
 Height:  5'11"  
 Weight:  213 lbs  
 Real Name:  Masato Tanaka  
 DOB:  2/28/1973  
 Hometown:  Wakayama, Japan  
 Other Names:  Dangan(Japan) 
 Wrestler Since:  1993  
 Finishing Maneuver:  Diamond Dust, Rolling Elbow (also interpreted as "Roaring Elbow" at times)  
 Previous PWI 500 Rankings:  #166(2011), #143(2010), #144(2009), #89(2008), #100(2006), #239(2005), #100(2004), #147(2003), #91(2002), #58(2001), #21(2000), #86(1999), #95(1998), #194(1997) 
 History:  (Under Construction)  
 Pay-Per-View/Show Summary:  (62 - 45, 1 Draw, 2 NCs)  
 Title Summary:   
 PWI Achievement Awards:  (0 wins, 0 1st RUs, 0 2nd RUs, 0 3rd RUs) 
-  FMW Summer Spectacular '93 (August 22)  = Tanaka pinned Mr. Chin.
-  FMW Year End Spectacular '93 (December 8)  = Tanaka, Katsutoshi Niiyama, Koji Nakagawa, & Mr. Gannosuke beat Maseru Toi, Hisakatsu Oya, Hideki Hosaka, & Dark Ranger.
-  FMW 5th Anniversary Show (May 5, '94)  = Tanaka, Battle Ranger, & Koji Nakagawa took down Great Sasuke, Hanzo Nakajima, & Shiryu.
-  FMW Summer Spectacular '94 (August 28)  = Tanaka, Gosaku Goshogawara, & Battle Ranger fell to Katsutoshi Niiyama, Koji Nakagawa, & Tetsuhiro Kuroda.
-  FMW 6th Anniversary Show (May 5, '95)  = Tanaka & Katsutoshi Niiyama won over Horace Boulder & the Gladiator.
-  FMW 7th Anniversary Show (May 5, '96)  = Tanaka & Hayabusa lost a "No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Time Bomb Land Mine Double Hell Death" Match to Terry Funk & Mr. Pogo.
-  Rikidozan Memorial Show '96 (June 30)  = Tanaka & Koji Nakayama fell to Hisakatsu Oya & the Gladiator.
-  FMW Summer Spectacular '96 (August 1)  = Tanaka was pinned by WING Kanemura, who won the FMW Independent World Heavyweight Champion.
-  FMW Year End Spectacular '96 (December 11)  = Tanaka, Atsushi Onita, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, & Mr. Pogo won a "Texas Street Fight Tornado Death" Match over Terry Funk, Hisakatsu Oya, & The Headhunters.
-  FMW 8th Anniversary Show (April 29, '97)  = Tanaka, WING Kanemura, & Atsushi Onita won a "Texas Tornado Street Fight Death" Match over Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, & the Gladiator.
-  Amarillo 50 Years of Funk (September 11, '97)  = Tanaka, Hayabusa, & Hakushi beat Jake Roberts & the Headhunters.
-  FMW Fall Spectacular '97 (September 28)  = Tanaka competed in a "Royal Rumble", which was won by Tetsuhiro Kuroda. Later on, Tanaka won the Independent World Heavyweight Title and the Brass Knuckles Title by beating the Gladiator.
-  ECW Living Dangerously '98 (March 1)  = Tanaka pinned Doug Furnas.
-  FMW Entertainment Wrestling Live (April 30, '98)  = Tanaka was beaten by Bam Bam Bigelow.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (May 19, '98)  = Tanaka lost to the FMW Unified Champion, Hayabusa.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (June 19, '98)  = Tanaka won over Tetsuhiro Kuroda.
-  ECW Arena (June 27, '98)  = Tanaka defeated Balls Mahoney.
-  ECW Arena (July 18, '98)  = Tanaka & Jerry Lynn took down Mike Awesome & Justin Credible.
-  ECW Heat Wave '98 (August 2)  = Tanaka beat Mike Awesome.
-  ECW Arena (August 8, '98)  = Tanaka pinned Mike Awesome.
-  ECW Arena (August 29, '98)  = Tanaka won over Bam Bam Bigelow.
-  ECW Arena (September 19, '98)  = Tanaka defeated D-Von Dudley. LAter on, Tanaka, Rob Van Dam, & Sabu fought to a No-Contest with the Triple Threat.
-  ECW Arena (October 10, '98)  = Tanaka fought to a No-Contest with Balls Mahoney. Later on, Tanaka & Mahoney beat the Dudley Boyz.
-  ECW November to Remember '98 (November 1)  = Tanaka & Balls Mahoney won the ECW World Tag-Team Titles from the Dudley Boyz.
-  ECW Arena (November 21, '98)  = Tanaka, Balls Mahoney, & Tommy Dreamer fell to Justin Credible & the Dudley Boyz.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (January 5, '99)  = Tanaka quickly beat Koji Nakagawa.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (February 27, '99)  = Tanaka defeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (March 29, '99)  = Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda fought to a Draw with Kodo Fuyuki & Hayabusa.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (April 20, '99)  = Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda fell to Koji Nakagawa & Gedo.
-  FMW Bunka Gym (May 5, '99)  = Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda took down Jinsei Shinzaki & Darkside Hayabusa.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (June 15, '99)  = Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, & Hayabusa won a "Scramble Ladder Dogfood" Match over Yukihiro Kanemura, Mr. Gannosuke, & Hido.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (July 31, '99)  = Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, & Hayabusa defeated Super Leather & Armageddon and Yukihiro Kanemura, Mr. Gannosuke, & Gedo, then lost to Kodo Fuyuki, Koji Nakagawa, & Gedo, who became the first FMW 6-Man Tag Champs.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (August 23, '99)  = Tanaka & Ricky Fuji beat Kodo Fuyuki & Shoichi Arai.
-  FMW Nakajima Sports Center (August 25, '99)  = Tanaka retained the Independent Championship, taking down Yukihiro Kanemura.
-  ECW Anarchy Rulz '99 (September 19)  = Tanaka lost a "Three Way Dance" Match to Mike Awesome, who won the ECW World Title. Taz was the other participant.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (September 24, '99)  = Tanaka won a "Handicap" Match over Kodo Fuyuki, Kintaro Kanemura, & Jado.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (October 29, '99)  = Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Hisakatsu Oya, & Ricky Fuji lost an "Iron Confinement" Match to Kodo Fuyuki, Kintaro Kanemura, Koji Nakagawa, & Jado.
-  ECW November to Remember '99 (November 7)  = Tanaka lost to the ECW World Champion, Mike Awesome.
-  FMW 10th Anniversary Show (November 23, '99)  = Tanaka, as the WEW Heavyweight Champion, won a "Loser Leaves FMW Electrical Thunderbolt Cage Death" Match over Kodo Fuyuki.
-  FMW Korakuen Hall (December 12, '99)  = Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda fell to Mr. Gannosuke & H.
-  ECW Arena (March 4, '00)  = Tanaka & Tommy Dreamer lost the ECW World Tag Titles to Mike Awesome & Raven.
-  ECW Living Dangerously '00 (March 12)  = Tanaka & Tommy Dreamer lost a "Triple Threat" Match to the Impact Players, who won the ECW World Tag Titles. Mike Awesome & Raven were the other participants.
-  ECW Cyberslam '00 (April 22)  = Tanaka pinned Too Cold Scorpio.
-  ECW Hardcore Heaven '00 (May 14)  = Tanaka beat Balls Mahoney.
-  Zero-One Shingeki II (August 30, '01)  = Tanaka lost to Gerald Gordeau.
-  Big Japan Maximum Tag League '01 (September)  = Tanaka & Shunme Matsuzaki competed in the league, which was won by Mens Teioh & Daisuke Sekimoto.
-  Zero-One Fire Festival '01 (September)  = Tanaka competed in the league, which was won by Shinjiro Ohtani.
-  Zero-One Shingeki III (October 25, '01)  = Tanaka was beaten by Herbert Numerich.
-  AJPW 29th Anniversary Show (October 27, '01)  = Tanaka, Ryuji Hijikata, & Nobukazu Hirai lost to George Hines, Johnny Smith, & Kazushi Miyamoto.
-  AJPW Budokan Hall (December 7, '01)  = Tanaka, Hideki Hosaka, & Tomoaki Honma were taken down by Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda, & Yoji Anjoh.
-  Zero-One Shingeki IV (December 9, '01)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani fell to the Road Warriors.
-  AJPW Budokan Hall (February 24, '02)  = Tanaka & Hideki Hosaka defeated Shawn Hernandez & Kasey Geyer.
-  Zero-One True Century Creation II (March 2, '02)  = Tanaka was taken down by Shinya Hashimoto.
-  Zero-One Matsuyama Community Center (May 3, '02)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani won over Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda.
-  Zero-One Sumo Hall (July 7, '02)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Hirotaka Yokoi & Wataru Sakata.
-  Zero-One Fire Festival '02 (July/August)  = Tanaka competed in the league, which was won by Shinjiro Ohtani.
-  RoH All-Star Extravaganza (November 9, '02)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Steve Corino & Low Ki.
-  AJPW Budokan Hall (December 6, '02)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani lost in the finals of the '02 Real World Tag League to Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea, who won the vacated AJPW Tag Titles.
-  Zero-One Sumo Hall (December 15, '02)  = Tanaka & Tatsuhito Takaiwa beat Frankie Kazarian & Low-Ki.
-  Zero-One Korakuen Hall (January 5, '03)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani took down Steve Corino & Tom Howard.
-  Pro Wrestling NOAH Budokan Hall (January 10, '03)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani lost to the NOAH GHC Tag Champs, Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito.
-  AJPW Budokan Hall (February 23, '03)  = Tanaka, Shinjiro Ohtani, Kazuhiko Ogasawara, & Ryouji Sai fell to Satoshi Kojima, Arashi, Nobutaka Araya, & Kendo Kashin.
-  Zero-One True Century Creation III (March 2, '03)  = Tanaka & Kohei Sato won over Daisuke Ikeda & Takashi Sugiura.
-  AJPW Budokan Hall (April 12, '03)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Shigeo Okumura & Hideki Hosaka.
-  Zero-One OH Gun Tag Festival (June '03)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani beat Steve Corino & Kendo Kashin, then fell to Kevin Randleman & the Predator. Naoya Ogawa & Katsuhisa Fujii won the tournament.
-  Zero-One Sumo Hall (July 6, '03)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Alexander Otsuka.
-  Zero-One Fire Festival '03 (July/August)  = Tanaka competed in the league, which was won by Satoshi Kojima.
-  Zero-One Sumo Hall (December 14, '03)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani beat Takao Omori & Tom Howard.
-  Zero-One Hustle I (January 4, '04)  = Tanaka & Shinjiro Ohtani were beaten by Kevin Randleman & the Predator.
-  Zero-One Manifesto-1 (February 29, '04)  = Tanaka retained the NWA United National Championship, defeating the Gladiator.
-  Zero-One Hustle II (March 7, '04)  = Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, & Kintaro Kanemura won over Justin Credible, the Gladiator, & Sabu.
-  Zero-One Hustle III (May 8, '04)  = Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, & Tomoaki Honma lost a "Dynamite Hardcore Hustle Weapons Death" Match to Kintaro Kanemura, the Gladiator, & Sabu.
-  Zero-One Hustle IV (July 25, '04)  = Tanaka won a "Hardcore Battle Royal".
-  Zero-One Fire Festival '04 (July/August)  = Tanaka competed in the league, which was won by Kohei Sato.
-  Zero-One Kurakuen Hall (August 1, '04)  = Tanaka lost, via forfeit, to Kohei Sato.
-  Zero-One Hustle V (September 20, '04)  = Tanaka, Kintaro Kanemura, & Wataru Sakata lost a "Hardcore" Match to Super Crazy, Psycho the Death, & the Pirahnian Monster Z.
-  Zero-One Hustle VI (October 23, '04)  = Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, & Kintaro Kanemura won a "Hardcore" Match over Tomoaki Honma, Jun Kasai, & Tomohiro Ishii.
-  Zero-One AWA World Heavyweight Title Tournament (January 23, '05)  = Tanaka fell in the semi-finals "Triple Threat" Match to Steve Corino. Simon Diamond was the other participant. Takao Omori won the tournament.
-  Zero-One Hustle VII (February 11, '05)  = Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, & Tatsuhito Takaiwa lost a "Hardcore" Match to Riki Choshu, Kintaro Kanemura, & Tomohiro Ishii.
-  Zero-One Hustle VIII (March 18, '05)  = Tanaka won a "Hardcore Battle Royal" to become the first Hustle Hardcore Hero Champion.
-  Zero-One Hustle IX (May 10, '05)  = Tanaka stayed the Hustle Hardcore Hero Champ, winning a "Battle Royal".
-  ECW One Night Stand (June 12, '05)  = Tanaka fell to Mike Awesome.
-  Zero-One-Max Hustle X (July 13, '05)  = Tanaka, Toshiaki Kawada, & Taichi Ishikari were beaten by Bruno Hercules, King Giraffa, Yoji Anjoh, & Yinling the Erotic Terrorist.
-  Zero-One-Max Hustle XI (July 15, '05)  = Tanaka stayed the Hustle Hardcore Hero Champ, taking down Jinro.
-  Zero-One Fire Festival '05 (July/August)  = Tanaka competed in the league, which was won by Shinjiro Ohtani.
-  Zero-One Hustle XII (September 10, '05)  = Tanaka lost the Hustle Hardcore Hero Championship in a "Battle Royal", which was won by Tadao Yasuda.
-  Zero-One-Max Hustle XIII (October 30, '05)  = Tanaka, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, & Kintaro Kanemura defeated The Pirahnian Monster Gamma, The Monster C, & Itaco.
-  Zero-One-Max Hustlemania (November 3, '05)  = Tanaka & Kintaro Kanemura lost to Tadao Yasuda & Genichiro Tenryu.
-  NJPW Tokyo Dome (January 4, '06)  = Tanaka, Kintaro Kanemura, & Hido beat Jushin Liger, Jado, & Gedo.
-  Zero-One-Max Hustle XVII (May 13, '06)  = Tanaka, Yoshihiro Tajiri, & Shinjiro Ohtani defeated Sendai-shi Low, Demon Spider, & The Flying Vampire #25.
-  ECW One Night Stand II (June 11, '06)  = Tanaka was beaten by Balls Mahoney.
-  Zero-One-Max Hashimoto Memorial Six-Man Tag-Team Tournament
 (July '06)  = Tanaka, Tadao Yasuda, & Shinjiro Ohtani took down Katakari King, Katakari Max, & Katakari 300%, Kintaro Kanemura, Tetsuhiro Kuroda, & Tomoaki Honma, and Genichiro Tenryu, Wataru Sakata, & Ryoji Sai to win the tournament.
-  Zero-One Fire Festival '06 (July)  = Tanaka defeated Yutaka Yoshie and Ryouji Sai to win the league.
-  Zero-One Fire Festival '07 (July/August)  = Tanaka pinned Ryouji Sai in the finals to win the league.
-  NJPW Wrestle Kingdom in Tokyo Dome II (January 4, '08)  = Tanaka, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Katsushi Takemura, & Yutaka Yoshie beat Takashi Iizuka, Koji Kanemoto, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tiger Mask.
-  Dragon Gate The Gate of Generation (March 20, '08)  = Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Don Fujii & Masaaki Mochizuki.
-  Zero One Miracle Rocket - 2nd Impact (April 6, '08)  = Tanaka retained the ZeroOne-Max World Heavyweight Title, pinning Manabu Nakanishi.
-  Zero-One Fire Festival '08 (July/August)  = Tanaka beat Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori in the semi-finals, then took down Togi Makabe to win the league.
-  NJPW Destruction '08 (October 13)  = Tanaka lost the ZeroOne-Max World Heavyweight Title to Yuji Nagata.
-  NJPW Wrestle Kingdom III (January 4, '09)  = Tanaka lost to the ZeroOne-Max World Heavyweight Champion, Yuji Nagata.
- FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag-Team Champion w/ Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda (6/28/1996 - 11/16/1996)
- FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag-Team Champion(2) w/ Koji Nakagawa and Hayabusa (8/31/1997 - 10/14/1997)
- FMW Independent World Heavyweight Champion (9/28/1997 - 1/06/1998)
- FMW World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion (9/28/1997 - 1/06/1998)
- FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag-Team Champion(3) w/ Hisakatsu Oya and Hayabusa (12/21/1997 - 1/16/1998)
- FMW World Brass Knuckles Tag-Team Champion w/ Hayabusa (4/17/1998 - 5/27/1998)
- ECW World Tag-Team Champion w/ Balls Mahoney (11/01/1998 - 11/06/1998)
- FMW World Brass Knuckles Tag-Team Champion(2) w/ Tetsuhiro Kuroda (5/03/1999 - 6/13/1999)
- FMW Independent World Heavyweight Champion(2) (8/20/1999 - 2/2002)
- FMW WEW 6-Man Tag-Team Champion w/ Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hisakatsu Oya (9/23/1999 - 10/1999)
- FMW WEW Heavyweight Champion (11/23/1999 - 1/05/2000)
- ECW World Heavyweight Champion (12/17/1999 - 12/23/1999)
- ECW World Tag-Team Champion(2) w/ Tommy Dreamer (2/26/2000 - 3/04/2000)
- FMW WEW 6-Man Tag-Team Champion(2) w/ Jado and Gedo (2/11/2001 - 2/2001)
- NWA Intercontinental Tag-Team Champion w/ Shinjiro Ohtani (1/06/2002 - 10/20/2002)
- PWF Universal Tag-Team Champion w/ Shinjiro Ohtani (11/10/2002 - 3/10/2003)
- NWA Intercontinental Tag-Team Champion(2) w/ Shinjiro Ohtani (8/31/2003 - 2/19/2004)
- NWA Zero-One United National Heavyweight Champion (1/31/2004 - 10/08/2004)
- PWW-1 Heavyweight Champion (2/07/2004 - ??)
- NWA Intercontinental Tag-Team Champion(3) w/ Wataru Sakata (10/03/2004 - 2/28/2005)
- Zero-One Hustle Hardcore Hero Champion (3/18/2005 - 9/10/2005)
- AWA World Heavyweight Champion (10/26/2007 - 12/15/2007)
- ZeroOne-Max World Heavyweight Champion (12/15/2007 - 10/13/2008)
- ZeroOne (formerly Max) World Heavyweight Champion(2) (7/01/2009 - 10/24/2009)
- NJPW IWGP Intercontinental Champion (10/10/2011 - Current)
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