WRESTLER PROFILES

[Japanese Wrestler Gallery]	Wrestler: Masato Tanaka Real Name: Masato Tanaka Birthday: February 28, 1973 Hometown: Wakayama, Japan Marital Status: Height & Weight: 6' 238 lbs Trained by: Atsushi Onita Debut: July 23, 1993 against Ricky Fuji Previous Names: Dangan (Bullet) Finishing Move: Diamond Dust Roaring Elbow Favorite Moves: Elbow Smash Rolling Elbow Smash Tornado DDT Notable Feuds: Mike Awesome
FMW (Frontier Martial Arts) World Street Fight Six Man Tag Team titles w/Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Kouji Nakagawa defeating Headhunters & Super Leather (June 28, 1996); FMW (Frontier Martial Arts) World Street Fight Six Man Tag Team titles w/Kouji Nakagawa & Hayabusa defeating Mr. Gannosuke, The Gladiator & Hisakatsu Ooya (August 31, 1997); FMW (Frontier Martial Arts) World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight title defeating The Gladiator (September 28, 1997); FMW (Frontier Martial Arts) Independent World Heavyweight title defeating The Gladiator (September 28, 1997); FMW (Frontier Martial Arts) World Street Fight Six Man Tag Team titles w/Hisakatsu Ooya & Hayabusa defeating Hido, Atsushi Ohnita & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (December 20, 1997); FMW (Frontier Martial Arts) World Brass Knuckles Tag Team titles w/Hayabusa defeating Hido & Kodo Fuyuki (April 17, 1998); ECW World Tag Team titles w/Balls Mahoney defeating Dudley Boys (November 1, 1998); FMW (Frontier Martial Arts) World Brass Knuckles Tag Team titles w/Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeating Kodo Fuyuki & Hayabusa [Tournament] (May 3, 1999); FMW (Frontier Martial Arts) Independent World Heavyweight title defeating Mr. Gannosuke (August 20, 1999); WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) Six Man Tag Team titles w/Hisakatsu Ooya & Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeating Gedo, Kodo Fuyuki & Koji Nakagawa (September 23, 1999); WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) Singles title defeating Kodo Fuyuki (November 23, 1999); ECW World Heavyweight title defeating Mike Awesome (December 17, 1999); ECW World Tag Team titles w/Tommy Dreamer defeating Lance Storm & Justin Credible (February 26, 2000); WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) Tag Team titles w/Gedo defeating Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Kodo Fuyuki (January 7, 2001); WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) Six Man Tag Team titles w/Jado & Gedo defeating Goemon, Onryo & Kodo Fuyuki (February 11, 2001); NWA Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Shinjiro Ohtani defeating Tom Howard & Samoa Joe (January 6, 2002); PWF (Pennsylvania) Universal Tag Team titles w/Shinjiro Ohtani defeating C.W Anderson & Steve Corino (November 10, 2002); NWA Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Shinjiro Ohtani defeating C.W Anderson & Steve Corino (August 31, 2003); NWA (Zero One) United National Heavyweight title defeating Steve Corino to become 1st champion (January 31, 2004); Pro Wrestling World 1 Heavyweight title defeating Jerry Lynn (February 7, 2004); NWA Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Wataru Sakata defeating Takao Ohmori & Shinjiro Ohtani (October 3, 2004); HUSTLE Hardcore Hero title won a Battle Royal (March 18, 2005); AWA World Heavyweight title defeating Takao Ohmori (October 26, 2007);
Extreme Championship Wrestling: July 10,1998-- ECW: Masato Tanaka defeated Tracy Smothers.. July 18, 1998-- ECW: Masato Tanaka & Jerry Lynn defeated Mike Awesome & Justin Credible.. July 24, 1998-- ECW: Masato Tanaka & Jerry Lynn defeated Mike Awesome & Justin Credible.. August 2, 1998--Heat Wave: Masato Tanaka defeated Mike Awesome.. August 7, 1998-- ECW: Jerry Lynn & Masato Tanaka defeated Mike Awesome & Justin Credible.. August 8, 1998-- ECW: Masato Tanaka defeated Mike Awesome.. August 28, 1998--ECW: Masato Tanaka defeated John Kronus.. August 29, 1998--ECW: Masato Tanaka defeated Bam Bam Bigelow.. November 1, 1998--November to Remember: Masato Tanaka & Balls Mahoney defeated The Dudley Boyz to win ECW Tag Team titles.. September 19, 1999--Anarchy Rulz: Mike Awesome defeated Taz and Masato Tanaka in a 3-WAY to win the ECW Heavyweight title.. November 7, 1999--November to Remember: Mike Awesome defeated Masato Tanaka to retain the ECW Heavyweight title.. December 16, 1999: FMW star Masato Tanaka became the first Japanese star to win the ECW World title, defeating Mike Awesome. ~~~Awesome raised Tanaka's hand and put the belt around him, only to attack him and put him through a ringside table as he was leaving. March 12, 2000--Living Dangerously: Storm/Credible beat Raven/Awesome and Dreamer/Tanaka in a 3-WAY to win the ECW Tag Team title! April 22, 2000--Cyberslam: Masato Tanaka defeated Too Cold Scorpio.. May 14, 2000--Hardcore Heaven: Masato Tanaka defeated Balls Mahoney... Japan & Pro Wrestling World-1: May 11, 2003--Premiere Wrestling Federation: C.W. Anderson defeated Masato Tanaka to retain the Television title.. January 4, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-1: The Predator & Kevin Randleman defeated Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka.. February 6, 2004 - PWWorld-1: Masato Tanaka defeated Steve Corino in the main event.. February 7, 2004 - PWWorld-1: Masato Tanaka defeated Jerry Lynn to become the 1st Pro Wrestling World 1 Heavyweight Champion! February 8, 2004 - PWWorld-1: Masato Tanaka & Yoshito Sasaki defeated Simon Diamond & C.W. Anderson.. March 7, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-2: Masato Tanaka & Kintaro Kanemura & Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Gladiator & Sabu & Justin Credible.. April 8, 2004 - PWWorld-1: Homicide & Masato Tanaka defeated CM Punk & C.W. Anderson.. April 9, 2004 - PWWorld-1: Steve Corino & CW Anderson defeated Masato Tanaka & Guillotine Legrande to win the W1 Tag titles! April 10, 2004 - PWWorld-1: Masato Tanaka defeated CM Punk (wearing ROH t-shirt) to retain the W1 World title.. May 8, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-3: Sabu/Kintaro Kanemura/Gladiator beat Masato Tanaka/Tetsuhiro Kuroda/Tomoaki Honma (Death Match).. July 25, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-4: Masato Tanaka won a "Hardcore" Battle Royal.. Sept 20, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-5: Psycho the Death & Monster Z & Super Crazy beat Kintaro Kanemura & M.Tanaka & Wataru Sakata.. June 12, 2005 - ECW One Night Stand: Mike Awesome defeated Masato Tanaka in the clear-cut match of the night! Zero-One MAX: November 16, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Masato Tanaka defeated Fuyuki Takahashi.. November 17, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Kohei Sato/Ryouji Sai/Rikiya Fudo defeated Masato Tanaka/Kamikaze/Takehiro Murahama.. November 18, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Takao Omori/Minoru Fujita/Ikuto Hidaka beat Shinjiro Otani/Masato Tanaka/Sonjay Dutt.. November 23, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita defeated Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka.. November 26, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani/Tanaka/Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Kohei Sato/Rikiya Fudo/Yoshihito Sasaki.. November 27, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka defeated Kohei Sato & Kamikaze .. December 2, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka defeated Masato Tanaka & GENTARO.. December 3, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Masato Tanaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Kohei Sato & Yoshihito Sasaki.. December 4, 2005--Zero-ONE MAX: Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka defeated Takao Omori & Kamikaze.. December 25, 2005--Hustle: Masato Tanaka & Kintaro Kanemura defeated Ryoji Sai & Wataru Sakata.. January 6, 2006--1PW - No Turning Back 1: Masato Tanaka vs Steve Corino ended in a No Contest in Doncaster, England .... January 7, 2006--1PW - No Turning Back 2: Samoa Joe defeated Masato Tanaka by Count Out in Doncaster, England... ~~~Right after that match, Masato Tanaka defeated "King of Oldschool" Steve Corino in an ECW Rules match.. January 22, 2006--ZERO-ONE MAX: Colt Cabana & Gamma defeated Masato Tanaka & Yoshito Sasaki.. March 5, 2006--HUSTLE: Team 3-D (Brothers Ray & Devon) defeated Kintaro Kanemura & Masato Tanaka in Japan.. June 11, 2006 - ECW One Night Stand: Balls Mahoney defeated Masato Tanaka with a brutally stiff chairshot to the head! May 2007: Masato Tanaka spent time in the United States scouting American talent for Zero-One MAX in Japan... August 11, 2007--Australian Wrestling Federation: Masato Tanaka defeated Steve Corino in the main event.. August 12, 2007--AWF: AWF Australasian Champion TNT vs. Masato Tanaka ended in a No Contest