Fuji's greatest addition to the WWE's pop culture lexicon
may have come in 1985, when he teamed with Muraco to film a series of vignettes
named "Fuji Vice," designed to mock the popular television drama
series "Miami Vice." The segments were a regular part of then WWF's
weekly "Tuesday Night Titans" variety show, which featured
interviews, skits and replays of previously taped matches.
His career will be remembered by different generations for
different reasons. But Mr. Fuji, whether as a Superstar or manager, is one of
the most entertaining performers in the history of WWE. The WWE Superstar was
inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007. Condolences go out to his family in
this time of grief. He was also half of five WWE World Tag Team Champions. Harry
Fujiwara was a Hall of Fame wrestler and manager over two decades in the WWWF
and WWF, precursors to WWE and his ring character was known as master of
psychology who threw salt in his opponent’s eyes.
After retiring from the ring, Fuji managed a litany of WWE's
most feared Superstars, such as George "The Animal" Steele, Kamala,
Killer Khan, Demolition, The Powers of Pain, Yokozuna and most notably,
"Magnificent" Don Muraco. Upon his retirement, Harry Fujiwara moved
to Tennessee. There, he opened and operated a training dojo. The doors closed
on that business back in 2001. He also handled Jim Neidhart, Demolition,
Kamala, The Powers of Pain, and The Orient Express, before standing
side-by-side with the monstrous Yokozuna in his main event run in early 1990s.
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