What is Great Sasuke?
{{Infobox Wrestler |name=Great Sasuke |names='''The Great Sasuke'''<br>Masa Michinoku<br>Ninja Sasuke<br>SASUKE<br>Black Ninja<br>Sasuke The Ram |image=Great Sasuke 2.jpg |caption=Great Sasuke at the Hustle event in Yokohama on May 4, 2009 |height={{height|ft=5|in=8}} |weight={{convert|180|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |birth_date={{birth date and age|1969|7|18}} |birth_place=[[Morioka, Iwate|Morioka]], [[Iwate Prefecture]] |billed= |trainer=Kotetsu Yamamoto<br>[[Gran Hamada]] |debut=March 1, 1990 }} '''Masanori Murakawa''' (born July 18, 1969) is a [[Japan]]ese [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] who is better known under the ring name, '''The Great Sasuke'''. ==Career== He has also wrestled under the ring name, ''Masa Michinoku''. He adopted the name ''Ninja Sasuke'' as well as the mask and outfit while on tour in [[Mexico]]. He is the founder and the current owner of [[Michinoku Pro Wrestling]]. Michinoku Pro Wrestling and the [[World Wrestling Federation]] agreed to have The Great Sasuke take part in a tournament to crown the first ever [[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship|WWF Light Heavyweight Champion]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/the-history-of-the-wwe-light-heavyweight-championship-26072872|accessdate=2013-07-25|title=The light history of the WWE Light Heavyweight Championship|publisher=WWE}}</ref> Sasuke was being pushed to win the title but word got out to the WWF that Sasuke was bragging to Japanese media about how he would only defend the title in Japan if he won it and would refuse to lose the title on WWF television. The WWF fired him and terminated his working agreement. The tournament and title would eventually be won by Michinoku Pro Wrestling alumni, [[Taka Michinoku]]. Along with [[Tiger Mask IV]] he began feuding with the heel clones of their gimmicks: Masked Tiger and [[Masao Orihara|Sasuke the Great]]. He won the NWA World [[Middleweight]] Championship in 1999 after he defeated [[Magnum Tokyo|Tokyo Magnum]] in tournament final to win the championship which was