Goro Tanaka

Goro Tanaka
	Name Goro Tanaka Real name Takao Tanaka Nicknames Name history Goro Tanaka, Goro Tsurumi Family Maestro(s) Birth date, location November 24, 1948 Obituary date August 26, 2022 (aged 73 years) Debut, location 1971 Lost mask to Height 181cm Weight 135kg Signature moves IWA Japan Tag Team Championship (w/ Takasugi) Titles:

Notes

Tanaka was an EMLL visitor from August 1974 to June 1975. His stint is best remember by Japanese fans for a claim he won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title in a May 8, 1975 match in Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca. Tanaka claimed he defeated Dr. Wagner for the title, only to be stripped of the title post-match by the promoter for being over the weight limit. Tanaka shared a photo of himself holding the belt backstage. The story appears to be fiction; magazine reports of the match had Wagner winning without controversy (and weight-ins would be done prior to matches when weigh-ins were done at all).

Then again, it may have simply been an example of Tanaka's sense of humour. Like when he claimed to be an atomic bomb manufacturer in his prior career, who only put it on hiatus because he loved beating up Mexicans so damned much.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
1975/04/06	hair	Mil Caras	Goro Tanaka	Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
????/??/??	hair	TNT	Goro Tanaka	unknown

Gallery

w/ TNT

Phantom Champion (NWA World Light Heavyweight Title)