Crazy to think now but Hiroyoshi Tenzan was easily the most pushed and “favored” of the “Third Generation” guys starting out.

Upon his return from excursion in 1995, he faves Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship; he beats Keiji Mutoh in ‘95 and with the Moonsault, no less; pins Riki Choshu in a tag match; becomes Masahiro Chono’s right hand in the “Team Wolf” and later “NWO Japan” stables; beats his fellow “Third Gen” cohorts, Kojima, Nagata & Nakanishi, several times in singles matches.