Atsuo Sawada
Atsuo Sawada | |
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Sawada in January 2012. | |
Birth name | Atsuo Sawada |
Born | Tokyo, Japan |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) |
Dorian Sawada Julie Ho Death Minh Poison JULIE Sawada Poison Sawada Poison Sawada Black Poison Sawada JULIE |
Billed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Billed weight | 91 kg (201 lb) |
Debut | 1982 |
Retired | November 25, 2012 |
Atsuo Sawada (澤田 篤男 Sawada Atsuo, born February 5, 1964) is a retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) under the ring name Poison Julie Sawada (ポイズンJULIE澤田 Poizun JULIE Sawada). Initially trained by New Japan Pro Wrestling, Sawada found prominence after making his debut for DDT in 1999. He worked for the promotion for over thirteen years, becoming a two-time KO-D Openweight Champion and a seven-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, before retiring in November 2012.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- MOAI of Easter (Sitout inverted suplex slam)
- Signature moves
- Cattle Mutilation (Bridging grounded double chickenwing)- Innovated
- Chokeslam
- Doku Kiri (Asian mist)
- Snake Hand Pose (Sawada holds his arm in the air and quickly bobs his hand up and down, imitating a snake rattle, often accompanied by a rattling sound effect)
- Magic Spell (Sawada holds his hand in front of him with the forefinger and middle finger extended with the thumb pointed towards him, and his opponent's arm raises in the air with the hand bobbing up and down as if doing Sawada's 'snake hand pose', often accompanied by a 'rattling' sound effect)
Championships and accomplishments
- Dramatic Dream Team
- KO-D Openweight Championship (2 times)
- DDT Jiyugaoka Six-Person Tag Team Championship (2 times)
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (7 times)
- King of DDT (2004)
- Pro Wrestling Crusaders
- PWC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Other titles
- CMA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)