The biography series of the Long & Winding Royal Road continues with a look at the life and career of the legendary Jumbo Tsuruta. Japanese wrestling historian Cameren Lee makes his L&WRR debut to share his knowledge of Jumbo’s history with WH Park.
WH and Cameren discuss Jumbo’s early life, his amateur wrestling career, his inclusion in the 1972 Summer Olympics and how he helped change All Japan and the larger Japanese wrestling scene.
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Music: “Across the Danube, Op. 36” by John Philip Sousa | Performed by United States Marine Band (band) and Jason Fettig (conductor) | The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, No.4 | Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2015. | Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 | Public Domain Letter