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The term '''Garbage Wrestler''' was inspired by Giant Baba, Japanese pro wrestler and owner of [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]], who once famously referred to rival promotion FMW, which employed this style with alarming regularity, as "garbage". Despite this, it's not necessarily a derogatory term in today's fanbase.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
* Pro Wrestling spoof ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' has a few of these. Including at least one guy, Junk Man, who is actually ''made of'' garbage; True enough, his style also revolves around bashing opponents with his spiked industrial press hands. Perennial [[Heel]] Neptuneman apparently hates garbage wrestlerinins so much that he once ''killed'' his tag partner for using foreign objects. It's a bit ironic, considering that Neptuneman wears a special vest with spikes that he frequently uses to impale opponents, which some would consider a form of "garbage".▼
** Of course, note that among his opponents in the Choujin Tag Tournament was Buffaloman, who had horns he would impale people with; it's likely Neptuneman figured he was just evening the score a little, and that by using something simply attached to his costume he wasn't betraying his love of "real" wrestling.▼
** Also, after being shot by Kinkotsuman before his match with Robin Mask, Terryman, desperate to win, fought dirty by throwing sand in Robin's eyes and wearing spiked knuckledusters. This was a marked contrast to his normally extremely easygoing attitude.▼
*** And while he doesn't display this directly in the anime or manga, in at least one of the games Kinkotsuman will indeed just shoot you in the ring. Note that Kinkotsuman is physically feeble and cowardly, so this is clearly his idea of evening the odds.▼
*** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] with Warsman who SEEMED to be relying entirely on a clawed weapon to beat their opponents. However, when Kinnikuman removed his claw; he proved that he was still very capable of kicking ass. ▼
== Film ==▼
* [[Combat Pragmatist|Mad Dog]] from ''[[Ong Bak]]''. His fighting style consisted in using absolutely everything that came to hand as a weapon, even ripping out electrical wires to attack his opponent.▼
* Opening match in ''Monster Brawl'' is between two fighters of this type: Witch Bitch, who has a hidden cleaver and doesn't shy away from underhanded tactics and Cyclops, who uses his smithing hammer.▼
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* Perennial female heel Kaoru "Dump" Matsumoto. Although she was a straight-up power wrestler early in her career, she only really took off by living up to the name and utilizing various weapons, starting with a pair of scissors that she would often convincingly jam into the arms of her opponents, until she evolved into a full-on Garbage Wrestler.
* [[Trope Namer]] (via the Baba quote above) Atsushi Onita, founder of FMW. Once a promising junior heavyweight in Baba's [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]], a potentially career-ending knee injury forced him to take up a heavily brawling and gimmicks-based style in order to continue his career.
▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
▲* Pro Wrestling spoof ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' has a few of these. Including at least one guy, Junk Man, who is actually ''made of'' garbage; True enough, his style also revolves around bashing opponents with his spiked industrial press hands. Perennial [[Heel]] Neptuneman apparently hates garbage wrestlerinins so much that he once ''killed'' his tag partner for using foreign objects. It's a bit ironic, considering that Neptuneman wears a special vest with spikes that he frequently uses to impale opponents, which some would consider a form of "garbage".
▲** Of course, note that among his opponents in the Choujin Tag Tournament was Buffaloman, who had horns he would impale people with; it's likely Neptuneman figured he was just evening the score a little, and that by using something simply attached to his costume he wasn't betraying his love of "real" wrestling.
▲** Also, after being shot by Kinkotsuman before his match with Robin Mask, Terryman, desperate to win, fought dirty by throwing sand in Robin's eyes and wearing spiked knuckledusters. This was a marked contrast to his normally extremely easygoing attitude.
▲*** And while he doesn't display this directly in the anime or manga, in at least one of the games Kinkotsuman will indeed just shoot you in the ring. Note that Kinkotsuman is physically feeble and cowardly, so this is clearly his idea of evening the odds.
▲*** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] with Warsman who SEEMED to be relying entirely on a clawed weapon to beat their opponents. However, when Kinnikuman removed his claw; he proved that he was still very capable of kicking ass.
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== [[Web Animation]] ==
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' parodied this during [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail183.html a Strong Bad email about wrestling]. Strong Bad has had several gimmicks, but really made a name for himself in a tag team with Strong Mad... although there were some misfires, such as their "Foreign Object Bros." gimmick, where they apparently solely made use of the various foreign objects on their costumes, including a ''gun'' shoved down Strong Mad's singlet.
▲== Film ==
▲* [[Combat Pragmatist|Mad Dog]] from ''[[Ong Bak]]''. His fighting style consisted in using absolutely everything that came to hand as a weapon, even ripping out electrical wires to attack his opponent.
▲* Opening match in ''Monster Brawl'' is between two fighters of this type: Witch Bitch, who has a hidden cleaver and doesn't shy away from underhanded tactics and Cyclops, who uses his smithing hammer.
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