675: The Apocalypse Wrestling Federation which began holding events in the Toronto-area with its first show on August 30, 1998. During the next year, Missy Hyatt would make her Canadian debut appearing at the supercard "A Valentine to Remember" on February 14 winning the AWF Heavyweight Championship in a mixed tag team match with Miss B. Haven against Sherri Martel and the Squeegee Kid during the event. This would be

672-782: The Canadian Maritimes for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling and in Puerto Rico , where he, Hashimoto, and Mutoh formed The Three Musketeers . Chono returned to NJPW part-time in July 1988. He came back to the United States in October 1988 and teamed with Mike Davis in Continental Championship Wrestling (CCW), by then renamed the Continental Wrestling Federation (CWF), and won that company's tag titles as

714-716: The Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The seminar attracted wrestling notables such as Nigel McGuiness, Les Thatcher, Ross Hart and World Wrestling Entertainment personnel, such as Edge and Beth Phoenix. In late May and June 2013, Hutchison came out of a 23-year retirement from the wrestling ring and returned to Emile Dupree's Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling as The Masked Thunderbolt. The tour began in Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island where Hutchison pinned Jeremy Prophet and continued on throughout Atlantic Canada 7 nights

756-545: The IWGP Tag Team Titles on six occasions and also won the very prestigious IWGP Heavyweight Title in 1998. In 2002, Chono won his fourth G1 Climax tournament and had a brief, memorable feud with WWE's Chyna . He also became a booker for NJPW around this time. In 2003, Chono briefly joined Pro Wrestling NOAH for a handful of matches and was defeated by GHC Champion Kenta Kobashi on 2 May of that year. On October 13, he lost to Hulk Hogan . In early 2004, Chono became

798-692: The Japanese Connection. In April 1989, he took part in the IWGP Heavyweight Championship tournament, held at New Japan's very first show at the Tokyo Dome ; he lost to eventual winner of the tournament and new champion Big Van Vader in the quarterfinals. During this time, he would return to the United States and have a brief run in Australia . Upon Chono's return to New Japan in October 1989, he reinvented himself. On October 15, 1989 during

840-619: The Montreal and southern Ontario-area with Pro Wrestling Canada. For over three years, he would face wrestlers including Masahiro Chono , Mr. Pogo , "Killer" Karl Krupp , Jos Leduc , Frenchy Martin and Leo Burke during his time in the Maritime provinces. He would also wrestle midget star Sky Low Low and "Monster Ripper" Rhonda Singh in mixed tag team matches as well. After touring Quebec with Leo Burke's International Wrestling promotion during 1986 and 1987, he returned to Grand Prix Wrestling as

882-552: The NWA World title to IWGP Heavyweight champion The Great Muta in a Title vs. Title match. Around 1993, he participated in his third G1 Climax tournament, losing to Hiroshi Hase in the semi-finals. In January 1994, he received a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Shinya Hashimoto, though he would ultimately lose the match. In August 1994, he won his third G1 Climax tournament, defeating Power Warrior in

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924-602: The Pussycat and Portia Perez . While in Ludhiana, Punjab , Hutchison was involved in an incident in which Russian wrestler Jason the Legend of Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE attempted to assault several Indian reporters during a press conference when the wrestlers were apparently told their tour was to be postponed. Throwing a table across the room, Jason had attempted to assault the reporters before being restrained by several wrestlers present. Although there were no reports of anyone injured,

966-583: The Senior Superintendent of Police had reported that the wrestler's passports had been seized pending a police investigation. The incident would also be shown on Indian television such as Day Break as well as being covered by the Daily India and The Times of India . In the spring of 2013 Hutchison presented a wrestling training seminar at the Cauliflower Alley Club's annual convention at

1008-602: The Voodoo Murders (Dupree, KENSO , and Joe Doering ). In December 2010, Chono began working for Antonio Inoki's Inoki Genome Federation as a booker. On March 6, 2011, Chono entered Pro Wrestling ZERO1 for their 10th Anniversary Show, where he defeated Daichi Hashimoto in his debut match. On April 17, 2011, Chono wrestled for Osaka Pro, where he teamed with Kuuga and Orochi in a losing effort against Shodai Tiger Mask , Billyken Kid, and Tsubasa. On August 14, 2011, Chono returned to Osaka Pro, teaming with TAJIRI and Zeus in

1050-719: The WWF and NWA: TNA. In September 1997, Hutchison would appear on a wrestling event promoted by Tiger Jeet Singh in Middlesex, England with over 10,000 in attendance and later aired on PPV in India. During that year, he would also appear with WWF Canada President Carl De Marco on CBC TV's teen talk show " Jonovision " as well as a second appearance in September 1998 along with two students, Tiger Ali Singh and Jason Sensation. In August 1998, in association with his wrestling school, Hutchison established

1092-571: The WWF around Southern Ontario during the mid-1980s appearing in a televised match against The Iron Sheik on the WWF's Black Saturday cards and regularly appeared on televised matches for Maple Leaf Wrestling in Brantford, Ontario . He would later face Jake "The Snake" Roberts on April 26 and Dory Funk, Jr. on May 10 while the WWF toured Ontario in 1986. During the summer season, he also toured with Maritime-based Grand Prix Wrestling as well as National Wrestling Alliance -affiliated territories in

1134-410: The attackers, usually giving Hōsei Tsukitei a slap to the face. In January 2010 it was reported that Chono would be leaving New Japan and becoming a freelancer, after spending most of his career with the company. In March 2010, Chono portrayed Nobunaga Oda in two matches during a Samurai Festival after leaving New Japan. Chono wrestled AKIRA, who portrayed Mitsuhide Akechi , on both days, winning

1176-521: The finals. A short time after winning his third G1 Climax, Chono underwent a change in attitude. Originally a clean-cut fan favorite during his NWA World title reign, he turned heel, angered that Power Warrior received a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship before him, as he won the tournament. He also changed his image and adopted a yakuza gimmick , complete with sunglasses, menacing mannerisms and black coats and tights. Chono's partnering with Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Hiro Saito as "Team Wolf" provided

1218-626: The first G1 Climax tournament, winning the tournament in a thirty-minute final over Mutoh. He won the tournament again in 1992, winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in the process. Since then, he has won the tournament on three more occasions. On September 23, 1992, Chono suffered a serious neck injury from a botched sitdown tombstone piledriver while defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Steve Austin . On January 4, 1993, he lost

1260-609: The first match and losing the second. On August 15, 2010, Chono returned to New Japan to serve as the special ring announcer for the G1 Climax final match between Hiroshi Tanahashi and Satoshi Kojima . On November 5 and 6, Chono appeared in a series of shows in Taiwan for All Japan. On November 5, Chono and Mutoh defeated the Voodoo Murders ( TARU and Rene Dupree ). The following day, Chono teamed with Mutoh and Masakatsu Funaki to defeat

1302-418: The first wrestling event in which a woman would hold a men's wrestling title. During that same year, he would also promote Terry Funk 's Canadian retirement match "One Last Dance" in which Funk would defeat Sabu on June 6, 1999. The following month, he would begin promoting the annual AWF Ironman Tournament in which over 100 matches would be booked in an 18-day period. The tournament, which would be held for

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1344-623: The leader of nWo Japan , Team 2000 and Black New Japan , he was the promotion's top heel for much of his career, beginning in 1994 when he adopted a yakuza inspired gimmick. Aside from his work in NJPW, Chono has also made appearances for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), as a member of the New World Order , as well as occasional appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1 . Chono holds

1386-561: The leader of the Black New Japan stable, which was the most dominating heel stable in NJPW until it was disbanded by Riki Choshu . As a reaction to this, Chono lead an "Anti-Choshu Army" with Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Black Strong Machine . Chono won the 2005 G1 Climax tournament, thus having achieved a record-setting five G1 victories. His success in the G1 has given him the nickname Mr. August. On October 30, 2005, Masahiro Chono and Tenzan defeated

1428-547: The masked wrestler The Intelligent and the Sensational Masked Thunderbolt as a member of "Bulldog" Bob Brown stable Bulldog's Army feuding with Leo Burke, "Rotten" Ron Starr , The Great Malumba , Stephen Petitpas , Vinnie Valentino , Cuban Assassin , Sunny War Cloud and Buddy Lane for over two years. The same year he made his wrestling debut, he began attending Ryerson Polytechnical Institute studying journalism and continued wrestling part-time during

1470-840: The next four years, would feature matches from top Canadian independent wrestlers and, in 2002, the Canadian debuts of Jillian Hall , Beth Phoenix and Japanese female wrestler Sumie Sakai . On Sun. May 3, 2009 Hutchison revived the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation when the AWF promoted a card called "Super Scrap" to crown a new AWF Heavyweight Champion in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. The promotion continued to run in Whitby for several years hence. On August 11 and 12, 2012 Hutchison's Apocalypse Wrestling Federation teamed with concert promoters Live Nation to present The Heavy TO Heavyweight Series, outdoors, in Toronto's Downsview Park. A crowd well in excess of 50,000 braved

1512-556: The record for most wins of the G1 Climax at 5, which has earned him the nicknames "Mr. August" and "Mr. G1" . Overall, he is a two-time world champion, with one reign as IWGP Heavyweight Champion and NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion each. He is also a seven-time IWGP Tag Team Champion . Chōno debuted in 1984 against Keiji Mutoh at a New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) event in Saitama , Japan. In 1987, he defeated Shinya Hashimoto to win

1554-427: The semester, and full-time during the summer. When Johnny Powers left Sully's Gym, he was offered a position as an instructor by Siki who was impressed by his knowledge of amateur wrestling. After retiring in 1990, he remained at Sully's Gym after Siki left in 1994. Later opening a wrestling school with Siki, he would train many of Canada's top independent wrestlers throughout the 1990s, many of whom would later compete in

1596-501: The show, while other celebrities to appear on the program included pro-wrestling manager Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart , as well as adult entertainment star Mary Carey . Pay-per-views feature female wrestlers wrestling both clothed and in the nude. In November 2007, Electra announced a lawsuit against the NWWL for, among other things, breach of contract and failure to pay money that she claimed

1638-515: The team of Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi to win their fifth IWGP Tag Team Championship. The team went on to rename themselves Cho-Ten , a portmanteau of the members' names. They were stripped of the titles in late 2006 after they split up, and refused to defend them together. Masahiro Chono formed a stable with Shinsuke Nakamura in 2006 called Chono and Nakamura-gun, which began feuding with Tenzan's new group, GBH . Chono continued to wrestle full-time in 2007, but also began working as

1680-434: The weekend rainfall to see the AWF wrestling and Heavy Metal acts featuring wrestlers like Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Rhino, Johnny Swinger, Joe E. Legend and the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation regulars. Heavy metal superstars such as Marilyn Manson, Five Finger Death Punch, System of a Down and Slipknot also performed at the outdoor heavy metal music festival. In early 2003, he and AWF Promotions President Rod Boudreau issued

1722-557: Was still due to her. In response, NWWL owner Howard Mann revealed that he would seek damages for defamation, slander and malicious persecution. In late 2007, the NWWL launched a website where their nude wrestling matches were available for download . Since the promotion debuted, the NWWL shows have been broadcast in approximately 38 countries. In addition, the wrestlers have been featured in Penthouse , Playboy , and Maxim . Ron Hutchison Ron Hutchison (born February 7, 1964)

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1764-715: Was successful. In a 2022 interview, Chono discussed how Keiji Muto requested to have his retirement match with him but was unsure if he could compete. On February 21, 2023, Chono was challenged to an impromptu match by Muto during Muto's retirement show at the Tokyo Dome , which Chono won. Chono announced his own retirement following the match. On December 28, 1991, Chono married Martina Carlsbad, whom he met while on an excursion in Germany in 1987. Together they have one son (born July 4, 2006) and one daughter (born August 2009). In late-June 1995, Chono's father died. His death forced Chono to miss an IWGP Tag Team title defense and take

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