Tatsu won a 26-Man Battle Royal in the dark match to open WrestleMania XXVI by last eliminating Zack Ryder. Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Yoshi’s quick, precise kicks and lithe movement along with his distinct appearance – shimmery tights accented by his native flag, plus his single streak of color in his jet black hair – made Tatsu an instant favorite of the WWE Universe. The two engaged in a sword fight, but eventually found their skills to be too evenly matched for a definite outcome. (pin) Drew McIntyre & The Miz & Zack Ryder: 6-person tag: WWE ECW Taping Dec 8th 2009: Christian & Shelton Benjamin & Yoshi Tatsu: def. Both wrestlers would trade wins during their series of matches, and Tatsu claimed back the stolen figurine leg by winning a Necklace on a Pole match on the July 26 episode of NXT. So, back when Yoshi Tatsu, Sheamus and Ted DiBiase Jr. were all in WWE's Florida developmental territory, the three grapplers lived together in some type of wacky sitcom-ready situation. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Yoshi Tatsu unfortunately was one of the wrestlers from the previous era that didn’t get treated as a legitimate performer. After Saxton's elimination, Tatsu began a feud with fellow NXT pro Tyson Kidd, whose rookie was also eliminated. Yoshitatsu and Gunn finished the tournament on December 8 with a record of three wins and four losses, failing to advance from their block, though Yoshitatsu managed to pin Bone Soldier in their final round-robin match. On the April 26 episode of NXT, Tatsu was attacked by Saxton after Tatsu cost his match against Lucky Cannon. Yoshi Tatsu: def. Tatsu was a WWE Pro for the fifth season of NXT, also known as NXT Redemption, with his rookie being Byron Saxton. Yamamoto trained for his professional wrestling career in the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo before making his professional wrestling debut on October 12, 2002. Toys Posted by. Naofumi Yamamoto (August 1, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler and boxer. Tatsu and Henry were the first team eliminated in the match. Much to the surprise of no one, everyone knew Samoa Joe was going to win the title… Tatsu debuted in PCW ULTRA on August 20, 2016 at PCW Title Wave in a match won by Alexander Hammerstone. Tatsu would go on to defeat Kidd on that episode to end the feud. His only appearances on SmackDown for 2011 were in the form of number one contenders battle royals for the World Heavyweight Championship and participation in the All I Want for Christmas battle royal where the winner would receive one wish. Their feud stemmed from Kidd breaking Tatsu's toy figurine of himself and stealing one of the toy figurine's legs. Yamamoto lost to Wataru Inoue in his debut match in the first match of a show in the Korakuen Hall. Both teams would play pranks on each other, with Tatsu being locked in a closet and Reks' hands being superglued onto an Xbox controller. Yoshi then went to Japan to promote the new WWE SmackDown vs. He was released from the WWE on June 12, 2014. Title History SCW Florida heavyweight title defeating Aaron Epic (August 16, 2014); PWR (Pro Wrestling Riot) title; NEVER Openweight titles w Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin defeating Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks (April 10, 2016); AJPW World tag team titles w Kento Miyahara defeating Shuji Ishikawa & […] October 12, 2002 Tatsu debuted in Revolution Pro Wrestling on October 18 in a title match for the Revolution Pro Heavyweight Championship held by Jessie Youngblood. Yoshi Tatsu: Bio Carrying on the tradition of great ring competitors bred in the Land of the Rising Sun, Yoshi Tatsu brought a unique style cultivated in the Far East to the landscape of WWE. Jack Swagger: WWE Monday Night Raw Dec 14th 2009: John Morrison & Mark Henry & Yoshi Tatsu: def. Yoshitatsu Active Also known as Naofumi Yamamoto, Mr. Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Yoshi Tatsu Yamamoto Naofumi, born August 1, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former boxer. However, it seems that some wrestlers cannot always handle the physical and emotional trauma of a potentially career-ending injury. Zack will take on Yoshi Tatsu. Tokyo, Japan Six nights later, he was eliminated in the second round by Kento Miyahara. Billed from Yamamoto began his wrestling career through … He wrestled his last CMLL match on March 3 in a Best Two Out Of Three Falls singles match won by Volador Jr. Tatsu made his debut on September 12 at All Japan Pro Wrestling's 2017 Royal Road Tournament, eliminating fellow WWE alumni TAJIRI. 30. In July 2010, Tatsu would be involved in a few backstage brawls with The Nexus to try and help John Cena get rid of them, which he failed to do. On May 20, Tatsu debuted in Big Time Wrestling at the BTW Supershow 2017 in a Three-Way match won by defending BTW Heavyweight Champion Kimo involving Eli Drake. Tatsu later joined the 2018 AJPW Champion Carnival tournament where he lost to Zeus. On June 30, 2009, Yoshi Tatsu joined the ECW brand.He had his first match that night, defeating Shelton Benjamin, although he lost a rematch to Benjamin on the July 9 episode of ECW.On the October 20 episode of ECW, Tatsu defeated Zack Ryder to become number one contender for the ECW Championship, although he failed to win the championship the following week against Christian. Over the summer of 2007 Yamamoto began teaming regularly with Hiroshi Tanahashi forming a team called "New Japan Dragons", earning a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship against the then champions, Bernard and Tomko, albeit in a losing effort. Your Text Here. They did nothing of note with Tatsu and he basically just worked Superstars matches until WWE decided to part ways with him. After starting a feud with Captain New Japan, now renamed "Bone Soldier", Yoshitatsu announced on November 5 that he had recruited Billy Gunn as his new Hunter Club partner for the 2016 World Tag League. He began gaining points in the tournament wrestling his most recent match on April 25 where he lost to Yutaka Yoshie. Debut Tatsu then made sporadic appearances on NXT throughout the rest of 2013. In 2006 Yamamoto participated in his first G1 Climax tournament, losing all four matches. He returned in 2017 on May 26 at APW Gym Wars in a title match against Karl Fredericks for the APW Worldwide Internet Championship. On the March 1 episode of Raw, Big Show and Miz defeated D-X in their rematch. On the May 31 episode of NXT, Saxton was the second rookie eliminated. Can some please explain why Yoshi Tatsu started doing the Triple H gimmick? However, in the next few weeks, a mysterious Japanese symbol would appear on the TitanTron to distract Kidd during his matches. Tatsu then formed a tag team with Goldust and the duo became the number one contenders for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship but failed in capturing the titles on the final episode of ECW on Syfy. He immediately was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), to undergo assessment and training in the "WWE Style" of wrestling. Yamamoto trained for his professional wrestling career in the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo before making his professional wrestling debut on October 12, 2002. Archived. Yoshi is no slouch, this guy has gone through the New Japan dojo and has some ameteur boxing skills as well. World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2008–2014). Raw" video game franchise.Check out photos and video of the trip at WWE.com! At WrestleMania XXVI, Big Show and Miz defeated John Morrison and R … The skilled, energetic Superstar first exploded onto the WWE scene in June 2009 as part of the ECW brand, where he scored a high-profile victory in his debut bout. This would cause tension between the two until the May 17 episode of WWE NXT, where Tatsu would defeat Saxton. 225 lbs (102 kg) Join Facebook to connect with Tatsu Yoshi and others you may know. The Road to WrestleMania began at this years WWE Royal Rumble 2011.Much to the interest of no one, but this was actually the first Pay Per View i’ve actually ordered since TNA’s LockDown 2007, Where Samoa Joe took the TNA World Heavyweight Championship away from Kurt Angle in a Steel Cage Match. Yoshi Tatsu took part in Santino Foreign Exchange with Santino Marella in the WWE Universe. He previously worked for WWE, where he wrestled under the ring name Yoshi Tatsu on its SmackDown brand. Yoshi Tatsu Wiki 2021, Height, Age, Net Worth 2021, Family - Find facts and details about Yoshi Tatsu on wikiFame.org He was given the new gimmick of a "Bullet Club hunter", which saw him state that he had grown sick of seeing WWE and NXT employees wearing Bullet Club shirts and was now looking to eliminate the villainous stable from professional wrestling, starting with A.J. Yoshitatsu Active Also known as Naofumi Yamamoto, Mr. Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Yoshi Tatsu Yoshitatsu wrestled his return match on November 8 at Power Struggle, where he was defeated by Styles, following outside interference from Jarrett. Styles for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Sheamus vs. Yoshi Tatsu. On July 4, Tatsu debuted in Bar Wrestling at Bar Wrestling 2: Independents Day where he defeated Kikutaro. Nyssa then gave Tats… Their match however, ended in a draw. Height Raw 2011, WWE '12 and WWE '13 (as DLC) video games. Initially he wrestled as Mr. Yamamoto, then simply as Yamamoto. Good long match that had Yoshi pick up the win with a Roundhouse Kick. He said his face paint was a tribute to The Great Muta. A week later, Tatsu and Henry received a shot at the titles in a Fatal-4-Way Elimination Tag Team match, which also included The Usos and Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov. Tatsu later explained that his new look and wrestling style were because he wanted to better portray Japanese culture, Japanese pride and the aggressive style of Japanese wrestling. On November 22, Tatsu teamed with Kento Miyahara to join the 2017 Real World Tag League Tournament. He has since made a team with former Nexus member Darren Young losing twice on Superstars to The Usos. Styles won after performing with his signature finisher, the Styles Clash. Tatsu went back to Japan and has been hit with a stretch of bad luck. Yamamoto had a halo installed in his skull, which he wore for the next three months. However, neither Elgin nor Tanahashi accepted Yoshitatsu's invitation to join the stable, which led to Captain New Japan stepping up as the first member of the new group. On the October 20 episode of ECW, Tatsu defeated Zack Ryder to become number one contender for the ECW Championship, although he failed to win the championship the following week against Christian. One day, Yashi Tatsu decided to teach him a lesson. Later on he changed his ring name to Yoshitatsu, before tweaking the spelling to Yoshi Tatsu, the name he currently works under. On November 9 during the fourth night of AJPW Starting Over Tatsu had a title match for the Triple Crown Championship challenging the defending champion Joe Doering. After the match, Jarrett hit Yoshitatsu with a guitar. This doesn’t come up until I won the title [in 2009]. (In case you have no idea why the toy meant so much to Tatsu, follow him on Twitter @YoshiTatsuWWE and see his pictures.) Tatsu missed an entire year and returned later in 2016. Tatsu made his next debut during the May 13th edition of Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling in a match defeating Hakim Zane. The World was scheduled to take part in the 2014 World Tag League, but after their opening match on November 22, Yoshitatsu was forced to pull out of the tournament with a neck injury. Their relationship took a turn for the worse over a protein shake mixer. In February 2017, NJPW sent Yoshitatsu to their Mexican partner promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) for a tour. After his latest and quite serious mishap, former WWE Superstar Yoshi Tatsu stunned his fans and friends when tweeted that he wanted to die. August 1, 1977 (1977-08-01) (age 43) On June 30, 2009, Yamamoto joined the ECW brand under the ring name Yoshi Tatsu. In 2011, Tastu appeared as a WWE Pro on NXT Redemption, during which he revealed a new element to his persona, his “Darkside.” After weeks of a mysterious Kanji character appearing on the video screen, Tatsu debuted a more aggressive look representative of his homeland and leveraged it to prevail in a significant rivalry with Tyson Kidd. Yoshi Tatsu is a pro for season 5 of NXT Redemption training Byron Saxton. He was not successful in winning the title. Tatsu Yoshi is on Facebook. The gifted performer chased the ECW Championship until the brand’s dissolution, but achieved arguably the biggest win of his still-budding career in a massive 26-man battle royal at WrestleMania XXVI – an appropriately grand stage for a Superstar with a global appeal. Yoshitatsu then debuted a new gimmick, where he began mimicking Triple H, which included him adopting the Pedigree as his finishing move. Instead of having his face slammed into the mat he took his weight, Styles' weight, and all of the force onto his neck. Naofumi Yamamoto (born August 1, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestler and boxer, better known under the ring name of Yoshi Tatsu (or Yoshitatsu as it's been spelled outside the WWE main roster). He was trained in the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Dojo and worked for NJPW from 2002 until 2008 when he signed with WWE. On July 29, 2014, Tatsu made his first post-WWE match at BELIEVE 77. Raw 2011 video game. On September 12, Yoshitatsu, upset with Captain New Japan's poor performances, announced a twitter poll that would decide whether he would get to stay in Hunter Club. Yamamoto lost to Wataru Inoue in his debut match in the first match of a show in the Korakuen Hall. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2016, they lost the title back to Omega and The Young Bucks. Noafumi YamamotoMr. He entered a feud with Yoshi Tatsu stemming from breaking Tatsu’s toy figurine and purloining its leg. Tatsu returned on the September 6th episode of NXT, where he debuted black tights emblazoned with Kanji characters and the Japanese flag, had his small lock of blond hair dyed red and had half his face painted. Yamamoto participated in the 2004 Young Lion Cup where he defeated Hirooki Goto, Aikya Anzawa, and Hiroshi Nagao to earn a total of six points, not enough to qualify for the finals. The current relationship status of Yoshi Tatsu is not known. Initially Yamamoto worked low card matches for NJPW, normally on the losing side to gain ring experience. Our fun all-in-one server economy, store & games platform is designed to help you forge a stronger, … Apparently, Yoshi beat up Sheamus … Birth Place As Tatsu, Yamamoto is featured as a playable superstar for the WWE SmackDown vs. On the December 22 edition of ECW Yoshi Tatsu defeated Jack Swagger to earn a spot in the ECW Homecoming battle royal where the winner would challenge Christian for the ECW title at the Royal Rumble. After the match, Kidd brutally assaulted the right leg of Tatsu, causing Tatsu to be absent from NXT for more than a month. The symbol turned out to be the Kanji lettering for “pride” – a message from Tatsu. Yamamoto teamed up with Manabu Nakanishi to compete in the 2006 G1 Climax Tag League, defeating Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko to earn their sole victory in the tournament. Apparently, Sheamus had a bad habit of borrowing his roommate’s protein mixer without washing it. Afterwards, Yoshitatsu announced he was forming a new stable named "Hunter Club" to oppose Bullet Club. Recently Tatsu has been [Yoshi Tatsu GALLERY] Check out Yoshi Tatsu’s WWE profile here! Yoshi Tatsu has only had one brush with success in WWE, and that was when he was unable to capture the ECW title from Christian after earning a shot by beating Zack Ryder. On November 1, 2014, Tatsu debuted in Metroplex Wrestling at MPX Last Warrior Standing where he defeated Jerome Daniels. So we took Yoshi … Gifu, Japan Poor Yoshi Tatsu was dumped roughly five seconds into the match. Internet Wrestling Database. 4 years ago. On February 19, 2017, Tatsu debuted in Lucha Memes in a match defeating Aramis. While performing the move, Yoshi Tatsu moved his head down before the point of impact with the mat. Poor Yoshi Tatsu. Moved to Smackdown in WWE 2011 Supplemental Draft. On January 4, 2016, Yoshitatsu returned as part of the English announcing team at Wrestle Kingdom. Tatsu formed an alliance with Trent Barreta; from December 2011, they feuded with Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. Yoshi Tatsu recently took time out to return home to Japan for a memorable and one-of-a-kind tour of Yuke's studio, meeting the champion developers behind THQ's " WWE SmackDown vs. Tatsu stopped wearing his face paint to the ring by October 2011. He had his first match that night, defeating Shelton Benjamin, although he lost a rematch to Benjamin on the July 9 episode of ECW. A few months later in June 2014, Yoshi Tatsu parted ways with WWE. Ring names Full wrestling profile of Yoshi Tatsu, including Career History, promotions he worked with, Real Name, Height, Weight, Age, Face/Heel Turns, Titles Won & Accomplishments, Finishers, Theme Songs, Tag Teams & Stables, Gimmicks pictures, appearance changes and more. Be the first to add a relationship.Get help at Wikipedia.. On November 2, 2007 Yamamoto wrestled his last match for NJPW, teaming with his mentor Yuji Nagata in a losing effort against Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano. This is how I knew people were really trying to stick daggers in me. He was previously featured in King of Colosseum II and Wrestle Kingdom 2 under his real name. 10k Followers, 342 Following, 2,121 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Yoshi Tatsu (@yoshitatsuism) Yoshi Tatsu is still under contract with WWE, however he's currently wrestling in Japan. On the January 12 edition of ECW, however, Tatsu was not able to win the battle royal when he was eliminated by Kane. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. We’re here to help you grow & manage your Discord community. He briefly teamed with Sheamus O'Shaunessy under the team name "the Movers and the Shakers". On November 14, Yoshitatsu and Hiroshi Tanahashi announced they were forming a new tag team named "The World". On March 22, NJPW announced that Yoshitatsu would wrestle his NJPW return match on April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016, where he, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin defeated Bullet Club's Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. He returned to action in March 2014 on NXT, where he was defeated by Corey Graves. Born Returning in 2018, Tatsu and Kento Miyahara had a tag title match defeating Violent Giants (Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama) to win the AJPW World Tag Team Championship. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions, Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling alumni, NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship, https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Yoshi_Tatsu?oldid=1793138, "Naofumi Yamamoto Theme Song" by New Japan Pro Wrestling(NJPW), "J-Pop Drop" by Tom Haines and Christopher Branch (WWE; June 30, 2009 – June 12, 2014). After the ECW brand was discontinued, Tatsu made his debut on the Raw brand on the February 22, 2010 edition of Raw, where he teamed up with Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston to defeat The Legacy (Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes), after Orton turned on his partners. Tatsu was wrestling in Japan against AJ Styles. 30 men is too many people for one ring, so the match was trash until the ring cleared a bit. Tatsu denied Nyssa's request as it was her responsibility to protect the elixir. At the Royal Rumble Tatsu competed in his first Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by John Cena. In May 2015, Yamamoto started training for a comeback at the Team Vision Gym in Orlando, Florida. Sheamus clears up the story of Yoshi Tatsu knocking him out Cain A. Knight 7/2/2020 Some officials call for hate crime charges in the Atlanta-area spa shootings that left 8 dead Yamamoto did not return to working under his real name due to being known better under the name Yoshi Tatsu, but he also could not continue working under his WWE name because of trademark issues, which led to the name's tweaked spelling. At the end of their feud when Tatsu reclaimed the leg, Tyson brutally assaulted Tatsu. In late 2007 Yamamoto was signed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to a full-time contract, which meant that he had to relocate to the United States. On the November 29 episode of Raw, Tatsu teamed with Mark Henry to defeat WWE Tag Team Champions Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater, after a distraction by John Cena. Styles. Tatsu made his ROH debut on May 11 where he teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin in a tag match won by BULLET CLUB (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson). Close. In early 2016, Nyssa al Ghul and Talibah confronted Tatsu in Kyushu, attempting to take the Lotus. After his release in 2014, Yamamoto re-signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling then moved on to All Japan Pro Wrestling under the ring name YOSHITATSU. Their last tag match was on December 12, in a loss to Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama. Sheamus and Yoshi Tatsu were roommates who trained together and played together. ** Joe: This was the Kofi & Cesaro show. On November 25, Yamamoto announced he had two broken bones in his neck, suffered presumably in his match with Styles when he botched the Styles Clash. On the February 16 episode of ECW, he and Miz successfully defended the titles against Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust on the final episode of the show. Tatsu made his debut in Independent Wrestling Courage on October 15, where he defeated Delta Jr.. Tatsu made his Tokyo Gurentai debut on November 15 in a tag match teaming with Jiro Kuroshio against Masashi Takeda & MAZADA. Tatsu had been noticeably absent from WWE programming for several weeks. On August 30, Tatsu made his Fighting Evolution Wrestling (FEW) at FEW Autumn Brawl where defeated Angel Santos. Given Name: Naofumi Yamamoto Nickname: Yoshi Tatsu Age: 43 (8/1/1977) Occupation: Sports - Wrestler / WWF Most Famous For: WWE Superstar Yoshi Tatsu Yoshitatsu, Elgin and Tanahashi made their first successful title defense on April 23 against the Bullet Club trio of Bad Luck Fale, Kenny Omega and Yujiro Takahashi. Trainer John Cena, Batista & Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton & Jeri-Show: Tribute to the Troops, Dec. 20, 2008 - Duration: 11:54. For the 2007 G1 Climax Tag League Yamamoto teamed up with Takashi Ilzuka, while they defeated three teams (Hirooki Goto and Milano Collection A.T., Togi Makabe and Toru Yano, and Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko); the team ended up in last place. Me and Ted DiBiase Jr. were sharing an apartment. Tatsu stopped wearing his face paint to the ring by October 2011. But the highlight of the match was for once from the commentary. Name: Naofumi Yamamoto Preferred Name: Yoshi Tatsu Date Of Birth: Jun 30th 1977 Place of Birth: Gifu, Gifu, Japan Nationality: JPN Gender: Male Matches: 1,246 (17 Pay Per View) Ring Name(s): Mr. Yamamoto, Naofumi Yamamoto, Yamamoto, Yoshi Tatsu, Yoshitatsu FCW Staff They wrestled their final tag match on December 10, defeating BONE SOLDIER & Chase Owens. At BELIEVE 79, Tatsu defeated Aaron Epic to win the SCW Florida Heavyweight Championship, his first professional wrestling title (which he vacated on March 28, 2015 due to his neck injury). On December 27, 2003, Yamamoto lost to Ryusuke Taguchi in a match where the winner would get a match on NJPW's most prestigious show, their January 4 Dome Show Wrestling World. teaming with David Hart Smith on Superstars beating the team of Primo and Zack Ryder. Weight On the January 23, 2013 episode of NXT, Tatsu and Percy Watson entered a tournament to crown the first NXT Tag Team Champions, but were defeated by the Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in the first round. On September 25 at Destruction In Kobe, Yoshitatsu revealed the result of the poll and agreed to remove Captain New Japan from Hunter Club. On the April 26th episode of WWE NXT, Tatsu was attacked by his own NXT rookie, Byron Saxton after Tatsu interfered and cost Saxton his match against Lucky Cannon. On January 18 Hawkins and Reks beat Barreta and Tatsu, culminating the feud. YamamotoYamamotoYoshi TatsuYOSHITATSU They later lost the tag titles to The Bodyguard and Shigemasa Kanaya on February 25. 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