Antonio Inoki

Muhammad Hussain Inoki (born Kanji Inoki (猪木寛至, Inoki Kanji) on February 20, 1943) is a retired Japanese professional wrestling promoter, politician, retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist best known by the ring name Antonio Inoki. Inoki's ring name is a homage to wrestler Antonino Rocca. Inoki converted to Islam in 1990 and took the name "Muhammad Hussain Inoki", something he did not publicly reveal until 2012

Inoki began his professional wrestling career in 1960, working for the Japanese Wrestling Association and became a wrestling promoter in 1972 when he founded New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) that he remained the owner of until 2005 where he sold his controlling share in the promotion to the Yuke's video game company. He later founded the Inoki Genome Federation. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2010. As a professional wrestler he became one of the most respected wrestlers of Japan, bolstered by his Mixed Martial Arts match against boxer Muhammad Ali in 1976. Inoki headlined two shows in North Korea that drew 150,000 and 190,000 spectators respectively, the highest attendance in professional wrestling.