Devil Masami was one of the great Japanese Joshi performers of the early, and she was a true trailblazer of women's wrestling.  She was physically strong and fast and was the perfect size to be believable against any opponent regardless of their skill set.  She should get more credit as she went up against the best in the business and made them better, but for some reason, she seems to fall in that second tier of great Japanese women’s workers from her time period.  She would later become a star in JWP and GAEA.

The brother of Stanislaus Zbyszko, Wladek had a good career in his own right where he wrestled and defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis for the Boston version of the AWA Heavyweight Title.  That win was disputed, but it made him, and he would go on to face Lewis multiple times and became a headliner across the world, literally as he competed against the Gracies (yes, them) in Brazil later in his career.  That alone makes him a pioneer of some sort as it is still unclear whether those matches were worked, was a shoot or something in between.

Kintaro Ohki came from South Korea to train under his hero Rikidozan, and he was able to sit under the learning tree of the most significant Japanese wrestler ever.  Ohki would not reach the heights of Antonio Inoki, but he was an elite performer who was in the main event for years.  Ohki's biggest contributions would be raising the profile of wrestling in South Korea where he would often compete and promote shows.  He was also a regular in Los Angeles, where he would win the WWA Championship.

Before he was Rayo de Jalisco, Maximino Linares Moreno went through a few gimmicks and masks in the, but it was when he came up with the black mask with a lightning bolt that he had a winner.