Giant Baba

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Sanjo, Niigata

Position
Wrestler

Status
Deceased

Ethnicity
Asian

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Height
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)

Weight
141 kg (311 lb)

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Fighting

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Shohei Baba (馬場正平 Baba Shōhei, January 23, 1938 – January 31, 1999), best known by his ring name Giant Baba (ジャイアント馬場 Jaianto Baba), was a Japanese professional wrestler. Baba is best known as a co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), a promotion he founded in 1972 along with Mitsuo Momota and Yoshihiro Momota, the sons of Rikidōzan. Along with being the top star of All Japan its first ten years of existence, Baba served as the booker, promoter, head trainer and president of the promotion from its inception in 1972 to his death in 1999. Baba was also responsible for recruiting much of the talent for All Japan, and was the public face of the promotion for much of his lifetime.

Considered one of the most beloved Japanese wrestlers ever, Baba was a national hero with a popularity in Japan comparable to Hulk Hogan in the United States. The 2006 Top 100 Historical Persons in Japan survey ranked Baba the 92nd greatest person in the history of Japan, as voted for by the general public.

Among his many accomplishments, Baba was a record seven-time winner of the Champion Carnival, a four-time PWF World Heavyweight Champion, three time NWA International Heavyweight Champion and a three-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion.

Baba was born with gigantism and suffered with many health problems in his later life. He died in January 1999 from liver failure at the age of 61.

His funeral took place on April 17, 1999, at the Nippon Budokan the day after the 1999 Champion Carnival Final.

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