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>In 1988, Maeda formed Newborn UWF with Nobuhiko Takada and others, this time as its number one star, using the notoriety he gained in New Japan to draw large crowds. Maeda's UWF became the first promotion to hold a show at the Tokyo Dome, drawing 60,000 to watch Maeda defeat Willy Wilhelm in the main event.
Also I think it was either him or Tiger Mask who started wearing the shin pads first, but they wore them because they would actually KICK really fucking hard.