A two-time WCW Cruiserweight Champion, winner of Japan’s illustrious J-Crown and the innovator of the breathtaking Asai Moonsault, Ultimo Dragon mixed lucha libre influences with the classic ...

In 1996 he started wrestling for WCW under an anglicised version of his name, 'Ultimate Dragon'. He made his WCW ... the Great Sasuke for the famous J-Crown Championship. The J-Crown, also know ...

In 1996, Ultimo Dragon defeated The Great Sasuke at the J-Crown, unifying eight junior heavyweight belts from other promotions. Part of the J-Crown was the WWF Lightweight Championship ...

The name means Last Dragon, which was the best way Asai ... In October of 1996, Ultimo won the J-Crown, which was a unification of eight junior (lightweight) division titles from various ...

Ultimo Dragon has revealed he left WWE because the company’s higher-ups wanted him to remove his mask due to his similarity to Rey Mysterio. Rey Mysterio and Ultimo Dragon worked together in WCW ...

Our wish became reality and I couldn’t be more grateful.” Dragon Kid was similarly gracious, saying, “If there was no Ultimo Dragon, there would have been no Toryumon or Dragon Gate.

Ultimo Dragon recently expressed his desire to face AEW's Chris Jericho in his retirement match. Jericho and Dragon might have carved their legacies in different promotions, but the two stars ...

Perhaps with something to prove, Último Dragón promptly returned to WCW with his J-Crown and put it on the line against Rey Misterio Jr. at the World War 3 pay-per-view in November 1996.