Real name: Masato Tanaka
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 238 lbs.
Date of birth: February 28, 1973
Hometown: Wakayama, Japan
Pro debut: July 23, 1993
Trained by: Atsushi Onita
Finishing move: Diamond Dust
Biography
– Tanaka began his career in Japan’s FMW promotion
– Tanaka won the 1995 ‘Young Of Independent’ League, defeating WING Kanemura in the final
– On June 28, 1996, Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Koji Nakagawa defeated The Headhunters & Super Leather to win the FMW Six Man Street Fight Tag Team Titles
– On July 31, Tanaka, Kuroda & Nakagawa defeated Ricky Fuji, Hisakatsu Oya & The Gladiator to retain the FMW Six Man Street Fight Tag Team Titles
– On September 20, Tanaka, Kuroda & Nakagawa defeated Terry Funk, Horace Boulder & The Gladiator to retain the FMW Six Man Street Fight Tag Team Titles
– On August 31, 1997, Tanaka, Koji Nakagawa & Hayabusa defeated Funk Masters Of Wrestling (Mr Gannosuke, Hisakatsu Oya & The Gladiator) to win the FMW Six Man Street Fight Tag Team Titles
– On September 28, Tanaka defeated The Gladiator to win the FMW Independent Heavyweight and Brass Knuckles Titles
– On October 19, Tanaka defeated Hideki Hosada to retain the FMW Independent Heavyweight and Brass Knuckles Titles
– On December 5, Tanaka defeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda to retain the FMW Independent Heavyweight and Brass Knuckles Titles
– On December 20, Tanaka, Hayabusa & Hisakatsu Oya defeated ZEN (Atsushi Onita, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hido) to win the FMW Six Man Street Fight Tag Team Titles
– The next day, Tanaka defeated Yukihiro Kanemura to retain the FMW Independent Heavyweight and Brass Knuckles Titles
– Tanaka made his ECW in-ring debut at Living Dangerously 1998, defeating Doug Furnas
– On April 17, Tanaka & Hayabusa defeated Kodo Fuyuki & Hido to win the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Titles
– On May 5, Tanaka & Hayabusa defeated Gedo & Jado to retain the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Titles
– In June 1998, Tanaka began an extended stint with ECW
– At Heat Wave 1998, Tanaka defeated Mike Awesome
– At November To Remember 1998, Tanaka & Balls Mahoney defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray & D-Von) to win the ECW Tag Team Titles, but would lose them back a week later
– Tanaka returned to FMW in January 1999
– On May 3, Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Kodo Fuyuki & Hayabusa in the final of a tournament to win the vacant FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Titles
– On May 30, Tanaka & Kuroda defeated Yukihiro Kanemura & Hido to retain the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Titles
– On August 20, Tanaka defeated Mr Gannosuke to win the FMW Independent Heavyweight Title
– On August 25, Tanaka defeated Yukihiro Kanemura to retain the FMW Independent Heavyweight Title
– On September 23, Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hisakatsu Oya defeated Koji Nakagawa, Kodo Fuyuki & Gedo to win the WEW Six Man Tag Team Titles
– On November 23, Tanaka defeated Kodo Fuyuki in an Electrified Cage Match to win the WEW World Title and force Fuyuki to leave FMW
– On the December 24 episode of ECW on TNN, Tanaka defeated Mike Awesome to win the ECW World Title, but would lose it back a week later
– On the March 5 episode of Hardcore TV, Tanaka & Tommy Dreamer defeated The Impact Players (Lance Storm & Justin Credible) to win the ECW Tag Team Titles
– At Cyberslam 2000, Tanaka defeated Too Cold Scorpio
– At Hardcore Heaven 2000, Tanaka defeated Balls Mahoney
– On January 7, 2001, The Complete Players (Tanaka & Gedo) defeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Kodo Fuyuki to win the WEW Tag Team Titles
– On February 6, The Complete Players defeated Kintaro Kanemura & Ryuji Yamakawa to retain the WEW Tag Team Titles
– On February 11, The Complete Players (Tanaka, Gedo & Jado) defeated Kodo Fuyuki, Onryo & GOEMON to win the WEW Six Man Tag Team Titles
– Following the demise of FMW, Tanaka would become a freelancer
– On January 6, 2002, Tanaka & Shinjiro Otani defeated Samoa Joe & Tom Howard to win the vacant NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On March 9, Tanaka & Otani defeated Native Blood (Navajo Warrior & Ghostwalker) to retain the NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On April 30, Tanaka & Otani defeated Evolution (Nova & Frankie) to retain the NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On June 29, Tanaka & Otani defeated Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda to retain the NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On August 22, Tanaka & Otani defeated Steve Corino & David Young to retain the NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On August 24, Tanaka & Otani defeated King Joe & The Samoan Savage to retain the NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On November 10, Tanaka & Otani defeated Steve Corino & CW Anderson to win the PWF Universal Tag Team Titles
– On December 27, Tanaka & Otani defeated Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara to retain the PWF Universal Tag Team Titles
– On March 9, 2003, Tanaka & Otani defeated Tom Howard & King Adamo to retain the PWF Universal Tag Team Titles
– On August 31, Tanaka & Otani defeated Steve Corino & CW Anderson to win the NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On December 4, Tanaka & Otani defeated Mike Knox & AP Rix to retain the NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On January 23, 2004, Tanaka & Otani defeated Tom Howard & The Predator to retain the NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On January 31, Tanaka defeated Steve Corino in a Strap Match to win the vacant NWA United National Title
– On February 7, Tanaka defeated Jerry Lynn to become the first WORLD-1 Heavyweight Champion
– On February 29, Tanaka defeated The Gladiator to retain the NWA United National Title
– On March 5, Tanaka defeated Jack Victory to retain the WORLD-1 Heavyweight Title
– On April 10, Tanaka defeated CM Punk to retain the WORLD-1 Heavyweight Title
– On April 30, Tanaka defeated Shinjiro Otani to retain the NWA United National Title
– On May 16, Tanaka defeated Sabbath to retain the NWA United National Title
– On May 21, Tanaka defeated Hirotaka Yokoi to retain the NWA United National Title
– On June 8, Tanaka defeated CW Anderson to retain the NWA United National Title
– On October 3, Tanaka & Wataru Sakada defeated Shinjiro Otani & Takao Omori to win the NWA International Tag Team Titles
– On March 18, 2005, Tanaka won a Battle Royal to win the vacant HUSTLE Hardcore Hero Title
– On July 15, Tanaka defeated Jinro to retain the HUSTLE Hardcore Hero Title
– Tanaka competed at the 2006 NJPW January 4 Dome Show, teaming with Kintaro Kanemura & BADBOY Hido to defeat Jushin Liger, Gedo & Jado
– Tanaka won the 2007 ZERO1 Fire Festival Tournament, defeating Ryouji Sai in the final
– Tanaka also won ZERO1’s 2007 Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament, defeating Masaaki Mochizuki in the final
– On October 26, Tanaka defeated Takao Omori to win the AWA World Title
– On November 10, Tanaka defeated Ikuto Hidaka to retain the AWA World Title
– On January 1, 2008, Tanaka defeated Daisuke Sekimoto to retain the AWA World Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom II, Tanaka, Katsushi Takemura, Yutaka Yoshie & Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Koji Kanemoto, Takashi Iizuke, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask
– On March 23, Tanaka defeated Takao Omori to retain the ZERO1-MAX Heavyweight Title
– On April 6, Tanaka defeated Manabu Nakanishi to retain the ZERO1-MAX Heavyweight Title
– On April 13, Tanaka defeated Koji Kanemoto to retain the ZERO1-MAX Heavyweight Title
– On April 28, Tanaka defeated Daisuke Sekimoto to retain the ZERO1-MAX Heavyweight Title
– On September 23, Tanaka defeated Kohei Sato to retain the renamed ZERO1 Heavyweight Title
– On July 1, 2009, Tanaka defeated Ryouji Sai to regain the ZERO1 Heavyweight Title
– On August 22, Tanaka & Daisuke defeated Masked Mystery & GENTARO in the final of a tournament to win the vacant GWC Tag Team Titles
– At NJPW Destruction 2009, Tanaka defeated Hirooki Goto
– At Wrestle Kingdom IV, Tanaka & Tajiri defeated Yuji Nagata & Akebono
– On March 13, 2010, Tanaka & Daisuke defeated Guts Ishijima & Devil Invader to retain the GWC Tag Team Titles
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2010, Tanaka fought Hirooki Goto to a double knockout draw
– At Destruction 2010, Tanaka, Gedo & Jado defeated Jushin Liger, Wataru Inoue & Tomoaki Honma
– On September 14, 2011, Tanaka & Zeus defeated Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction 2011, Tanaka defeated MVP to win the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– On November 9, Tanaka & Zeus defeated Shinjiro Otani & Akebono to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– At Power Struggle 2011, Tanaka defeated Hirooki Goto to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– On December 4, Tanaka defeated MVP to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– Tanaka teamed with Fujita Hayato to win the 2011 ZERO1 Furinkazan Tag League
– On December 23, Tanaka defeated Tomoaki Honma to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– On February 1, 2012, Tanaka & Zeus defeated Shinjiro Otani & Yoshikazu Yokoyama to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On March 2, Tanaka & Zeus defeated Steve Corino & The Sheik to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On May 13, Tanaka & Zeus defeated Mikey Broderick & Sean O’Shea to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– At Dominion 2012, Tanaka & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Tetsuya Naito & Hirooki Goto
– Tanaka won the 2012 ZERO1 Fire Festival, defeating Go Shiozaki in the final
– On November 19, Tanaka defeated Karl Anderson in the final of a tournament to become the first NEVER Openweight Champion
– At Wrestle Kingdom 7, Tanaka defeated Shelton Benjamin to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– On February 3, 2013, Tanaka defeated Tomohiro Ishii to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At NJPW Invasion Attack 2013, The Complete Players (Tanaka & Yujiro Takahashi) defeated Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2013, Tanaka defeated Tomoaki Honma to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– On July 20, Tanaka defeated Tetsuya Naito to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– On May 6, 2014, Dangan Yankees (Tanaka & Takashi Sugiura) defeated Shinjiro Otani & KAMIKAZE to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On May 31, Dangan Yankees defeated Cho Kibou-gun (Takeshi Morishima & Maybach Taniguchi) to win the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On June 1, Dangan Yankees defeated Kazuki Hashimoto & Daisuke Sekimoto to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On July 5, Dangan Yankees defeated TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On August 2, Dangan Yankees defeated Mohammed Bombers (Mohammed Yone & Daisuke Ikeda) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On September 19, Dangan Yankees defeated Shin Aibou Tag (Ikuto Hidaka & Fujita Hayato) to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On October 12, Dangan Yankees defeated TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On November 24, Dangan Yankees defeated Hideki Suzuki & Kohei Sato to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles, then defeated BRAVE (Naomichi Marufuji & Mohammed Yone) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On December 24, Dangan Yankees defeated Yoshikazu Yokoyama & Shinjiro Otani to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On March 1, 2015, Dangan Yankees defeated Kohei Sato & Daisuke Sekimoto to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On December 22, Tanaka, Atsushi Onita & Hideki Hosaka defeated Raijin Yaguchi, NOSAWA Rongai & Tomohiko Hashimoto in a Falls Count Anywhere Match to win the vacant FMW Street Fight Six Man Tag Team Titles and gain control of FMW for Onita
– On May 6, 2016, Tanaka & James Raideen defeated Daisuke Sekimoto & Kohei Sato to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On August 18, Tanaka & Raideen defeated Shogun Okamoto & Akebono to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On January 1, 2017, Tanaka & Raideen defeated Shogun Okamoto & Daisuke Sekimoto to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On March 26, Tanaka defeated Kohei Sato to win the ZERO1 World Title
– On April 8, Tanaka & TARU defeated Atsushi Onita & Chigusa Nagayo to win the Blast King Tag Team Titles
– On April 26, Tanaka defeated James Raideen to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– On May 21, Tanaka defeated Shogun Okamoto to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– Tanaka won the 2017 ZERO1 Fire Festival, defeating Yusaku Obata in the final
– On August 19, Tanaka & TARU defeated Atsushi Onita & Shinjiro Otani in a Death Match to retain the Blast King Tag Team Titles
– On August 31, Tanaka fought Kenou to a time-limit draw to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– On September 24, Tanaka defeated Atsushi Onita to win the Blast King Title
– On September 30, Tanaka defeated Yuko Miyamoto to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– On October 9, Tanaka & TARU defeated Takumi Iroha & Chigusa Nagayo to retain the Blast King Tag Team Titles
– On March 4, 2018, Tanaka & Yuji Hino defeated Shogun Okamoto & Yutaka Yoshie to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On March 18, Tanaka & Hino defeated Yusaku Obata & Kohei Sato to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On June 3, Tanaka defeated Yusaku Obata to win the ZERO1 World Title
– On June 22, Tanaka & Jiro Kuroshio defeated Enfants Terribles (Shotaro Ashino & Kuma Arashi) to win the WRESTLE-1 Tag Team Titles
– On June 24, Tanaka & Yuji Hino defeated Kohei Sato & SUGI to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On August 5, Tanaka & Hino defeated Chris Vice & Hartley Jackson to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On January 1, 2019, Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara defeated Chris Vice & TARU to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On January 29, Tanaka & Sugawara defeated Kohei Sato & SUGI to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On May 5, Tanaka & Sugawara defeated Towa Iwasaki & Shoki Kitamura to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On July 28, Tanaka & Sugawara defeated Shogun Okamoto & Chris Vice to retain the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– On August 18, Tanaka & Hide Kubota defeated Chris Vice & TARU in a Death Match to win the vacant Blast King Tag Team Titles
– Tanaka won the 2019 D-Ou Grand Prix Tournament, defeating Tetsuya Endo in the final
– On January 26, 2020, Tanaka defeated HARASHIMA to win the KO-D Openweight Title
– On February 23, Tanaka defeated MAO to retain the KO-D Openweight Title
– On March 20, Tanaka defeated Konosuke Takeshita to retain the KO-D Openweight Title
– On May 9, Tanaka defeated Yukio Sakaguchi by TKO to retain the KO-D Openweight Title
– On May 23, Tanaka defeated Shinya Aoki to retain the KO-D Openweight Title
– On January 1, 2021, Tanaka defeated Hayato Tamura to win the ZERO1 World Title
– On May 30, Tanaka defeated CIMA to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– On June 4, 2022, Tanaka defeated Takashi Sugiura to regain the ZERO1 World Title
– On October 19, Tanaka defeated Daisuke Sekimoto to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– On January 1, 2023, Tanaka defeated Masa Kitamiya to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– On March 5, Tanaka defeated Shoki Kitamura to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– On June 9, Tanaka defeated Rickey Shane Page, Channing Decker & Derek Dillinger in a Ladder Match to win the Greektown Title, but would lose it back to Decker the next day
– On October 23, Tanaka defeated Ninja Mack to win the vacant GHC Hardcore Openweight Title