Real name: Go Shiozaki
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 240 lbs.
Date of birth: January 21, 1982
Hometown: Kumamoto, Japan
Pro debut: July 24, 2004
Trained by: Pro Wrestling NOAH, Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda, Yoshinari Ogawa
Finishing move: Go Flasher
Biography
– In Shiozaki’s debut match, he teamed with Tamon Honda in a loss to Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi
– Between January 11 and 23, 2005, Shiozaki was put through a series of ‘trial matches’ against NOAH’s top stars. He was impressive but unsuccessful in each
– On February 27, 2005, Shiozaki, Kenta Kobashi & Tamon Honda defeated Bison Smith, Ricky Marvin & The Gladiator (Shiozaki’s first professional win)
– On August 24, 2005, Shiozaki defeated Eddie Edwards (his first singles victory)
– In November 2005, Shiozaki made his first venture outside Japan, competing two dates in Europe
– In August 2006, Shiozaki made two appearances for ROH, defeating BJ Whitmer in his second
– On June 7, 2007, Shiozaki, Ippei Ota & Naomichi Marufuji defeated Kentaro Shiga, Kishin Kiwibata & Tsutomi Hirayanagi in the final of a tournament
– Beginning in February 2008, Shiozaki became a semi-regular member of the ROH roster
– On March 22, 2008, Shiozaki & Superstar Steve defeated WLW Tag Team Champions Marc Godeker & Steve Anthony by DQ
– On August 23, 2008, Shiozaki defeated Erick Stevens to win the FIP Heavyweight Title
– On August 31, 2008, Shiozaki competed in a WWE Smackdown dark match, losing to Jimmy Wang Yang
– On September 20, 2008, Shiozaki defeated Kevin Steen to retain the FIP Heavyweight Title
– On October 4, 2008, Shiozaki won a nine-man battle royal to win the WLW Heavyweight Title
– On October 11, 2008, Shiozaki defeated Roderick Strong to retain the FIP Heavyweight Title
– On October 17, 2008, Shiozaki defeated Chris Masters & Marc Godeker in a 3-Way Match to retain the WLW Heavyweight Title. The next night, he retained again against Masters & Trevor Murdock
– On October 24, 2008, Shiozaki defeated Austin Aries to retain the FIP Heavyweight Title. The next night, he fought Necro Butcher to a double countout to retain
– In December 2008, Shiozaki stopped his regular American appearances and returned to Japan. The WLW Title was quietly vacated
– On May 6, 2009, Shiozaki & Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Takeshi Morishima to win the NOAH Global Tag League
– On June 14, 2009, Shiozaki defeated Takeshi Rikio to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Title
– On September 27, 2009, Shiozaki defeated Akitoshi Saito to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On May 23, 2010, Shiozaki & Atsushi Aoki defeated Taiji Ishimori & Takeshi Morishima to win the AAA Tag Team Titles
– On July 10, 2011, Shiozaki defeated Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On August 6, 2011, Shiozaki defeated Jun Akiyama to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On September 23, 2011, Shiozaki defeated Yoshihiro Takayama to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On November 27, 2011, Shiozaki defeated KENTA to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On October 26, 2012, Shiozaki & Akitoshi Saito defeated Maybach Taniguchi & Kenta to win the GHC Tag Team Titles
– In January 2013, Shiozaki announced he had quit NOAH and joined AJPW. He and the other NOAH defectors formed the ‘Burning’ stable
– On March 17, 2013, Burning (Shiozaki & Jun Akiyama) defeated Get Wild (Manabu Soya & Takao Omori) to win the AJPW Tag Team Titles
– On June 2, 2013, Burning defeated Last Revolution (Joe Doering & Suwama) to retain the AJPW Tag Team Titles
– On June 23, 2013, Burning defeated SMOP (Ryota Hama & Akebono) to retain the AJPW Tag Team Titles
– On August 17, 2013, Burning defeated Takao Omori & Suwama to retain the AJPW Tag Team Titles
– In November 2013, Shiozaki announced that he was leaving Burning to form his own ‘Xceed’ stable
– On September 28, 2014, Shiozaki defeated Suwama to win the AJPW Royal Road Tournament
– On January 3, 2015, Shiozaki defeated Joe Doering to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title
– On February 7, 2015, Shiozaki defeated Zeus to retain the AJPW Triple Crown Title
– On March 27, 2015, Shiozaki defeated Kento Miyahara to retain the AJPW Triple Crown Title
– On May 6, 2015, Xceed (Shiozaki & Kento Miyahara) defeated Akebono & Yutaka Yoshie to win the AJPW Tag Team Titles
– On May 31, 2015, Xceed defeated The Big Guns (Zeus & The Bodyguard) to retain the AJPW Tag Team Titles
– On July 25, 2015, Xceed defeated Evolution (Joe Doering & Atsushi Aoki) to retain the AJPW Tag Team Titles
– On August 29, 2015, Xceed defeated Burning Wild (Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori) to retain the AJPW Tag Team Titles
– In October 2015, Shiozaki left AJPW and became a freelancer. He returned to NOAH in November
– Shiozaki teamed with Maybach Taniguchi to compete in the 2016 Global Tag League
– Shiozaki competed on New Japan’s Lions Gate Project in May 2016, defeating Juice Robinson
– On May 28, 2016, Shiozaki defeated Takashi Sugiura to win the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On June 12, Shiozaki defeated Shelton Benjamin to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On December 3, Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi defeated Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr & Lance Archer) to win the GHC Tag Team Titles, but lost them to Masa Kitamiya & Kenou in their first defense
– On August 26, Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge defeated Maybach Taniguchi & Naomichi Marufuji to win the GHC Tag Team Titles, but lost them to Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm in their first defense
– Shiozaki teamed with Kaito Kiyomiya to win the 2018 Global Tag League, defeating Takashi Sugiura & Kenou in the final
– On April 29, 2018, Shiozaki & Kiyomiya defeated Masa Kitamiya & Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the GHC Tag Team Titles, but lost them back in their first defense. This was the third time in a row that Shiozaki had won the GHC Tag Titles, only to lose them back without making a successful defense
– On December 7, Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Masa Kitamiya & Kenou in the final of a tournament to win the vacant GHC Tag Team Titles, but lost them to Maybach Taniguchi & Yuji Hino in their first defense. This was the fourth time in a row that Shiozaki had won the GHC Tag Titles, only to lose them without making a successful defense
– On February 24, 2019, AXIZ (Shiozaki & Nakajima) defeated Mohammed Yone & Quiet Storm to win the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On March 10, AXIZ defeated Masa Kitamiya & Eddie Edwards to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– AXIZ lost the GHC Tag Team Titles to Takashi Sugiura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO on June 13, only to win them back two weeks later
– On July 21, AXIZ defeated Shuhei Taniguchi & Kaito Kiyomiya to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On August 4, AXIZ defeated Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On November 2, AXIZ defeated Kongo (Yoshiki Inamura & Masa Kitamiya) to retain the GHC Tag Team Titles
– On January 4, 2020, Shiozaki defeated Kaito Kiyomiya to win the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On March 29, Shiozaki defeated Kazuyuki Fujita to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On June 14, Shiozaki defeated Akitoshi Saito to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On August 5, Shiozaki defeated Naomichi Marufuji to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On August 10, Shiozaki fought Kenou to a 1 hour time limit draw to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On November 22, Shiozaki defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– On December 6, Shiozaki defeated Takashi Sugiura to retain the GHC Heavyweight Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom 16 Yokohama, Shiozaki & Masa Kitamiya defeated Dick Togo & EVIL
– On April 30, Shiozaki defeated Kaito Kiyomiya to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Title, only to lose it to Satoshi Kojima in his first defense
– At the 2023 All Together Again event, Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Satoshi Kojima & Hokuto Omori
– Shiozaki won the 2023 N-1 Victory Tournament, defeating Kenoh in the final
– On July 13, 2024, Shiozaki defeated Akitoshi Saito to win the ZERO1 World Title
– On October 20, Shiozaki defeated Harutoki to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– On November 24, Shiozaki defeated Shuji Ishikawa to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– On December 22, Shiozaki defeated Junya Matsunaga to retain the ZERO1 World Title
– At NOAH’s 2025 New Year event, Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge, Mohammed Yone & Hajime Ohara defeated Kazuyuki Fujita, Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Black Menso-re