| Hiroshi Tanahashi |
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| Name |
Hiroshi Tanahashi |
| Real name |
Hiroshi Tanahashi |
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| Name history |
Hiroshi Tanahashi (debut - ), Masked Devilock (September 15, 2004, one-off character) |
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| Maestro(s) |
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| Birth date, location |
November 13, 1976 - Ogaki, Gifu, Japan |
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| Debut, location |
October 10, 1999 vs. Shinya Makabe |
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| Height |
5'11"/180 cm |
| Weight |
233 lbs/106 kg |
| Signature moves |
Dragon Suplex, Dragon Sleeper, Inside Cradle, Sling Blade, Half-Hatch Suplex, Dragon Screw, German Suplex, Tope Suicida, Reverse DDT, Full Nelson Slam, High Fly Flow (Frog Splash) |
| Titles: |
IWGP Tag Team Championship (2) (w/ Yutaka Yoshie, w/ Shinsuke Nakamura), IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship (2), NJPW 2003 G2 U-30 Climax, 2005 New Japan Cup, GHC Tag Team Championship (w/ Yuji Nagata), IWGP Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Trios Championship (w/Hiroshi Tanahashi & Taichi) |
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NJPW wrestler who's made a couple trips to CMLL. In 2006, he and Shinsuke Nakamura defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Rey Bucanero & Olimpico, and were unable to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship from Bucanero and Ultimo Guerrero. In 2010, Tanahashi teamed with Taichi & Okumura to win the CMLL World Trios Championship, losing it a couple of weeks later to La Mascara, Mascara Dorada and La Sombra.
Tanahashi is billed and treated like a big star from Japan, but he's never been in Mexico long enough to establish his own rivalries. He's usually a rudo in CMLL's usual "us against the outsiders" stories. The CMLL/NJPW relationship seems strong, so he'll likely be back in Mexico again.
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