Monday, April 14, 2003

SPACE FLYING TIGER DROP: Following in the footsteps of Jesse "The Mind" Ventura, Michinoku Pro (and former WWE and ECW) wrestler The Great Sasuke has been elected to a seat in the legislative assembly of his native Iwate Prefecture, in the northeastern part of the Japanese island of Honshu.

But that's not the cool part. The cool part is that Sasuke is a masked wrestler, and he's keeping the mask on once in government:
"This is my face," the wrestler -- known as "The Great Sasuke" -- was quoted by the Nikkan Sports newspaper as saying of his black and white full-face mask with bright scarlet streaks and golden wings by the eye holes.

"I won support from voters with this face, and to take it off would be breaking promises," the 33-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Masanori Murakawa, said of his victory in conservative Iwate prefecture, some 460 km (290 miles) north of Tokyo.

Would that other elected officials legislated with masks on.

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