Puroresu Central

American Wrestling Stars in Japan

At some point in their career, almost every major wrestler has had a match in Japan. Wrestlers ranging from Ric Flair to Sting to Super Dragon have all traveled to Japan to match strengths against the best that Japan has to offer. While some only wrestled one match, others stayed for many years or even had the bulk of their careers in Japan. To highlight them, I have written a profile for any American wrestling star that made a splash in Japan and have said a word or two about their experience there. Links for American wrestler stars that are currently wrestling in Japan will direct you to their profile under the current promotion that they are wrestling for. Note that when an entire company travels to Japan and puts on their own show, that doesn't count (such as WWE), but rather only American wrestling stars that took part in a puroresu show and wrestled against puroresu wrestlers. The list is far from complete, but for those of you that don't know a lot about puroresu wrestlers it might be a good start to learn about wrestlers you are already familar with.

A-Train (as Giant Bernard)
Abdullah the Butcher
Abyss
AJ Styles
Al Daivari
Antonio Thomas
Arn Anderson
Barry Windham
Bam Bam Bigelow
Bill Kazmaier
Big Van Vader
Booker T
Brian Danielson (also as American Dragon)
Briscoe Brothers
Brock Lesnar
Buddy Landel
Buff Bagwell
Bull Buchanan
Chris Benoit (as Wild Pegasus or Pegasus Kid)
Chris Jericho
Chris Sabin
Christian Cage
Christopher Daniels (also as Curry Man)
Chyna
CJ Otis
CW Anderson
Davey Richards
Dory Funk Jr.
Dustin Rhodes
Eddie Edwards
Eddie Guerrero (as Black Tiger)
Giant Singh
Harry Smith
Hulk Hogan
Human Tornado
Jamal
Jeremy Lopez
Jim Neidhart
Johnny Ace
Justin Credible
King Ali Baba
Kurt Angle
Lance Storm
Lex Luger
Mark Jindrak
Matt Morgan
Matt Sydal
Micah (wrestles as SANDY BEACH)
Mick Foley
Mike Awesome
Necro Butcher
Petey Williams
Randy Savage
Rhino
Ric Flair
Rick Rude
Road Warriors
Rocky Romero
Ron Simmons
Rosey (as RO'Z)
Ryan Mitchell
Samoa Joe
Saturn
Scorpio
Scott Norton
Stan Hansen
Steiner Brothers
Steve Austin
Steve Williams
Steven Regal
Sting
Super Dragon
Team 3D
Terry Taylor
The Barbarian
The Orient Express
The SAT
Thoruf
Tyson Tomko