Young lion Mitsuhide Hirasawa is a champion! He hasn’t even been in Puerto Rico long on his learning excursion but the Nagata disciple, using the ring name Hideo Saito, captured the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title in a battle royale on the 25th.

This is Hirasawa’s first career title and he has made an immediate impact in Puerto Rico. He has called himself Hideo Saito to combine two well known Japanese names in America: former New Japan star Masa Saito and former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo.