Japanese Deathmatch Wrestling Legend Mr. Pogo Passes Away

News
Jun 23, 2017

The Facebook page Japanese Wrestling Classics by Roy Lucier is citing a Yahoo Japan story reporting that legendary wrestler Mr. Pogo has passed away. According to the post, the cause of death was a massive cerebral infection after a surgery aged 66. Our thoughts are with his family.

Below is a classic fire death match of his against Mitsuhiro Matsunaga.

Update:

IBTimes now have an English story online.

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