Masato Tanaka

Masato Tanaka (February 28, 1973) is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling in Japan and in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the United States. He is currently working in Pro Wrestling ZERO1.
==Career==
===Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling===
Tanaka began his career with FMW in 1993 with a match against Ricky Fuji. In the 6 years before the closing of the promotion, Tanaka fought in a variety of hardcore match and death matches resulting in a lot of scars and an incredible reputation for violence.
==In wrestling==
*Finishing and signature moves
**Complete Dust (Sitout inverted side slam)
**Roaring Elbow (Discus elbow smash)
**Diamond Dust (Forward somersault stunner from the second rope) - Innovated
**Sliding D (Sliding forearm smash) - Innovated
**Tornado DDT
**Dangan Elbow (Running elbow smash)
**Dangan Bomb (Belly to Back Suplex toss into falling Powerbomb) - Innovated
**Shotgun Stunner (Vertical Suplex into Stunner) - Innovated
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
**FMW Double Champion (1 time)
**FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champion (2 times) 1 with Hayabusa and 1 with Tetsuhiro Kuroda
*Extreme Championship Wrestling
**ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**ECW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Balls Mahoney (1) and Tommy Dreamer (1)
*Pro Wrestling ZERO1
**Zero1 World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
**NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Wataru Sakata (1), Shinjiro Otani (2), Takashi Sugiura (1), Zeus (1), James Raideen (1) and Yuji Hino (1)
*New Japan Pro Wrestling
**IWGP Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
**NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time)
*Pro Wrestling NOAH
**GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Takashi Sugiura
==External links==
* Profile
* Profile
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