In a novel entitled 'Shiro no Shokei (literally, White Execution)' written by Ranzo OTA, (in 2004, paperback edition was published by Kodansha Ltd.), a condemned, who is falsely charged, is executed but resuscitates thanks to his hardened neck through wrestling training, then he is set free and chases the real culprit.
太田蘭三の小説「白の処刑」（2004年に講談社から文庫化）では、冤罪で処刑された死刑囚がレスリングで鍛えた首のおかげで執行後に蘇生し、放免となり真犯人を追う内容である。