Masato Tanaka

Masato Tanaka (Japanese田中 将 斗}, Masato Tanaka, born February 28, 1973 in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler.

Career

Tanaka was the wrestler Atsushi Onita, who established the hardcore wrestling in Japan, trained. He made his debut on 23 July 1993 and in its promotion Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling.

Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling

In the FMW, he developed a reputation as a tremendously tough wrestler who takes even nasty falls and blows upon himself to deliver the fans a good show. He had applied Brutal storyline feuds among others, Mike Awesome, who began as The Gladiator in Japan.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

In 1998 he made ​​his debut in Extreme Championship Wrestling and won there in November the same year, the Tag Team Championship together with Balls Mahoney. After Tanaka was for a time active in Japan, he went back to ECW in 1999 and won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship there. This he had but a week later to give the returning from Japan Mike Awesome. Mid-2000 changed Tanaka returned to Japan, where he worked for various organizations in the near future.

Ring of Honor / National Wrestling Alliance

On November 9, 2002 Masato Tanaka joined together with Shinjiro Otani in at an event of the promotion Ring of Honor.

World Wrestling Entertainment

In 2005 and 2006 he made ​​appearances at the WWE event ECW One Night Stand At the first ECW One Night Stand, the old feud was recorded with Mike Awesome, the second he was up against his friend Balls Mahoney.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 -MAX

Currently, he appears mainly for the Japanese ZERO1 promotion. In October 2007, he was there the AWA Superstars World Heavyweight Championship win.

On April 25, 2009 Masato Tanaka came to Germany for the first time. Among other events, at a wrestling event in casting, bearing the name International Impact VI and was hosted by German Stampede Wrestling.

Achievements

  • New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling
  • 2x FMW Brass Knuckles Champion (1x with Hayabusa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda with 1x )
  • FMW Double Titles Champion
  • World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WEW Heavyweight Champion
  • WEW Tag Team Champion ( with Gedo )
  • Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • National Wrestling Alliance
  • 4x NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion ( 2x with Shinjiro Otani and 1x with Wataru Sakata and 1x with Zeus) (current champion )
  • Premier Wrestling Federation
  • Pro Wrestling ZERO1 -MAX
  • Pro Wrestling WORLD- 1
  • WORLD- 1 Heavyweight Champion
  • Wrestlers
  • Born in 1973
  • Japanese
  • Man
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