Great-O-Khan

Jan 11, 2021 - by Jamie Cruickshank

Real Name: Tomoyuki Oka
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 243 lbs.
Date of Birth: June 12, 1991
Hometown: Maebashi, Gunma (Japan)
Pro Debut: January 3, 2017
Trained By: NJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: Eliminator

Biography

– Prior to beginning his wrestling career, Oka contested a variety of martial arts
– Oka won the All Japan Wrestling Championship in 2012 at the 120kg weight class
– Oka signed with New Japan in 2013, but did not begin training until 2015 in order to finish his university studies
– Oka wrestled his debut match at the first Lion’s Gate Project event, taking Katsuya Kitamura to a time-limit draw
– At Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017, Oka, Jushin Liger & Hirai Kawato defeated Tiger Mask, Shota Umino & Katsuya Kitamura
– In a dark match prior to Dominion 2017, Oka, Shota Umino & David Finlay defeated Katsuya Kitamura, Tetsuhiro Yagi & Hirai Kawato
– In the summer of 2018, Oka was sent to the UK on a learning excursion, working primarily with RevPro. In the UK, Oka debuted a new character, ‘The Great O-Kharn’
– In his first match for RevPro on June 30, 2018, O-Kharn defeated Shota Umino
– At RevPro/NJPW Global Wars 2018, O-Kharn defeated Rishi Ghosh
– On October 13, 2019, O-Kharn & Rampage Brown defeated Dan Magee & Kurtis Chapman to win the vacant RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Titles. The duo would become known as ‘The Legion’
– On November 9, The Legion defeated Kurtis Chapman & Dan Magee to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Titles
– On November 24, The Legion defeated Moonlight Express (Mike Bailey & MAO) to unify the RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Titles and the SWE Tag Team Titles. The SWE titles were discontinued
– On December 15, The Legion defeated The Kings Of The North (Damien Corvin & Bonesaw) to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Titles
– On February 1, 2020, The Legion defeated The NIC (Charlie Carter & Oisin Delaney) to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Titles
– On February 14, The Legion defeated David Starr & Damian Dunne to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Titles
– Oka returned to New Japan following a pandemic-enforced layoff in October 2020, under the slightly tweaked name of ‘Great-O-Khan’, joining up with Will Ospreay and Bea Priestley to form The Empire
– At New Year Dash 2021, The United Empire (O-Khan, Will Ospreay & Jeff Cobb) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yota Tsuji
– At The New Beginning in Nagoya 2021, O-Khan defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan
– At Castle Attack 2021, The United Empire (O-Khan, Will Ospreay & Jeff Cobb) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroshi Tanahashi
– At NJPW’s 49th Anniversary Show, O-Khan defeated Tetsuya Naito
– At Sakura Genesis 2021, The United Empire (O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & SANADA)
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2021, The United Empire (O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & SANADA)
– On April 9, 2022, The United Empire (O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– Later that month, Oka received a commendation from the Kawasaki City police after preventing an attempted kidnapping
– At NJPW Windy City Riot 2022, The United Empire (O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, Aaron Henare & TJP) defeated BULLET CLUB (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, El Phantasmo, Chris Bey, Scott Norton & Hikuleo)
– At Dominion 2022, The United Empire (O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) defeated BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens & Bad Luck Fale) to regain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On December 17, 2022, O-Khan defeated Zak Knight to win the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– O-Khan was one of the four winners of the New Japan Rambo prior to Wrestle Kingdom 17
– At The New Beginning in Sapporo 2023, O-Khan defeated Oskar Leube
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2023, United Empire (O-Khan & Aaron Henare) defeated Oskar Leube & Toru Yano
– At NJPW’s 51st Anniversary Special, United Empire (O-Khan, Henare & Jeff Cobb) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & SANADA)
– On March 26, 2023, O-Khan defeated Ricky Knight Jr to retain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title
– At Sakura Genesis 2023, O-Khan, Minoru Suzuki & Toru Yano defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, El Desperado & YOH
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2023, United Empire (O-Khan, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) defeated TMDK (Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita)
– At the 2023 All Together Again event, United Empire (O-Khan, Francesco Akira, Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare & TJP) defeated Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryuki Honda
– At Wrestle Kingdom 18, O-Khan was one of four winners of the annual New Japan Rambo Match, but would go on to lose the 4-Way Match to Taiji Ishimori at New Year Dash

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