============================================================== ========Fire Prowrestling D Character Guide: Tigermask======== ============================================================== == == ==By: ViperMask == ==Version: 1.27 == == == ==System: SEGA Dreamcast (R.I.P. Dreamcast) == ==Publisher: Spike == ==Developer: Vaill Corporation == == == ==Creation Date: March 10, 2002. == ==Completion Date: March 15, 2002. == ==Last Update: March 29, 2004. == ============================================================== ============================================================== ============================================================== ============ ==Contents== ============ 1. Revision History 2. The History of Tigermask (also includes info on other Tigermasks and anime/manga) 3. Skill and Parameter Stats 4. Move list 5. Strategy 5.1. General Strategy 5.2. Strikes 5.3. Grapples 5.4. High Flying Moves 5.5. Opponent Down Moves (Submissions and Opponent Down Strikes) 6. Other Info and Links 6.1. Other Info 6.2. Tigermask Anime Lyrics 6.3. Links 7. Thanks and Special Thanks 8. Other FAQs By Me 9. Copyright ======================= ==1. Revision History== ======================= 03/29/04 - 1.27 - Updated history with the "Mask of Tiger" gimmick. 10/31/03 - 1.26 - Okay this is weird, it looks like the history update on the Anton Hisel project accidently got deleted or something. *Sigh* I have to post the thing again thanks to that f**k up. 10/04/03 - 1.25 - New information box added, Other FAQs By Me updated, and a 79 character limit added. 09/30/02 - 1.22 - History update on Anton Hisel. Plus copyright updated. 1.20 - Added new FAQ to the "Other FAQs By Me" section. Made a minor correction in the Tigermask anime lyrics. 1.19 - Fixed some minor format errors. Updated Other FAQs By Me. Minor Copyright correction. Added Imperial system measurements in height and weight. Tigerdream info added with new link. 1.14 - Added the run up post moves. Finished added the extra periods to the and skill stats move list (man how could I forget!??). Capitalized the Finisher and Specials in the move list. 1.11 - BIG UPDATE! New FAQ by me added to the list. Accidently left Bill Wood's note in the move list while copying his format. Got rid of some invisible extra spaces. Added the opening lyrics to the first Tigermask anime (both in Romanji and English) which are in a new section, thanks goes to Phoenix. New link added. Added new info and facts, thanks to AxxB from the Fire Prowrestling D GameFAQs board. 1.04 - Tigermask 4 info added to section 6.1. 1.03 - Added a few more facts on who Tigermask 2 and 3 are. 1.02 - Added what system the game is for (hey some people can't figure it out for some reason.) I also fixed the dates up above. 03/15/02 - 1.00 - First release. =============================== ==2. The History of Tigermask== =============================== In 1969, Tigermask: The Animated Series was broadcast on TV to everyone in Japan. It was a puroresu cartoon based on the Tigermask manga that was created by Ikki Kajiwara (story) and Naoki Tsuji (art). The cartoon was a huge success as not only did it had puroresu (and REAL LIFE WRESTLERS such as Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba), it also had realistic human drama! The cartoon was about Tigermask (real name: Naoto Date) a villan wrestler from a secret organization known as "Tiger's Cave". Tigermask fought in America and he was feared among the American wrestlers, thus giving him the nickname "The Yellow Devil". Later he had betrayed Tiger's Cave so he can pay off the debt for an orphanage known as Chibikko House because he lived there once as a orphan. In around episode 5 he became a face (good guy) because a orphan from the same house named Kenta told Ruriko (the "owner" of the orphange I assume) that he wanted to be a villian like Tigermask. Ruriko was upset, so she confronted Tigermask with the words: "Mr. Tiger, you may be a man whom I possibly know well. However, I ask you even if you are him or not. Please teach to this kid who yearns you. He must live seriously properly even if it is hard for him." Tigermask then started to fight like a orthadox wrestler without using heel moves. In the anime he later decided to fight for orphanges. The anime ended in 1971 but it's influence lives on. Specifically in Namco's fighting game "Tekken" as one of their character's known as "King" was inspired by the Tigermask anime. You want proof? Well the evidence is obvious as they were both orphans at one time, they are both pro-wrestlers, and they both fight for orphanges. In 1979 a young highly talented wrestler named Satoru Sayama makes his debut against Shouji Kai on May 28th, 1976 in Tokyo, but loses the match, little did he realise that he will become one of the most famous wrestlers in the history of Puroresu. Later on (around early 80's I think) a second Tigermask anime was released. I have no information about it but the new Tigermask's real name is Tatsuo Aku, there's a new cast and Antonio Inoki was brought up more as the supporting character (Giant Baba was the "main" supporting character in the first one). New Japan Prowrestling then learns that one of the most popular cartoon among young people was Tigermask. BUT their favourite wrestler was Mil Mascaras of All Japan Prowrestling! So this prompted managment to do one of THE MOST GENIUS of booking moves. Create a actual Tigermask wrestler! I know it sounded silly but it payed off in a HUGE way. They decided to give Satoru Sayama the Tigermask gimmick because of his INCREDIBLY quick feet, high flying ability, and martial arts skills. As many of you now know, it was a good, no GREAT choice. One week before the fateful debut, the TV announcer said "Next week, we'll have the debut of Tiger Mask!" The initial reaction was shocked. As Hisaharu Tanabe said "I couldn't believe my ears." When Satoru Sayama debut as Tigermask on April 23rd, 1981 at the Kuramae Kokugikan (old Sumo Hall) against the Dynamite Kid, he put on a good debut match and defeated the Dynamite Kid with a BEAUTIFUL High Angle German Suplex. A legend was born. Hisaharu Tanabe was forunate enough to see the actual match on TV. This is what he posted on his website; Puroresu.com "I laughed while I was watching television when Tiger Mask first entered to the ring of Kuramae Kokugikan (old Sumo Hall) on April 23rd, 1981. I always loved the Tiger Mask cartoon, but having the character as a legit wrestler was another story. Dynamite Kid was already a strong rival of Tatsumi Fujinami, who was the top junior heavyweight wrestler in Japan back then, and I didn't think this guy from cartoon character could beat Kid. However, this freak who came out of a cartoon show easily beat Dynamite Kid with a beautiful German suplex hold. Since then, he was not only a big draw for New Japan Pro-Wrestling but also a social phenomenon in Japan." Tigermask then became a holder of the WWF Junior Heavyweight (this is when Vince's dad was in charge mind you....) and NWA Junior Heavywweight title in his glorious singles career and he was UNDEFEATED (even though there are some reports saying he lost a match due to disqualification). He became a inspiration to the current Jr. Heavyweights out there like The Great Sasuke, Jyushin "Thunder" Lyger, Hayabusa, the list goes on! Satoru Sayama however left New Japan Prowrestling when he, and others asked where their paychecks went. Appearantly Inoki was using money to fund the Anton Hisel project in Brazil where they can convert sugar cane crop into a alternative energy source. Here is some paragraphs from the article about the project by Zach Arnold of puroresupower.com: "There was a legendary myth in Japan that Inoki had created a company called "Anton Hisel" in 1980 to invest in biotechnology in Brazil. However, it wasn't just a myth - it was a reality. In 1980, Inoki attempted to broker deals with the Brazilian Government in investment in his biotechnological projects. Originally, the Brazilian Government had a plan to use refined alcohol as energy produced from sugarcane instead of crude oil. Oil was expensive and the Brazilians had a lot of sugarcane crops. The big challenge for the Brazilian Government was this - how could they produce this alternative form of energy without polluting the rain forests and the environment? One of the great side effects from the refined alcohol process involved the disposal of wastes. The waste disposal was not done properly and in turn, caused agricultural problems. Inoki thought that he had a perfect idea for turning the waste from the refined sugarcane alcohol into feed for livestocks by adding enzymes. At first, the idea sounded good. However, Inoki not only wanted to take the refined sugarcane alcohol waste and confert it into feed for livestock, he wanted to take the cow crap from the livestock after they ate the refined waste and recycle the cow crap into even more feed for animals. Inoki, in his mind, felt that this solution would solve hunger on the entire planet. Not only did the idea fall flat on its face, it cost him a lot of cash. The fermentation process failed and combining with the inflation of currency between Brazil & Japan, the project gathered enormous debt in no time. The project was immediately halted - until more money arrived to fund it. The project, for the next three years, continued to operate. How was Inoki able to fund such a money-losing project? Where was the cash flow? When my old friend, Shig Miyazaki from New Jersey, told me about this story over 5 years ago, I laughed really hard. In 1982 & 1983, New Japan had a very strong relationship with TV-Asahi. Their weekly TV show aired every Friday night at 8 PM and did 20.0 or higher ratings. However, All Japan and All Japan Women weren't nearly doing the same amount of business as New Japan. Meanwhile, New Japan executives were facing a big problem - a problem that they had to be confronted with by their employees. Where was all of the company money from the house shows going? Tiger Mask Sayama, Tatsumi Fujinami, & Riki Choshu led the main core of wrestlers who wanted an internal investigation on the company that they worked for. After initial findings in the wrestlers' investigation saw that Inoki was funneling house show & TV revenue from New Japan into the Anton Hisel project, Tiger Mask Sayama immediately submitted his resignation to New Japan in August of 1983. He would eventually show up in 1984 for the original UWF." After that mess, we go to 1983, the owner, booker, and then current wrestler of All Japan Pro-Wrestling; Shohei "Giant" Baba, decided to buy out the Tigermask gimmick after Sayama left and give it to now Pro Wrestling NOAH owner, booker, and wrestler: Mitsuharu Misawa. Despite Misawa being a good wrestler, he was just not the same. But as most of you know by now, Misawa got rid of the mask in 1991 and became a huge wrestling star. During Satoru Sayama's time at Akira Maeda's "shoot" style fed; the Union of professional-Wrestling Force (UWF) he became Super Tiger. Many of the fans wanted to see him as the high flying Tigermask that they grew up to love, not a Tigermask who was a ground style wrestler (basically a shooter). But he refused to go back to the high flyer that he was, after all it just wasn't the UWF style. He left in 1985. Satoru Sayama then wrote a book called "Kayfabe" where he said some controversial things about the wrestling business (Hisaharu Tanabe also said that he "verbally disgraced the great sport of Puroresu."). He was pretty much out of the business and was working on Mixed Martial Arts stuff. From www.puroresu.com (Hisaharu Tanabe): However, on December 30th in 1995 and on June 30th in 1996, Satoru Sayama proved that he was still "Tiger Mask," who could bring the dream back to the fans. NOTE: I think in 95 he went under the name "Tiger King" and in 1996 he was "The Tiger". Not sure about it though. Later on (not sure when) he returned (I think for one night) in the late 90's as "Tiger Mask: The Return" (4th costume in Fire Prowrestling D.) He then finally quit the business to move onto his Mixed Martial Arts style; "Shooto", along with his organization; "Seiken-Do". However, In January of 2004, Satoru Sayama for one last time was able to don the Tigermask outfit and become "Mask of Tiger" for a few tour dates with All Japan Pro-Wrestling. That's the history (more like LEGEND) of Tigermask...So what will become of Satoru Sayama and future Tigermasks? Only time will tell. ================================ ==3. Skill and Parameter Stats== ================================ Skill ===== Real name:.................Satoru Sayama Real "Ring" name...............Tigermask FPD Name:................Mask de Panther Promotion:.......New Japan Pro-Wrestling * FPD Promotion:..View Japan Pro-Wrestling Size:..............................Small Class:.........................Jr. Heavy Height............................173 cm (5 ft. 8 in.) Weight.............................96 kg (212 lbs.) Country..........................Unknown ** Birthdate........................Unknown *** Stance.........................Luchadore Offensive Skill..................Panther Return Skill...................Luchadore Critical Type...................Finisher Special Skill...........One Hit Finisher Recovery............................Fast Recovery (when bleeding)..........Medium Respiratory........................Above Respiratory (when bleeding).......Medium Awareness.........................Strong Awareness (when bleeding).........Strong Neck Strength.....................Medium Arm Strength........................High Waist Strength......................High Foot Strength.....................Medium Movement Speed......................Fast Ascend Speed........................Fast Ascend Skill..................Can run up * Now retired and booking some Shooto stuff. ** We all KNOW he's from Japan. *** Was actually born November 24th, 1957 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan Parameter - Offense Parameter - Defence =================== =================== Punch.............4 Punch.............8 Kick..............7 Kick..............9 Suplex............6 Suplex............9 Submission........6 Submission........8 Stretch...........7 Stretch...........8 Power.............4 Flying...........10 Instant Power....10 Crush.............5 Arm Power.........6 Vs. Lariat........3 Technical........10 Technical........10 Rough.............2 Rough.............8 Ground............4 Ground............6 Total Skill Points (on a scale from 0-300): 233 ================ ==4. Move list== ================ NOTE: All of the move names were taken from Du Vong's Microsoft Word Format Move List. Specialty moves are marked with [S]. Finisher is marked with [F]. Strikes ======= Standing (X)..............................Muay Thai Low Kick Standing (A)...........................Muay Thai Middle Kick Standing (B) + d-pad........................ROLLING SOLEBUTT [S] Standing (B)..........................Spinning Once Dropkick Standing (X) + (A)...........................Screw High Kick Running (X)..................................Shoulder Tackle Running (A)................................Flying Cross Chop Running Counter (X)..............................Back Switch Running Counter (A)......................Quebradora Con Hilo Running to corner............................Somersault Kick Grapple ======= Grapple (X)......................................Elbow Smash Grapple (X) + Up...................................Body Slam Grapple (X) + Left/Right........................Cyclone Whip Grapple (X) + Down..................................Crab Nip Grapple (A).......................................Tiger Spin Grapple (A) + Up.........................Jumping Brainbuster Grapple (A) + Left/Right...............Pendulum Back Breaker Grapple (A) + Down.........................Double Arm Suplex Grapple (B)..................................Screw High Kick Grapple (B) + Up..........................Kaiten-Jigoku-Geri (Spinning Inferno Kick) Grapple (B) + Left/Right...............Rolling Solebutt Rush Grapple (B) + Down.......................Tiger Neck Chancery (Old school Tiger Driver) Grapple (X) + (A)...............Jumping Tombstone Piledriver Back Grapple (X)..................................Neck Smash Back Grapple (A).......................Back Brain Kneel Kick Back Grapple (B).......High Angle Forward Rolling Prawn Hold Back Grapple (B) + Up/Down..................Twisted Backdrop Back Grapple (B) + Left/Right...................TIGER SUPLEX [F] Back Grapple (X) + (A)..............HIGH ANGLE GERMAN SUPLEX [S] Back Grapple Counter (X)..........................Elbow Butt Back Grapple Counter (A)............................Leg Spin Opponent Down Moves =================== Opponent Face Up at Head (A)....................Sleeper Hold Opponent Face Up at Head (B).....................Sunset Flip Opponent Face Up at Feet (A)...............Single Prawn Hold Opponent Face Up at Feet (B)...............Spinning Leg Lock Opponent Face Down at Head (A)......Japanese Leg Roll Clutch Opponent Face Down at Head (B)..............Knee Drop (Head) Opponent Face Down at Feet (A)................Romero Special Opponent Face Down at Feet (B)..............Knee Drop (Head) Running at Downed Opponent (B)...................Sunset Flip Mount Moves =========== Mount Position (X)...............................Mount Punch Mount Position (A).........................Crucifix Arm Hold Mount Position (B)............................Jackknife Hold Mount Position Counter..............................Arm Lock Front Facelock Attack (X)....................Front Neck Lock Front Facelock Attack (A)..................Double Arm Suplex Front Facelock Attack (B)........................Back Switch Front Facelock Attack Counter.....................Hammerlock Back Mount Position (X).....................Back Mount Punch Back Mount Position (A)....................Crucifix Arm Hold Back Mount Position (B)..........................Jado Clutch Back Mount Position Counter..................Cross Knee Hold Post and Apron Moves ==================== Post (X).............................Diving Double Knee Drop Post (A)...............................Super Diving Headbutt Post (B)...................................Diving Body Press Post (X) + (A)..........................SIDE ROLL BODY PRESS [S] Run-Up Post vs Standing (X).............................None Run-Up Post vs Downed (A)...............................None Corner Grapple (B) + Up.......Top Rope Avalanche Brainbuster Corner Grapple (B) + Left/Right.........Kushi-zashi Shoulder Corner Grapple (B) + Down...........................Stomping Front Avalanche Counter...........................Elbow Butt Back Avalanche Counter.............................Body Fall Apron Grapple from inside............Ring Inside Brainbuster Apron Grapple from outside...........Brainbuster Drop-Behind (Reversal) Running to out of bounds...........SPACE FLYING TIGER ATTACK [S] Slingshot to outside.........................Plancha Suicida Slingshot to inside.....................Swandive Missle Kick Double and Triple Team Moves ============================ Two Platon Front Grapple.......................W.Brainbuster Two Platon Back Grapple...........................W.Backdrop Two Platon Corner.................B.Backdrop + D.Neckbreaker Three Platon Front Grapple................Triple Hammer Blow Three Platon Back Grapple.................Triple Hammer Blow Three Platon Corner............................Triple Impact Performance =========== Analog Stick Left.................................Tiger Pose Analog Stick Right.......................Two Hand Invitation Analog Stick Up.........................Single Hand Raised 1 Analog Stick Down.....................One Finger Pointing Up =============== ==5. Strategy== =============== 5.1. General Strategy ===================== The Tigermask style is the awesome hybrid style of Mixed Martial Arts and Luchalibre. This means your strikes (except punches), submissions, and high flying moves are VERY effective. So use those moves if you want the most damage. Rough moves are not effective but Tigermask has only 2 of these (knee drop on the face and back). As for grapple moves, Tigermask has a lot of "A" rated moves like the Screw High Kick, Tiger Spin, etc. so those are effective too. A small weakness Tigermask has is that his Tiger Suplex is a "C" rated move but it's still a cool finisher. So mix in a few strikes and use some grapples. But since he has lucha style, use those wicked lucha moves! For a strategy against him, his Crush and vs. Lariat is low on parameter, but that's common for Jr. Heavyweights. So try some power moves against him, but using a big heavyweight Power move wrestler against a Jr. Heavyweight IS UNFAIR isin't it? 5.2. Strikes ============ Tigermask's strikes are rated "A" so it will be very effective. His muay thai style low kick, and middle kick are good to use early in the match. The Rolling Solebutt however, is effective but making it connect is a little bit harder but if you land it, it will do a bit more damage because it's a Specialty move. His standing screw high kick and drop kick are hard to land UNLESS you position it properly and the opponent is dazed. So the best thing to do is to use the middle kick to fend off the opponents, use the low kick when they move in to close range, try to land the Rolling Solebutt, and only use the screw high kick and dropkick when the opponents are dazed. Don't forget to breathe every now and then, as strikes can rapidly deplete your stamina. (Yes the last sentence was taken from Bill Wood.) 5.3. Grapples ============= Tigermask has some good grapples in his moveset so use his "A" ranked moves early like the crab nip and cyclone whip. Then you can move on to use his Tiger Spin, then finally, move on to his strong grapple moves like the Screw High Kick, Spinning Inferno Kick, and Rolling Solebutt Rush. His strong grapple from behind moves are all "C" ranked moves so the chance of pulling the move off is lower than his "A" moves. The only "A" move he has is the Back Brain Kneel Kick. So try to use this move a little bit more if you can. Since his finisher is the Tiger Suplex and one of his specialty's is the High Angle German Suplex, use these moves when you KNOW that your opponent is tired enough. 5.4. High Flying Moves ====================== When it comes to high flying moves, Sayama-sama has some of the best in the business, like his Specialty Side Roll Body Press and AMAZING Space Flying Tiger Attack (Or Space Tiger Plancha I refer to it as). As you can tell, his top turnbuckle moves are all opponent down moves and his only opponent standing move is the Swandive Missle Kick. I recommend using the Super Diving Headbutt and Side Roll Body Press when the opponent is down because the Super Diving Headbutt has amazing distance and the Side Roll Body Press is a specialty move. When the opponent is standing daze, use the Swandive Missle Kick to knock your opponent to the ground in style! If you threw your opponent outside of the ring and he is dazed, use the Space Tiger Plancha because it's a specialty move, and it looks so damn cool!!!! 5.5. Opponent Down Moves (Submissions and Opponent Down Strikes) ================================================================ Just use the sunset flip and running sunset flip most of the time because they are the most effective. You can use his Romero Special if you want but I find submission holds to be ineffective because the CPU seems to get out of it easily (unlike Super Fire Prowrestling X/X Premium). =========================== ==6. Other Info and Links== =========================== In here you can find facts and links about Tigermask. 6.1. Other Info =============== * Satoru Sayama copied Mil Mascaras and incorporated some of his moves like the Flying Cross Chop into the Tigermask character. Infact, there were a lot of comparisions to Tigermask and Mil Mascaras. * The Tigermask anime wrestlers used traditional wrestling moves like strikes and suplexes and no high flying moves at all! * A lot of real life wrestlers appeared or was copied in the anime series like Antonio Inoki, Giant Baba, Stan Hansen, etc. * Satoru Sayama wrestled in Mexico under his real name in 1978 - 1980 for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (E.M.L.L.) * Tigermask 2 was Mitsuharu Misawa. He became a HUGE star in All Japan Prowrestling under his real name but left with MORE THAN HALF of the roster to form Prowrestling NOAH after getting into arguments with Motoko Baba. * Tigermask 3 was Kohji Kanemoto. This was probably the "failed" Tigermask gimmick. Kohji said he really wasn't prepared for it. He currently wrestles in New Japan Prowrestling under his real name. * The current and 4th Tigermask was the only Tigermask to be trained and sponcered by Satoru Sayama, the original Tigermask. For more info on Tigermask 4, read Bill Wood's TM4 FAQ. * Candy Okutsu (real name: Tomoko Okutsu) was Tigerdream, the only female member of the Tigermask family. She came out of retirement to join the formation of Arsion at the Carnival Arsion 2000 show on December 3rd, she announced her retirement. * Satoru Sayama looked up to Mil Mascaras since child hood, thus the reason why he copied some of his moves. Infact here's something from the August 3rd 1995 edition of the Weekly Gong that was copied and translated by Hisaharu Tanabe. Weekly Gong: Sayama-san, since when have you been a Mascaras fan? Sayama: Since junior high. I used to watch his matches on TV. I had always thought he was cool since then. When I was in 8th grade, I wore a mask that I designed for an event during a school festival. *laugh* I designed it after Mascaras. The reason I started wrestling was Inoki-san, but Mil Mascaras was always on my mind. * Tigre Enmascarado is "Tigermask" in Spanish. * AxxB sent me this e-mail with some info on Sayama and some of his opinions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Vipermask, About Sayama, as well as Wrestling in Mexico, he toured the UK using the ring name 'Sammy Lee' - supposedly one of Bruce Lee's relatives. He lost one match (as Tigermask, vs Dynamite Kid) by countout, thanks to Bret Hart's interference. Tiger was beating them both up at ringside, but concentrated on Bret a bit too much, allowing Dynamite to roll back in and beat the count. But he was obviously only able to win because he cheated. I always understood that Sayama left NJPW because he was disillusioned with the Wrestling business - hence the fact that he surfaced in the shoot-style UWF, and has pushed towards the MMA/Wrestling fusion in his out of ring career. Anyway, I thought the only reason NJPW sold the gimmick to AJPW was that Sayama was retiring and they had no use for it, and that whoever AJPW put the gimmick on would be unable to live up to Sayama's legacy in any case. Cheers, AxxB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6.2. Tigermask Anime Lyrics =========================== Yuke! Tiger Mask Opening Song shiroi MATTO no JANGURU ni kyou mo arashi ga fukiareru RUURU muyou no akutou ni seigi no PANCHI o buchikamase yuke yuke TAIGAA (TAIGAA) TAIGAAMASUKU sanbon ROOPU no JANGURU ni hoeru yajuu no muhoumono shima no GAUN o hirugaeshi yatsura no kiba o otteyare yuke yuke TAIGAA (TAIGAA) TAIGAAMASUKU kusa mo ki mo nai JANGURU ni shi o yobu wana ga matte iru FEA PUREE de kirinukete otoko no konjou misete yare yuke yuke TAIGAA (TAIGAA) TAIGAAMASUKU English Let's go! Tiger Mask In the jungle of the white mat Today also a storm is blowing Scoundrels that don't abide by the rules The punch of righteousness will defeat them! Let's go let's go TIGER TIGER MASK In the jungle of the three-part rope the outrageous-thing (note: this is kind of strange, and I'm not sure how to take it) of the roaring wild animals Striped gown fluttering Their/this one's fang(s) gives chase Let's go let's go TIGER TIGER MASK In the jungle without grass or trees The trap of death's call (a deathtrap) awaits should be (a deathtrap?) A gutsy/ballsy/courageous man is shown (to you) Let's go let's go TIGER TIGER MASK 6.3. Links ========== The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo - http://www.puroresu.com - Created by Hisaharu Tanabe. This is the site where I got info on Sayama and where I stole some quotes. Puroresu Power - http://www.puroresupower.com - A great news page for Puroresu. All About Tigermask: The Animated Series http://www4.airnet.ne.jp/pancra/tigre/index.html - The ONLY page about the Tigermask anime. GSWF.org - http://www.gswf.org - You can download moves here and this is where I got the Stats. Du Vong's move list is also available there. Arsionworld - http://www.arsionworld.com - This is where I got the info on Tigerdream. Tigermania - http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~toshiro/TIGER.htm - by Toshiro Ishijima. A very detailed history of the "Tigermask" gimmick. It's only in Japanese though. Puroresu Power - http://www.puroresupower.com - This is where I found the article on Anton Hisel, you have to go through the archieves and look for a article that was released around August 2nd, 2002. It is about Inoki's financial problems. ================================ ==7. Thanks and Special Thanks== ================================ Thanks goes to... ================= The Fire Prowrestling community and Puroresu fans all over the world. A Very Special Thanks goes to... ================================= Bill Wood for letting me do the Tigermask FAQ and using part of his format. "IceMaster" Frank James Chan - The man who started the North American Fire Prowrestling Revolution. Whatever he is doing now I wish him the best of luck and success. The original members of Human Entertainment for creating the best wrestling games in the world. Spike for keeping the tradition of Fire Prowrestling alive by hiring most of the original members. Vaill for creating Fire Prowrestling D. Ikki Kajiwara and Naoki Tsuji for the Tigermask anime and manga. Satoru Sayama for being Tigermask. Special Thanks goes to... ========================= Hisaharu Tanabe, the Puroresu expert on this side of the Pacific Ocean. All of the sites up above. ======================= ==8. Other FAQs By Me== ======================= PC - Fallout 2 - The CAR FAQ. SEGA DREAMCAST - Fire Prowrestling D - Toshiaki Kawada Character Guide. SEGA DREAMCAST - Fire Prowrestling D - Bret Hart Character Guide. ARCADE - Initial D: Arcade Stage Guide. ARCADE - Poker Ladies Guide. SONY PLAYSTATION 2 - Initial D: Special Stage Guide. SINCLAIR SPECTRUM ZX - Formula One Guide. ================ ==9. Copyright== ================ Fire Prowrestling D is copyrighted by Vaill Corporation and their parent company Spike Co., Ltd. March 1st. 2001 - 2002. Fire Prowrestling D: Tigermask Character Guide Version 1.00 and future versions of this FAQ is copyrighted by ViperMask, 2002, 2003, and so forth. This FAQ is for private and personal use only. Retail use is prohibited. This FAQ can only be used with PERMISSION by ME; VIPERMASK. Also this FAQ is ONLY AVAILABLE on these sites: Gamefaqs.com, DLH.net, IGN.com and Neoseeker.com If anyone sees another site other than the list above using my FAQs, please tell me. If anyone sees anyone ripping off this FAQ (like converting it to HTML), please tell me. For permission to convert the FAQ into another language, contact me first. Contact Information: Contact ViperMask at r3m0v3XxxDownward_Spiral_SoldierxxX@r3m0v3yahoo.comr3m0v3 (remove the r3m0v3)