Samson Kutsuwada (May 1, 1947 – October 12, 2004) was a professional wrestler, and one of the original All-Japan Pro Wrestling wrestlers.

He joined Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance

Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance

Nihon Puroresu Kyōkai was the first professional wrestling promotion to be based in Japan. It operated from 1953 to 1973. Founded by Rikidōzan when he established a territory that would represent the National Wrestling Alliance in Japan...

 in August 1967. He trained under Karl Istaz

Karl Istaz

Karl Istaz was a professional wrestler and trainer born in Antwerp, Belgium, best known by his ring name Karl Gotch. The German suplex is named after Gotch....

, and debuted in 1971. He won the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship

AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship

The All Japan Pro Wrestling All Asia Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling . It was created on November 16, 1955 in the Japan Wrestling Association when King Kong Czaya & Tiger Jokinder defeated JWA founder Rikidōzan &...

 with Akihisa Mera

Akihisa Mera

Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera , better known as The Great Kabuki, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He was famous for being the first to blow "Asian mist" in his opponents' faces.-Professional wrestling career:...

 in October, 1976.He retired in 1977.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling held a ceremony in his honor during an event on 16 Oct 2004 in Iida, Nagano

Iida, Nagano

is a city located in southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan.Located on the Iida Line, an old local train line that runs through the valley of the Tenryū River in the southern Japan Alps, Iida lies 90 minutes northeast of the major city of Nagoya by automobile via the Chūō Expressway...

.