GRAPPLERS OF YORE - Dump Matsumoto

Some of the best professional wrestling of all time was performed by Japanese women in the 80's and 90's, and one of the most compelling things to come out of that scene was the ultra-villainous monster woman known as Dump Matsumoto. Most pro wrestling villains maintain a certain level of coolness and rapport with the audience. Not so the mighty Dump. There was nothing likable or redeeming about her. Her only goal in life was to bully Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka to tears. She hated happiness, she hated fun, and she hated everyone else on Earth other than her army of minions. Dump would cheat constantly, beat up the referees, stab girls with scissors, beat audience members with a stick, and push a grandmother down the stairs. Dump was a high octane hate machine with a grudge against the world. The feud between her army of bullies and teen idol team The Crush Gals lives in infamy as one of the greatest spectacles in all of wrestling history. Nobody else in wrestling embodied gleefully petty and violent villainy as much as Dump did in her day. Long live the queen.

I will probably get into the Dump vs. The Crush Gals fued in greater detail at a later time. It set Japanese pop culture on fire in its day and is one of the wildest stories I've experienced in any medium. Dump's Theme Song