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Pro wrestler Kenji Abe, 40, has been arrested on suspicion of assault after he allegedly slammed a man to the ground in a supermarket parking lot in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 6 p.m. Sunday. The physical altercation occurred after a dispute with a 47-year-old man over a parking space, Fuji TV reported.
Police said Abe grabbed the man’s neck with both arms, then pinned him to the ground. The victim suffered minor injuries, including bruises and cuts to his head.
Police said Abe has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying he got angry after the other man cut in front of him while he was about to enter a vacant space in the parking lot.
© Japan Today
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Blacklabel
This website was used as the source of news in the Fox News article about this.
K3PO
He wrestles under the name Macho Abe Ken.
He pinned the victim to the pavement by using his armpit to hold his head.
That's probably his signature move. The "Abe Armpito".
zettaiEngineer
Ippon!
Concerned Citizen
Not the best way to settle a dispute.
Arrrgh-Type
Pro Wrestling is "fake" (the wrestlers are performers and the outcomes are predetermined) but most of them these days are serious athletes with real training. I wouldn't want to pick a fight with one in a parking lot.
That said, I can hardly find anything online for this Kenji Abe fellow. He must be extremely small-time indies only.
A.M.
The wrestler will just apologize and get away.
ozellis
Roid rage is real.
Wakarimasen
Are we sure they weren't just faking the fight?
DaDude
Who said wrestling was fake and they were just actors?
drlucifer
It would have been nice to know his result in the ring against fellow wrestlers