Atlantis advances.
Masahiro Chono
Birthday: September 17, 1963
Hometown: Mitaka City, Tokyo
Height & Weight: 6' 1" - 238 lbs
Trained by: NJPW Dojo
Debut: October 1984
Finishing Move: STF
# NWA Central States Television title defeating Mike George (January 1, 1988);
# WWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Mike George (February 26, 1988);
# AGPW (Grand Prix) North American Tag Team titles w/Bob Brown defeating Cuban Assassin & Leo Burke (July ??, 1988);
# CWF (Knoxville) Tag Team titles w/Mike Davis defeating Davey & Johnny Rich (May 5, 1989);
# IWGP Tag Team titles w/Kenji Mutoh defeating Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Saito (April 27, 1990);
# IWGP Tag Team titles w/Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeating Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto (June 12, 1992);
# NWA World Heavyweight title defeating Rick Rude [Tournament] (August 12, 1992);
# IWGP Tag Team titles w/Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeating Takashi Iizuka & Kazuo Yamazaki (July 16, 1996);
# IWGP Tag Team titles w/Kenji Mutoh defeating Kazuo Yamazaki & Kensuke Sasaki (October 19, 1997);
# IWGP Tag Team titles w/Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeating Shiro Koshinaka & Genichiro Tenzan [Tournament] (June 5, 1998);
# IWGP Heavyweight title defeating Tatsumi Fujinami (August 8, 1998);
# IWGP Tag Team titles w/Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeating Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata [Tournament] (March 24, 2002);
# HCW (Hawaii) Kamehameha Heritage Heavyweight title defeating Lopaka (July 26, 2003);
# IWGP Tag Team titles w/Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeating Shinsuke Nakamura & Hiroshi Tanahashi (October 30, 2005);
# Masa Chono is probably the most rebel wrestler that stepped into a New Japan Pro Wrestling ring..
# August 12, 1992: Masa Chono defeated Rick Rude in a tournament final for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title..
# Masa Chono becomes a member of New Japan's version of the new World order..
# Masa Chono formed a successful tag team with Keiji Mutoh..
# Masa Chono won the IWGP Jr Heavyweight title..
# August 11, 2002: Masa Chono won the G-1 tournament today beating Yoshihiro Takayama in the finals with a series of Yakuza kicks.
# October 14, 2002 - NJPW: Masahiro Chono defeats Joanie Laurer in a dissappointing match..
# October 26, 2002 - NJPW: Yuji Nagata NO CONTEST with Masa Chono in a 60-minute time limit draw..
# April 26, 2003: Masahiro Chono tore knee ligaments while doing a Yakuza kick to Shinya Makabe and may need surgery..
# October 13, 2003: Hulk Hogan defeated Masa Chono in roughly 19 minutes..
# ~~~After the match, as Hulk Hogan gave an interview, saying he wanted to win the IWGP title again, and then the NWA title..
# ~~~Jeff Jarrett appeared and smashed a guitar over his head saying "Heard you wanted to come to TNA, well TNA just came to you!"
# ~~~Hulk Hogan started bleeding from the head and Masa Chono said he wanted to help Hulk Hogan..
# October 18, 2003: Masa Chono was injured taking a German suplex from Yutaka Yoshie and was feared that he suffered a broken neck!
# January 04, 2004--New Japan Pro Wrestling: Keiji Muto & Bob Sapp defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan..
# November 13, 2004--New Japan: Yuji Nagata & Osamu Nishimura beat Riki Choshu & Masahiro Chono in an elimination match..
# January 4, 2005--New Japan: Masahiro Chono beat Riki Choshu, and then beat IWGP champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Non Title Match)..
# May 14, 2005--New Japan Pro Wrestling: Mitsuharu Misawa & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Jushin Liger & Masahiro Chono..
# May 29, 2005--NJPW: Masahiro Chono & Minoru Suzuki b Takashi Iizuka & Shinsuke Nakamura in a European Catch Rules Match..
# October 8, 2005--NJPW PPV: Brock Lesnar defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro Chono in a 3-WAY to win the IWGP Title..
# October 31, 2005: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP tag titles..
# November 26, 2005--NJPW: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Takashi Iizuka..
# November 27, 2005--NJPW: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Yutaka Yoshie ..
# November 30, 2005--NJPW: Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Yuji Nagata & Shinsuke Nakamura..
VS
Bruiser Bedlam
Hometown: Hamilton, Ontario
Height & Weight: 6'2 - 285lbs
Previous Gimmicks: Johnny K-9 (WWF), Taras Bulba, Orhan Turgedan, The Terrible Turk, The Mysterian
Finishing Move: Stomach Claw
# SMW (Smokey Mountain Wrestling) Beat the Champ Television title defeating Mike Furnas (April 4, 1994);
# BCW (Border City Wrestling) Can Am Heavyweight title defeating Scott D` Amore (April 21, 1995);
# Ion William Croitoru debuted in Stampede Wrestling where Bruce Hart named him Orhan Turgedan, and later The Terrible Turk..
# Ion William Croitoru spent time with Emile Dupre's Grand Prix Wrestling on the east coast..
# Ion William Croitoru appeared in George Cannon's Superstars of Wrestling out of Windsor, Ontario..
# Ion William Croitoru wrestled as Johnny K-9 in the WWF and was a full-fledged jobber to the stars..
# ~~~K-9 would always drop to his knees, cross his arms above his head and bellow..
# ~~~K-9 wrestled a TV match against Hulk Hogan during his four years with the company..
# ~~~K-9 left the WWF on good terms for a tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling..
# Ion tried promoting in Hamilton with Mike Kelly & Bob Clarke a fed called "Canadian International Championship Wrestling"..
# 1991: Ion William Croituro spent seven months in prison for assault and has a conviction for trafficking cocaine..
# Ion William Croituro hooked up with the Michigan-based MTW, where he was billed as Taras Bulba, 'King of the Chain Matches'..
# ~~~Taras Bulba got the chance to wrestle legends like Bobo Brazil, Dick The Bruiser and Al Costello..
# 1994: Ion William Croituro joined Jim Cornette's Smokey Mountain Wrestling for the biggest success of his career..
# ~~~Jim Cornette gave Ion Croituro the name and gimmick of "Bruiser Bedlam"..
# ~~~Bruiser Bedlam won the Smokey Mountain Television title..
# Bruiser Bedlam defeated Greg Valentine to with the Cambridge Ontario-based ICW Heavyweight title..
# January 8, 2005: Ion Croitoru was arrested and charged with two murders of lawyer Lynn Gilbank and husband Fred on 11/16/98..
# ~~~Ion Croitoru has a long criminal record including assault, drug dealing, forgery, and a bombing conspiracy.
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