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Jumbo Tsuruta

Japanese professional wrestler1951 to 2000

Wikidata names Dory Funk Jr., Giant Baba, Lou Thesz, and Terry Funk as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and VIAF.

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Teachers and mentors4

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Dory Funk Jr.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Giant Baba

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Lou Thesz

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Terry Funk

Education and career5

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