Professional wrestling career Shigeo Okumura

1 professional wrestling career

1.1 japan pro wrestling (2000–2004)
1.2 consejo mundial de lucha libre (2004–present)

1.2.1 la ola amarilla

professional wrestling career

shigeo okumura began professional wrestling career in 1994, working japanese promotion tokyo pro wrestling (tpw). okumura worked under both birth name , okumura during time in tpw. in 1996 tpw closed , okumura became freelance wrestler, working variety of companies on japanese independent circuit few one-shot appearances new japan pro wrestling (njpw) , japan pro wrestling (ajpw). @ point between 1996 , 1999 okumura won ccw heavyweight championship , cawf tag team championship, teaming nobutaka araya. in late 1999 okumura began working frontier martial arts wrestling (fmw), teaming atsushi onita , mitsunobu kikuzawa in tournament crown first ever barbed-wire stretfight six-man tag team title. team made finals defeated mr. pogo, shoji nakamaki, , ichiro yaguchi on december 26, 1999. on january 28, 2000, onita, okumura , kikuzawa won barbed-wire street fight six-man tag title, defeating nakamaki, yaguchi, , geat kendo vancat title. trio held belt 4 days before losing nakamaki, yaguchi, , kendo.

all japan pro wrestling (2000–2004)

when mitsuharu misawa left ajpw form pro wrestling noah along large group of ajpw wrestlers shigeo okumura given full-time contract ajpw fill void left exodous. on september 8, 2001 okumura , nobutaka araya lost arashi , koki kitahara, in match vacant asia tag team championship. when arashi , kitahara vacated titles in 2002 okumura , mitsuya nagi entered tournament crown new champions. team made way final match, lose arashi , okumura s former partner nobutaka araya. in 2002 okumura participated in giant baba cup , competing in block a. okumura accumulated 14 points defeated mitsuya naga in block final. on next 2 years okumura work mid-card wrestler, in makeshift tag teams other mid-card wrestlers.

consejo mundial de lucha libre (2004–present)

in mid-2004 okumura travelled mexico on learning trip , improve in ring skills being exposed other wrestling styles japanese style. in mexico began working consejo mundial de lucha libre (cmll) heel (or bad guy ) anti-mexico character. anti-mexico character stood in contrast okumura s personal views liked living , working in mexico has remained there since 2004. on december 5, 2004, okumura participated in four-man, lucha de apuesta (bet match) steel cage match last man in cage have hair shaved off result. match came down okumura , negro casas , saw casas escape, leaving okumura shaved bald per lucha traditions.

in mid-2005 njpw sent shinsuke nakamura , hiroshi tanahashi mexico, in order them gain international experience, okumura had been sent year before. okumura teamed nakamura , tanahashi, worked guide , contact outside ring. trio worked on cmll s 72nd anniversary show, losing all-mexican team of Último guerrero, rey bucanero , averno. on may 12, 2006, okumura participated in cmll s international gran prix, teaming other foreign wrestlers take on team of 8 mexican wrestlers. okumura 12th man eliminated, pinned eventual winner Último guerrero. on june 18, 2006, okumura once again participated in multi-man steel cage lucha de apuesta match, putting hair on line against rey bucanero, universo 2000, negro casas, tarzan boy, máximo, heavy metal, , el terrible. in end rey bucanero pinned okumura, forcing him once again shaved bald. in august 2006, okumura began teaming hajime ohara , hirooki goto, both on learning trip okumura had been, both young wrestlers njpw. 3 teamd in tag team , trios matches, taking on various mexica combinations in low , mid-card matches. on may 11, 2007, okumura , goto both participated in year s international gran prix teaming alex koslov, marco corleone, minoru suzuki, jushin thunder liger, , Último dragón. okumura second wrestler eliminated, pinned rey bucanero. ohara , goto both remain in mexico year, returning njpw in mid-2007. in fall of 2007 shigeo okumura broke collar bone when asai moonsault attempt inexperienced fabián el gitano went wrong , fabián struck okumura knees, breaking bone. injury sidelined okumura remainder of 2007 , large part of 2008 recovery injury combined long trip japan kept him out of ring.

la ola amarilla

in mid-2009 okumura once again teamed couple of japanese wrestlers on learning trip; time teamed no limit (yujiro , naito) form anti-mexico faction called la ola amarilla (spanish yellow wave ). team given strong push, booked win series of high-profile matches against various mexican tecnicos (faces or guys ). 3 members of la ola amarila involved in 15-man lucha de apuesta steel cage match, main event of cmll s 2009 infierno en el ring event. okumura escaped cage fourth man , watched naito defeated toscano win match. throughout mid-2009 ola amarilla received further reinforcement jushin thunder liger toured mexico. okumura teamed liger, yujiro, , naito defeat team of Último guerrero, atlantis, black warrior , héctor garza, representing mexico in 1 of main events of cmll s 76th anniversary show. following week yujiro scheduled team camorra in 2009 torneo gran alternativa tournament veteran teams rookie. before match okumura made way ring, objecting yujiro being forced team mexican , in scripted moment, attacked camorra , threw him out of ring, taking place. yujiro , okumura defeated toscano , rouge in first round of tournament, victorious against héctor garza , Ángel de plata, before defeating místico , Ángel de oro in finals win 2009 gran alternativa. following gran alternativa tournament okumura began focusing on máximo, while no limit began storyline team of el terrible , el texano, jr.. okumura , máxmio faced off several times, part of trios matches , each time tension between 2 wrestlers built. on november 5, 2009, 2 faced off in lucha de apuesta match, saw okumura win first ever apuesta, leaving máximo bald in process. while yujiro , naito left mexico njpw end of 2009 naito has returned , announced work cmll on regular basis , joined njpw rookie taichi, keeping la ola amarilla alive in cmll. on may 7, 2010, okumura , taichi teamed former iwgp world heavyweight champion hiroshi tanahashi defeat el hijo del fantasma, la máscara, , héctor garza win cmll world trios championship in main event of weekly friday night super viernes show. ola amarilla s reign trios champions lasted 2 weeks defeated la máscara, la sombra , máscara dorada on may 21, 2010. on july 12, 2011, okumura defeated el gallo cmll s guadalajara branch s occidente light heavyweight championship. went on lose title el sagrado on july 11, 2012. in march 2012 njpw trainee kyosuke mikami came mexico extended learning tour, given ring name namajague , mask go , teamed okumura. team of okumura , namajague labelled la fiebre amarilla ( yellow fever ) , not la ola amarilla . in september 2012 la fiebre amarilla unsuccessfully challenged cmll arena coliseo tag team championship defending champions fuego , stuka, jr. victorious. in months following first match against stuka, jr. , fuego, la fiebre amarilla developed long running storyline stuka, jr. , rey cometa evolved main event of 2013 homenaje dos leyendas show contested under luchas de apuestas, or bet match rules namajague , stuka, jr. both risked masks , okumura , rey cometa risk hair on outcome of match. on march 3, 2013, okumura , namajague defeated fuego , stuka, jr. win cmll arena coliseo tag team championship. on march 15, 2013, okumura , namajague defeated stuka, jr. , rey cometa in main event of 2013 homenaje dos leyendas show, forcing okumura have hair shaved off , namajague unmasked , had reveal real name, kyosuke mikami, per lucha libre traditions. on november 3, okumura , namajague lost arena coliseo tag team championship delta , guerrero maya, jr. in january 2015, okumura returned japan take part in fantastica mania 2015 tour, during unsuccessfully challenged Ángel de oro cmll world light heavyweight championship.