Tor Kamata won several heavyweight and tag team championships, most notably the PWF World Heavyweight Championship in All Japan Pro Wrestling and the AWA World Tag Team Championship in the American Wrestling Association.
11 Facts About Tor Kamata
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Tor Kamata was a classic heel, reviled for dirty tricks in the ring, included rubbing salt in his opponent's eyes.
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Tor Kamata was given the name Tor Kamata in reference to Tomas De Torquemada of the Spanish Inquisition.
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Tor Kamata worked as Mr Moto, holding the American Wrestling Association's AWA World Tag Team Championship with Mitsu Arakawa.
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In 1976 and 1977, Tor Kamata wrestled in the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
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Again Tor Kamata threw salt in Backlund's eyes, so Backlund merely used the referee's shirt to wipe it out.
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Tor Kamata returned to WWWF now WWF in 1980 feuding with WWF Champion Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales.
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Tor Kamata left later that year and returned to Japan.
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Tor Kamata was a club bouncer before becoming a professional wrestler.
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Tor Kamata joined the United States Air Force and trained with amateur wrestlers in Turkey.
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Tor Kamata died on July 23,2007, in Saskatoon after almost a decade of heart disease.