 Hido in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hideo Takayama (1969-10-19)October 19, 1969[2] Osaka, Japan |
| Died | October 17, 2021(2021-10-17) (aged 51) |
Spouse | |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | BADBOY Hido Hido Hido Takayama Hideo Takayama Willie Takayama Yaiba |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 231 lb (105 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Osaka, Japan |
| Debut | January 20, 1993 |
| Retired | May 4, 2013 |
Hideo Takayama (高山 秀男,Takayama Hideo; October 19, 1969 – October 17, 2021) was a Japaneseprofessional wrestler, better known under thering nameBADBOY Hido (BADBOY非道,Baddobōi Hidō) or simplyHido (非道,Hidō). He is best known for his time withhardcore wrestling federationsBig Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW),Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA-MS),Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) andWrestling International New Generations (W*ING).
Hideo Takayama made hisprofessional wrestling debut forWrestling International New Generations (W*ING) against Masahiko Takasugi in a losing effort on January 20, 1993 at an interpromotional show between W*ING,Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW) and Union Pro Wrestling (UPW).[3] Takayama picked up his first win against Ryo Miyake on October 23.[4] AtOdawara Brazing Night inOdawara, Takayama developed himself as avillain by shortening his given name to "Hido", but lost to Takashi Okano.[5] Hido would lose most of his matches during his early career in W*ING but learned thehardcore wrestling style of W*ING which would continue with him throughout his career. He began feuding withYukihiro Kanemura, which culminated in aloser leaves W*INGstreet fight on February 15, 1994, which Hido lost, forcing him to leave W*ING.[6] Coincidentally, W*ING disbanded shortly after Hido's departure from the promotion.
After leaving W*ING, Takayama joinedWrestle Association R (WAR), where he debuted for the promotion on June 1 under a newcharacterYaiba by teaming withArashi andAshura Hara to defeatGenichiro Tenryu,Animal Hamaguchi andKoji Ishinriki in asix-man tag team match.[7] On June 3, Yaiba defeated Matsuoka in his firstsingles match and facedKoki Kitahara in a match later at the event, which Yaiba won by disqualification.[8] This led to a rematch between the two on June 5, which Yaiba lost.[9] Takayama soon dropped the Yaiba character and began competing under his real name. On June 30, Takayama teamed with Hiroshi Itakura and Ichiro Yaguchi againstFuyuki-Gun in a losing effort in the quarter-final round of a tournament to crown the promotion's firstWorld Six-Man Tag Team Champions.[10] Takayama joinedFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in the fall of 1994, which would lead to his departure from WAR. His last match took place on October 16, in which Takayama and Yaguchi lost toJado and Gedo.[11]
Takayama debuted in FMW on October 9 as a member ofW*ING Alliance, a group consisting of former wrestlers from the defunct W*ING who wanted to avenge the end of W*ING fromAtsushi Onita and his FMW and they aimed to end FMW. His debut match was a six-man tag team match with W*ING membersHideki Hosaka and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga against FMW'sKoji Nakagawa, Battle Ranger Z andMasato Tanaka, which W*ING won.[12] Hido mainly competed as a mid-carder and was usually utilized in tag team matches alongside W*ING members while losing in singles competition.[13] Hido picked up his first win in a singles match in FMW on April 24, 1995 against Gosaku Goshogawara.[14] At6th Anniversary Show, Hido, Hideki Hosaka and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga lost a match toTakashi Ishikawa, Apollo Sagawa andKishin Kawabata.[15] Hido began getting more wins against lower-tier wrestlers of the company but failed to win against more established wrestlers. He participated in theYoung Spirit Tournament to promote the younger generation of FMW which would lead the company after the company'saceAtsushi Onita retired from wrestling.[16] Hido scored only four points with two wins against Koji Nakagawa[17] andTetsuhiro Kuroda,[18] while losing to Hideki Hosaka,[19]W*ING Kanemura[20] and Masato Tanaka.[21]
On September 26, Hidoturned on his W*ING partners Hideki Hosaka and W*ING Kanemura in a match against Masato Tanaka, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to joinLethal Weapon and insulted W*ING for siding with FMW.[22][23] Hido, along withSuper Leather and other Lethal Weapons feuded with their former W*ING teammates for the next two months. On November 25, Hido and Super Leather rejoined W*ING in aswerve by turning onHorace Boulder against Hideki Hosaka, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga & W*ING Kanemura in astreet fight.[22][24] In early 1996, W*ING turned intofan favorites and formed an alliance with FMW after the formation of Funk Masters of Wrestling.[16] At the7th Anniversary Show, Hido, Hosaka and Matsunaga defeatedMiguel Perez, Shoji Nakamaki andToryu.[25] This would be Matsunaga's last match in FMW as he left the company after the match.
On June 12, Hido competed asBADBOY Hido for the first time at a W*ING promoted showW*ING Take Off 2nd.[26] Hido participated in a tournament to crown the inauguralIndependent Heavyweight Champion, losing to Super Leather in the quarter-final.[27] Hido's first major win of his FMW career took place at Summer Spectacular on August 1, where he won aRoyal Rumble by last eliminating Tetsuhiro Kuroda.[28][29] Hido received his first title shot on September 20 as he and Hideki Hosaka unsuccessfully challengedThe Headhunters for theBrass Knuckles Tag Team Championship.[30] On April 25, 1997, Hido and W*ING Kanemura defeated Headhunters to win the title thus ending Headhunters' year-long reign and Hido won the first championship of his career.[31] At8th Anniversary Show, Hido andDragon Winger lost toRicky Fuji andRicky Morton.[32] Hido lost toKodo Fuyuki at Shiodome Legend.[33] After holding the title for nearly four months, Hido and Kanemura lost the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship toMr. Gannosuke andHisakatsu Oya in their fourth title defense on August 21.[34] W*ING Alliance was forced to disband after W*ING Kanemura lost a match to Atsushi Onita at Kawasaki Legend.[16][35]
After ending W*ING Alliance,Atsushi Onita became upset at FMW for not accepting W*ING wrestlers in their group and denounced himself as a member of FMW and then tookTetsuhiro Kuroda,Hideki Hosaka,Yukihiro Kanemura and Hido under his wing and formedZEN. The group began feuding with FMW and Hido turnedvillain as a result.[16] On October 14, Onita, Hido and Kuroda defeatedHayabusa,Masato Tanaka andKoji Nakagawa to win theWorld Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[36] They lost the title to Hayabusa, Tanaka andHisakatsu Oya on December 20.[37] Friction began rising in ZEN asMr. Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido became upset at Onita forbooking himself in themain event of the December 19 show. They attacked Onita after Onita lost aWarGames match to Hayabusa on December 22 and then Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido officially left ZEN.[16]
On January 7, 1998, Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido lost a street fight to ZEN's Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda at ZEN's first promoted show.[38] After the match,Fuyuki-Gun joined Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido in attacking ZEN and both groups merged to formTeam No Respect. Hido was involved in a hilarious skit of TNR in which the group mocked Hido'slegitimate wedding withMegumi Kudo by holding their own wedding of Hido andJado as "Megumi Jado" in their white underwears.[39] On March 29, Hido and Kodo Fuyuki defeated their own TNR teammates Mr. Gannosuke and Yukihiro Kanemura to win the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship.[40] They lost the title to Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka on April 17.[41]
At9th Anniversary Show, Hido picked up a major win by defeating ZEN member and former ally Hideki Hosaka.[42] On May 5, Hido replaced the injured Mr. Gannosuke to team with Kodo Fuyuki and Yukihiro Kanemura to defeat Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda for the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[43] On May 19, Hido and Super Leather took on their TNR teammates Jado and Gedo in a losing effort.[44] On June 19, Hido picked up an upset win over Leather in aloser leaves TNR match with the help of Jado and Yukihiro Kanemura.[45] As a result, Hido began feuding with Super Leather and the match culminated in a chain street fight between the two on July 10, which Leather won.[46] Hido would lose to Leather in another rematch at Welcome to the Darkside.[47]
On November 20, Hido teamed with Go Ito to defeatKaori Nakayama andRicky Fuji in anintergender tag team match.[48] The following month, Hido participated in theOver the Top Tournament to determine the #1 contender for the Double Championship (theunifiedBrass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and theIndependent Heavyweight Championship). Hido defeated Takeshi Ono in the quarter-final[49] andMasao Orihara in the final before losing to eventual winner Mr. Gannosuke in the semi-final.[50] Orihara and Ono left TNR due to their differences with the group and Gedo and Hido defeated Orihara and Ono on January 5, 1999.[51] On January 6, Hido lost to Ono to end the feud.[52] Hido teamed with Yukihiro Kanemura to participate in around robin tournament for the vacant Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship and ended the tournament by losing all the matches.[53] Hido continued to compete with TNR against FMW throughout the year.
At10th Anniversary Show, Hido facedkaratekaWillie Williams in adifferent style fight, losing via knockout in the second round. Williams respected Hido after the match.[54] On December 12, Hido left TNR and changed his ring name to "Willie Takayama" in honor of Williams and developed the character of a karateka influenced by Williams. Takayama defeated Naohiko Yamazaki at the event.[55] Takayama defeated Tarek Pasca on January 5, 2000[56] and unsuccessfully challengedTetsuhiro Kuroda for theWEW World Heavyweight Championship on February 25.[57] On April 30, Takayama and Williams unsuccessfully challengedKoji Nakagawa andGedo for theWEW World Tag Team Championship.[58] At11th Anniversary Show, Takayama, Williams and Williams' students Bouzu and Megane unsuccessfully challenged Koji Nakagawa,Jado and Gedo for theWEW 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[59] Takayama's final match in FMW came on May 27, when he andYoshinori Sasaki lost toMichael Shane and Ruben Cruise.[60]
Hido travelled toUnited States and worked forIndependent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA-MS), debuting for the promotion againstSabu in a losing effort atNo Blood, No Guts, No Glory on May 12, 2001.[61] Hido participated in the promotion's King of the Deathmatch Tournament by defeatingBull Pain in the first round[62] and then he was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to injury, thus forfeiting his quarter-final match againstCorporal Robinson.[63] Hido feuded withNecro Butcher during his tour in IWA-MS. On July 14, Hido defeatedChip Fairway and Trent Baker in athree-way dance to win the promotion'sMid-South Heavyweight Championship.[64] Four days later, Hido lost aLoser Leaves IWA Mid-South match to Butcher, forcing him to leave the promotion and vacate the title.[65]
Hido returned to Japan in 2002 and became a freelancer, working on severalindependent promotions. He would workAtsushi Onita'sdeathmatch ventures under theOnita Pro banner and forKodo Fuyuki's World Entertainment Wrestling (WEW)promotion, a successor to FMW, which had closed in February 2002. On April 29, 2003, Hido and YOSHIYA defeatedRyuji Ito and Daisaku Shimoda to win theWEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship.[66] The title was vacated shortly after. On December 19, Ryuji Ito and BADBOY Hido defeated Daikokubo Benkei andAbdullah Kobayashi in acagedeathmatch to win theBJW Tag Team Championship at aBig Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) event. Ito and Hido lost the title toMen's Teioh and Mr. Big Japan on December 23.[67] On August 19, 2004, Hido andKintaro Kanemura defeatedKendo Kashin andTomohiro Ishii to win theWorld Magma the Greatest Tag Team Championship atRiki Pro'sTake Off event.[68] Hido and Kanemura would split up and they competed atCrushing Each Other! where Hido teamed withTetsuhiro Kuroda against Kanemura and Ishii, with both men putting their titles on the line. Hido and Kuroda won the match and Hido kept the title.[69]
On August 6, 2006, Hido and Takashi Sasaki defeatedJun Kasai and Tetsuhiro Kuroda in the final of a round robin tournament to win the reactivatedWEW World Tag Team Championship at anApache Army show.[70] They lost the title to Kasai andTomoaki Honma in ascramble bunkhouse barbed wire baseball bat and ladder deathmatch at the company's3rd Anniversary Show.[71] Hido became semi-retired in 2008 by reducing his matches per year. Takayama wrestled his last match on May 4, 2013 atPro Wrestling Zero1'sBig Bang event by teaming withHideki Hosaka and Kintaro Kanemura against Atsushi Onita, Tetsuhiro Kuroda andRicky Fuji in a losing effort.[72]
Takayama began dating fellow FMW wrestlerMegumi Kudo during the mid-1990s and they got married on July 12, 1998.[73] He died on October 17, 2021.[74]
