History Wrestling / MasatoTanaka

* HumiliatingWager: He and Hayabusa defeated Koto Fuyuki and Bad Boy Hido in a mask versus hair match involving the FMW Brass knuckles tag team titles. That being Hayabusa's mask versus Hido's hair.

* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: His WeaponOfChoice.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato_Tanaka The Other Wiki]].

Masato Tanaka (born February 28, 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er trained by Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto. Tanaka is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{FMW}} and, by extension, on-and-off in the U.S. in Wrestling/{{ECW}} from 1998-2000. He debuted in 1993 and quickly adapted to the promotion's [[GarbageWrestler hardcore]] style, getting CoveredWithScars as a result. He made his U.S. debut with ECW in 1998 and quickly became very popular, as ECW brought his long-running feud with Wrestling/MikeAwesome (known in FMW as the Gladiator) to American audiences and great acclaim. He made his [=PPV=] debut with a win over Doug Furnas at ''ECW Living Dangerously 98''. Following the demises of FMW and ECW, Tanaka would compete for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance (particularly Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1), Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{HUSTLE}}, Wrestling/{{MLW}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and many other promotions in Japan and the U.S. and even had one last battle with Awesome at Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s ''ECW One Night Stand'' [=PPV=] on June 12, 2005. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/BallsMahoney and 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/TommyDreamer, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zero1/01-world-h.html Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE World Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-bk.html FMW World Brass Knuckles Champion]], the second-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-ic.html IWGP Intercontinental Champion]], and the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/never-op.html NEVER Openweight Champion]].

* RealSongThemeTune: (in ECW):
** Music/{{ACDC}}'s "[=TNT=]"
** [=Jackyl=]'s "Lumberjack"
** (indies 2007-2008): Music/{{Gorillaz}}'s "Dirty Harry (Schtung Chinese New Year remix)"

'''Masato Tanaka''' (b. 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er trained by Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto. Tanaka is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{FMW}} and, by extension, on-and-off in the U.S. in Wrestling/{{ECW}} from 1998-2000. He debuted in 1993 and quickly adapted to the promotion's [[GarbageWrestler hardcore]] style, getting CoveredWithScars as a result. He made his U.S. debut with ECW in 1998 and quickly became very popular, as ECW brought his long-running feud with Wrestling/MikeAwesome (known in FMW as the Gladiator) to American audiences and great acclaim. He made his [=PPV=] debut with a win over Doug Furnas at ''ECW Living Dangerously 98''. Following the demises of FMW and ECW, Tanaka would compete for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance (particularly Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1), Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{HUSTLE}}, Wrestling/{{MLW}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and many other promotions in Japan and the U.S. and even had one last battle with Awesome at Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s ''ECW One Night Stand'' [=PPV=] on June 12, 2005. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/BallsMahoney and 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/TommyDreamer, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zero1/01-world-h.html Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE World Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-bk.html FMW World Brass Knuckles Champion]], the second-ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/iwgp-ic.html IWGP Intercontinental Champion]], and the inaugural [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/newjapan/never-op.html NEVER Openweight Champion]].

'''Masato Tanaka''' (b. 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er trained by Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto. Tanaka is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{FMW}} and, by extension, on-and-off in the U.S. in Wrestling/{{ECW}} from 1998-2000. He debuted in 1993 and quickly adapted to the promotion's [[GarbageWrestler hardcore]] style, getting CoveredWithScars as a result. He made his U.S. debut with ECW in 1998 and quickly became very popular, as ECW brought his long-running feud with Wrestling/MikeAwesome (known in FMW as the Gladiator) to American audiences and great acclaim. He made his [=PPV=] debut with a win over Doug Furnas at ''ECW Living Dangerously 98''. Following the demises of FMW and ECW, Tanaka would compete for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance (particularly Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1), Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{HUSTLE}}, Wrestling/{{MLW}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and many other promotions in Japan and the U.S. and even had one last battle with Awesome at Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s ''ECW One Night Stand'' [=PPV=] on June 12, 2005. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/BallsMahoney and 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/TommyDreamer, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zero1/01-world-h.html Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE World Heavyweight Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-bk.html FMW World Brass Knuckles Champion]].

* BashBrothers: (in ECW): With Balls Mahoney; (in Japan): with Hayabusa

* RugbyUnion: He played rugby prior to his wrestling career.

* TheUnintelligble: A variant - he would cut promos in ECW in which he spoke nothing but Japanese. The Mutants still ate it up.

* TraumaticHaircut: Attempted in 2010 when he jumped restrained Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi for Toru Yano but Yano only took some of Tanahashi's hair.

* {{Badass}}: He was the first guy to kick out of Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys' 3D finisher, doing the deed during the match where he and Balls Mahoney d. the Dudleys for the ECW World Tag Team Titles at ''ECW November to Remember 98,'' November 1, 1998.

* TagTeam: Emblem, with Shinjiro Otani

** The Complete Players

'''Masato Tanaka''' (b. 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er trained by Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto. Tanaka is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{FMW}} and, by extension, on-and-off in the U.S. in Wrestling/{{ECW}} from 1998-2000. He debuted in 1993 and quickly adapted to the promotion's [[GarbageWrestler hardcore]] style, getting CoveredWithScars as a result. He made his U.S. debut with ECW in 1998 and quickly became very popular, as ECW brought his long-running feud with Wrestling/MikeAwesome (known in FMW as the Gladiator) to American audiences and great acclaim. He made his [=PPV=] debut with a win over Doug Furnas at ''ECW Living Dangerously 98''. Following the demises of FMW and ECW, Tanaka would compete for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{HUSTLE}}, Wrestling/{{MLW}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and many other promotions in Japan and the U.S. and even had one last battle with Awesome at Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s ''ECW One Night Stand'' [=PPV=] on June 12, 2005. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/BallsMahoney and 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/TommyDreamer, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zero1/01-world-h.html Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE World Heavyweight Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-bk.html FMW World Brass Knuckles Champion]].

'''Masato Tanaka''' (b. 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er trained by y Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto. Tanaka is best known for his work in Wrestling/{{FMW}} and, by extension, on-and-off in the U.S. in Wrestling/{{ECW}} from 1998-2000. He debuted in 1993 and quickly adapted to the promotion's [[GarbageWrestler hardcore]] style, getting CoveredWithScars as a result. He made his U.S. debut with ECW in 1998 and quickly became very popular, as ECW brought his long-running feud with Wrestling/MikeAwesome (known in FMW as the Gladiator) to American audiences and great acclaim. He made his [=PPV=] debut with a win over Doug Furnas at ''ECW Living Dangerously 98''. Following the demises of FMW and ECW, Tanaka would compete for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{HUSTLE}}, Wrestling/{{MLW}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and many other promotions in Japan and the U.S. and even had one last battle with Awesome at Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s ''ECW One Night Stand'' [=PPV=] on June 12, 2005. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/BallsMahoney and 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/TommyDreamer, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zero1/01-world-h.html Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE World Heavyweight Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-bk.html FMW World Brass Knuckles Champion]].

'''Masato Tanaka''' (b. 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his work in Wrestling/{{FMW}} and, by extension, on-and-off in the U.S. in Wrestling/{{ECW}} from 1998-2000. He debuted in 1993 and quickly adapted to the promotion's [[GarbageWrestler hardcore]] style, getting CoveredWithScars as a result. He made his U.S. debut with ECW in 1998 and quickly became very popular, as ECW brought his long-running feud with Wrestling/MikeAwesome (known in FMW as the Gladiator) to American audiences and great acclaim. He made his [=PPV=] debut with a win over Doug Furnas at ''ECW Living Dangerously 98''. Following the demises of FMW and ECW, Tanaka would compete for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{HUSTLE}}, Wrestling/{{MLW}}, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and many other promotions in Japan and the U.S. and even had one last battle with Awesome at Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s ''ECW One Night Stand'' [=PPV=] on June 12, 2005. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/BallsMahoney and 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/TommyDreamer, a 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zero1/01-world-h.html Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE World Heavyweight Champion]] and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-bk.html FMW World Brass Knuckles Champion]].

* CoveredInScars: His face remained in good shape but the rest of his body gradually accumulated scars.

** At FMW's ''Judgment Day'', which was held on November 11, 1999 as their November [=PPV=], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/fmw/fmw-wew-s.html FMW WEW Singles Champion]] Masato Tanaka d. Kodo Fuyuki in a "Loser Leaves FMW Electrical Thunderbolt Cage Death Match."