![]() ![]() With three points he progressed to the semi final and then eventually the final which took place on April 4. In March and April 2001, Magnum took part in El Numero Uno and was placed into block A. During his early years in Toryumon he would align himself with wrestlers such as Dragon Kid and Kenichiro Arai to combat the factions of Crazy MAX and M2K. Magnum participated in the NWA World Middleweight Title Tournament but lost in the finals to SASUKE. Magnum returned to Japan and made his debut for Toryumon Japan on January 31, 1999. ![]() Magnum TOKYO (center) and dancers during his ring entrance. ![]() He then appeared on WCW Saturday Night on Decemin a segment with Barry Darsow where he got laid out. One night later (on the November 23 episode of Nitro) he made his final televised appearance on WCW Nitro in a loss against Kanyon. During those two months, he appeared sporadically in squash matches and as a participant in the annual World War 3 battle royal on November 22, 1998. He lost the match in under two minutes, and the match was his last appearance with the company until he returned briefly in October and November of that same year. Two nights later on the August 10 episode of Nitro, he was told by Wright and Disco Inferno that if he wanted to be a member of The Dancing Fools, he needed to impress them in a match against Eddie Guerrero. The program came to a head when his interference backfired in a tag team match between The Dancing Fools and The Public Enemy at the 1998 Road Wild pay-per-view. While there, he participated in a brief program wherein he wanted to become a member of The Dancing Fools, (a tag team consisting of Disco Inferno and Alex Wright), and would appear dancing behind them (without their knowledge) during their entrance. Less than a year into his professional career, he gained some mainstream notoriety in North America with World Championship Wrestling in early and mid-1998. On July 5, he defeated El Hijo del Gladiador for the IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Championship and held it for three months before losing it to Mr. Magnum defeated Tony Rivera in the final of the Young Dragons Cup 1997. He would also make appearances for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and International Wrestling Revolution Group. He used to dance his way to the ring, wearing elaborate costumes and eye-masks, and stripped from them before the matches, sometimes with women in the crowd actually stuffing money into his tights. After his first match he would change his name to Magnum Tokyo, adopting the gimmick of a male stripper (with his name being a reference to AV actor Magnum Hokuto). ![]() He was trained by Último Dragón and graduated from Dragon's "Toryumon Gym" in 1997, making his professional wrestling debut on by defeating fellow débutante Nobuhiko Oshima. Magnum Tokyo was a popular mainstay in Japan's Dragon Gate promotion. Professional wrestling career Early career 1.2 World Championship Wrestling (1998).Currently, Kuroki works as a Daido-juku Kudo trainer in both Japan and Colombia. Kuroki initially retired in 2007 after a persistent eye injury, but briefly returned two years later for the Hustle promotion before retiring again in late 2009. His character was immensely popular with women, and was instrumental in building a large female fanbase in Toryumon's early years. Magnum debuted in 1997 and become popular in Japan for both his high-flying junior-heavyweight style (a style common amongst students of Último Dragón) and his elaborate entrances, which included dancing through the crowd and dance sequences in the ring with his own dance troupe. Most closely associated with the now-defunct Toryumon Japan, he also competed for World Championship Wrestling, HUSTLE professional wrestling promotion and Dragon Gate as Tokyo Magnum and Magnum Tokyo. Katsumasa Kuroki ( 黒木克正, Kuroki Katsumasa, born January 9, 1973) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Magnum Tokyo ( マグナムTokyo, Magunamu tōkyō). Katsumasa Kuroki ( 黒木克正, Kuroki Katsumasa) ![]()
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