On the latest episode of “Something to Wrestle”, Bruce Prichard recalled a rib he once played on the locker room regarding Taka Michinoku. According to Prichard, he convinced the entire locker room that Taka was actually a member of the Yakuza crime syndicate. Here’s what Prichard had to say:

So one day, I convinced the entire locker room that Taka was in the Yakuza in Japan. And they said, ‘There’s no way because he’s not missing any digits.’ I said, ‘No, no, no, no. Because he’s a big star in Japan, they cut off his toes. So if you ever watch when Taka goes in to take a shower or Taka takes his shoes off, he’s got a couple toes missing!’

You would not believe how many times people would try and [see Taka’s feet]. Of course I smartened Taka up to it. So Taka would sit over there and kayfabe. And he would make sure and look around before he took his socks off. And then he would run in and drop a towel on his feet so no one could see it and s**t. So I think there are some people still out there today that still think Taka Michinoku was in the Yakuza, and because he was a star, that they cut his toes off instead of his fingers. And Bradshaw kind of perpetuated that a little bit for me.

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