Masato Tanaka

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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