Tatsutoshi Goto
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR
and New Japan Pro Wrestling
using the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in WCW
as part of the nWo Japan
.
in December of that year, and performed young lion duties until 1986, when he first participated in the Young Lion Cup, making it to the finals before losing to Keiichi Yamada (the future Jushin "Thunder" Liger), after the cup he carried out an overseas learning excursion to the USA. After returning, he became a prominent "heel" in New Japan. He participated in the first Best of the Super Juniors
tournament (then Top of the Super Jr.) where he finished in 10th place with 9 points. In 1990, he became a member the "Blond Outlaws" with Hiro Saito
and Norio Honaga
where he largely remained in the midcard only getting one title shot when he and Super Strong Machine challenged Kensuke Sasaki
and Hiroshi Hase for the IWGP Tag Team Championship on December 11, 1990 but lost. On June 12, 1990, he got the nickname "Mr. BD" from giving a backdrop to Hiroshi Hase, which nearly killed him. After the Blonde Outlaws broke up, Goto later joined Shiro Koshinaka
's, Heisei Ishingun
in 1993 where he would form a longtime tag team with Michiyoshi Ohara
called the Mad Dogs.
While in Ishigun, Goto would win his first championship when he teamed with Koshinaka and Ohara to defeat Hiromichi Fuyuki
and the World Class Tag Team
on January 8, 1995 to win the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
. After 3 months as champions, Ishigun would lose the titles on April 30, 1995 to Genichiro Tenryu
, Animal Hamaguchi, and Koki Kitahara. Later in the year, Goto took part in the 1995 Super Grade Tag League teaming with Koshinaka where they finished 4th place with 6 points. For the next 2 years, Goto continued to represent Ishingun in feuds with New Japan Pro Wrestling
and also briefly teamed with nWo Japan for several tours in 1997.
After the collapse of Heisei Ishingun in 1999, Goto continued to team Ohara and on June 27, 1999, they won the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Kensuke Sasaki
and former leader: Shiro Koshinaka
. After holding the titles for 2 months, the Mad Dogs would lose the titles to Yuji Nagata
and Manabu Nakanishi
on August 28, 1999 at the Battle of Last Summer. In 2000 he became a Masahiro Chono
loyalist, joining "Team 2000". After joining Team 2000, Goto would briefly continue to team with Ohara but the team quietly broke up towards the end of 2000. Afterwards, Goto would uses several masked gimmicks. He first became "Mr. T" at the DO JUDGE!! event teaming with Chono to defeat Shiro Koshinaka and Masanobu Fuchi
. After DO JUDGE!!, Goto then became "T2000" Machine and feuded with Super Strong Machine usually winding up on the losing end.
In 2001, he reunited with old Blonde Outlaws friend, Hiro Saito
but the team was never pushed and remained in the midcard. The Blonde Outlaws only highlight was winning the 2003 Teisen Hall Six Man Tag Team Tournament with Shinsuke Nakamura
. In 2003, Goto reunited with Michiyoshi Ohara
in the stable called "The Crazy Dogs" with Hiro Saito
and Enson Inoue
. From 2003 to 2004, The Crazy Dogs were in a feud with the Makai Club which ended after Ohara and Inoue left New Japan.
In January, 2006, Goto left New Japan to become a freelancer, although would make New Japan appearances after leaving. Since becoming a freelancer, Goto worked in a variety of promotions including DRADITION, Pro Wrestling ZERO1, Kensuke Office, Tenryu Project, DDT
, & HUSTLE. On June 9, 2010, Goto won his first championship in 10 years when he teamed with Yoshihiro Takayama
and Daisuke Sekimoto
to win the Tenryu Project Six-Man Tag Team Championships
. Goto is a sneaky veteran, well known for defeating top superstars when least expected. He utilizes one of the deadliest backdrop suplexes in professional wrestling, and despite staying true to his aggressive ways, is a very popular and respected veteran.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR
WAR (wrestling promotion)
Wrestle and Romance, and later Wrestle Association R, was a professional wrestling promotion founded and run by Genichiro Tenryu as the successor to Super World of Sports, and which lasted from 1992 to 2000. The promotion had very few regular contracted workers, instead most of the workers were...
and New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling
is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it...
using the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in WCW
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
as part of the nWo Japan
New World Order (professional wrestling)
The New World Order was a professional wrestling stable that originally wrestled for World Championship Wrestling . The group later appeared in the World Wrestling Federation after the purchase of WCW by the WWF...
.
Career
Tatsutoshi Goto was an avid weightlifter during his university days, and achieved good results in competitions. After graduation, he studied karate, and in August, 1982, joined New Japan. He debuted against Kazuo YamazakiKazuo Yamazaki
Kazuo Yamazaki is a former Japanese professional wrestler, who is known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling and UWF International.-New Japan Pro Wrestling :...
in December of that year, and performed young lion duties until 1986, when he first participated in the Young Lion Cup, making it to the finals before losing to Keiichi Yamada (the future Jushin "Thunder" Liger), after the cup he carried out an overseas learning excursion to the USA. After returning, he became a prominent "heel" in New Japan. He participated in the first Best of the Super Juniors
Best of the Super Juniors
This article is about the professional wrestling tournament. For the South Korean boy band, see Super Junior.The Best of the Super Juniors is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by New Japan Pro Wrestling , typically in May or June...
tournament (then Top of the Super Jr.) where he finished in 10th place with 9 points. In 1990, he became a member the "Blond Outlaws" with Hiro Saito
Hiro Saito
Hiroyuki Saito is a professional wrestler best known by the shortened name of .-Career:Hiro debuted in 1978 in New Japan Pro Wrestling. In May 1985, he defeated The Cobra to win the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship only to lose back to him 2 months later...
and Norio Honaga
Norio Honaga
is a Japanese professional wrestler.Honaga started in New Japan Pro Wrestling but jumped to Riki Chōshū's Japan Pro Wrestling satellite of All Japan Pro Wrestling in an "invasion" angle. He returned to New Japan with Choshu and others in 1987...
where he largely remained in the midcard only getting one title shot when he and Super Strong Machine challenged Kensuke Sasaki
Kensuke Sasaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency, Kensuke Office. He is the first of two men ever to hold all 3 of puroresu's major heavyweight titles , the other being Yoshihiro Takayama.-Early years :Kensuke Sasaki...
and Hiroshi Hase for the IWGP Tag Team Championship on December 11, 1990 but lost. On June 12, 1990, he got the nickname "Mr. BD" from giving a backdrop to Hiroshi Hase, which nearly killed him. After the Blonde Outlaws broke up, Goto later joined Shiro Koshinaka
Shiro Koshinaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler who has competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Wrestle Association "R" during the 1980s and 1990s...
's, Heisei Ishingun
Heisei Ishingun
Heisei Ishingun was a Japanese professional wrestling stable, led by Shiro Koshinaka, during the 1990s.-Career:After an intense feud with each other early in 1992, Shiro Koshinaka and Kuniaki Kobayashi formed a group with Masashi Aoyagi and Akitoshi Saito. Kengo Kimura and the Great Kabuki from WAR...
in 1993 where he would form a longtime tag team with Michiyoshi Ohara
Michiyoshi Ohara
Michiyoshi Ohara is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling where he wrestled from 1990 to 2004 where he enjoyed success winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship with Tatsutoshi Goto in 1999....
called the Mad Dogs.
While in Ishigun, Goto would win his first championship when he teamed with Koshinaka and Ohara to defeat Hiromichi Fuyuki
Hiromichi Fuyuki
was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter who competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Wrestle Association R and other Japanese and international promotions during the 1980s and 1990s as the leader of 6-man tag team Fuyuki-Gun with Gedo and Jado.He is best known,...
and the World Class Tag Team
The World Class Tag Team
The World Class Tag Team is a professional wrestling tag team that currently work in New Japan Pro Wrestling. One of the most accomplished tag teams in puroresu, the team has won numerous tag team titles and six-man tag tean titles in over seven promotions....
on January 8, 1995 to win the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
The WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship is a tag team title previously contested for in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Wrestle Association R ....
. After 3 months as champions, Ishigun would lose the titles on April 30, 1995 to Genichiro Tenryu
Genichiro Tenryu
Genichiro Tenryu , real name Genichiro Shimada , is a Japanese professional wrestler. At age 13, he entered sumo wrestling and stayed there for 13 years, after which he turned to Western-style professional wrestling...
, Animal Hamaguchi, and Koki Kitahara. Later in the year, Goto took part in the 1995 Super Grade Tag League teaming with Koshinaka where they finished 4th place with 6 points. For the next 2 years, Goto continued to represent Ishingun in feuds with New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling
is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it...
and also briefly teamed with nWo Japan for several tours in 1997.
After the collapse of Heisei Ishingun in 1999, Goto continued to team Ohara and on June 27, 1999, they won the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Kensuke Sasaki
Kensuke Sasaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency, Kensuke Office. He is the first of two men ever to hold all 3 of puroresu's major heavyweight titles , the other being Yoshihiro Takayama.-Early years :Kensuke Sasaki...
and former leader: Shiro Koshinaka
Shiro Koshinaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler who has competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Wrestle Association "R" during the 1980s and 1990s...
. After holding the titles for 2 months, the Mad Dogs would lose the titles to Yuji Nagata
Yuji Nagata
is a Japanese professional wrestler. He was known for his perennial tweener status, currently a solid fan favorite, and his stiff, shoot style wrestling technique....
and Manabu Nakanishi
Manabu Nakanishi
is a Japanese professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion.-Amateur wrestling career:...
on August 28, 1999 at the Battle of Last Summer. In 2000 he became a Masahiro Chono
Masahiro Chono
, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He primarily wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling , but has also made appearances for the now defunct World Championship Wrestling, as a member of the New World Order. Chono was also known as Mister Black Jack when he first started as a villain. He is a...
loyalist, joining "Team 2000". After joining Team 2000, Goto would briefly continue to team with Ohara but the team quietly broke up towards the end of 2000. Afterwards, Goto would uses several masked gimmicks. He first became "Mr. T" at the DO JUDGE!! event teaming with Chono to defeat Shiro Koshinaka and Masanobu Fuchi
Masanobu Fuchi
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling as a full-time wrestler, as well as a director. Fuchi holds the record for the longest AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship reign and has competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling longer than any wrestler on the...
. After DO JUDGE!!, Goto then became "T2000" Machine and feuded with Super Strong Machine usually winding up on the losing end.
In 2001, he reunited with old Blonde Outlaws friend, Hiro Saito
Hiro Saito
Hiroyuki Saito is a professional wrestler best known by the shortened name of .-Career:Hiro debuted in 1978 in New Japan Pro Wrestling. In May 1985, he defeated The Cobra to win the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship only to lose back to him 2 months later...
but the team was never pushed and remained in the midcard. The Blonde Outlaws only highlight was winning the 2003 Teisen Hall Six Man Tag Team Tournament with Shinsuke Nakamura
Shinsuke Nakamura
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion.-Super Rookie :...
. In 2003, Goto reunited with Michiyoshi Ohara
Michiyoshi Ohara
Michiyoshi Ohara is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling where he wrestled from 1990 to 2004 where he enjoyed success winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship with Tatsutoshi Goto in 1999....
in the stable called "The Crazy Dogs" with Hiro Saito
Hiro Saito
Hiroyuki Saito is a professional wrestler best known by the shortened name of .-Career:Hiro debuted in 1978 in New Japan Pro Wrestling. In May 1985, he defeated The Cobra to win the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship only to lose back to him 2 months later...
and Enson Inoue
Enson Inoue
Enson Inoue is a Japanese American mixed martial artist. He has a professional MMA record of 12-8-0. He is a former Shooto Heavyweight Champion. He had also previously fought in Pride Fighting Championships, the biggest mixed martial arts organization at the time...
. From 2003 to 2004, The Crazy Dogs were in a feud with the Makai Club which ended after Ohara and Inoue left New Japan.
In January, 2006, Goto left New Japan to become a freelancer, although would make New Japan appearances after leaving. Since becoming a freelancer, Goto worked in a variety of promotions including DRADITION, Pro Wrestling ZERO1, Kensuke Office, Tenryu Project, DDT
Dramatic Dream Team
Dramatic Dream Team, better known by its initials DDT or its logo reading D2T, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 1997 by Sanshiro Takagi...
, & HUSTLE. On June 9, 2010, Goto won his first championship in 10 years when he teamed with Yoshihiro Takayama
Yoshihiro Takayama
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Takayama is well known for his ability to endure massive amounts of punishment, especially after his fight at PRIDE 21 against Don Frye...
and Daisuke Sekimoto
Daisuke Sekimoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. He is a former six-time BJW Tag Team Champion, as well as a former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion in ZERO1-MAX...
to win the Tenryu Project Six-Man Tag Team Championships
WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
The WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship is a tag team title previously contested for in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Wrestle Association R ....
. Goto is a sneaky veteran, well known for defeating top superstars when least expected. He utilizes one of the deadliest backdrop suplexes in professional wrestling, and despite staying true to his aggressive ways, is a very popular and respected veteran.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- High angle belly to back suplex
- Nicknames
- Mr. BD
- Mr. Backdrop
- Entrance ThemesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- Mr. BD
Championships and accomplishments
- New Japan Pro WrestlingNew Japan Pro Wrestlingis a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it...
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 Time) - with Michiyoshi OharaMichiyoshi OharaMichiyoshi Ohara is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling where he wrestled from 1990 to 2004 where he enjoyed success winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship with Tatsutoshi Goto in 1999....
- Teisen Hall Cup Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2003) – with Hiro SaitoHiro SaitoHiroyuki Saito is a professional wrestler best known by the shortened name of .-Career:Hiro debuted in 1978 in New Japan Pro Wrestling. In May 1985, he defeated The Cobra to win the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship only to lose back to him 2 months later...
and Shinsuke NakamuraShinsuke Nakamurais a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion.-Super Rookie :...
- Tenryu Project
- Tenryu Project Six-Man Tag Team ChampionshipWAR World Six-Man Tag Team ChampionshipThe WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship is a tag team title previously contested for in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Wrestle Association R ....
(1 time, current) - with Daisuke SekimotoDaisuke Sekimotois a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. He is a former six-time BJW Tag Team Champion, as well as a former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion in ZERO1-MAX...
and Yoshihiro TakayamaYoshihiro Takayamais a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Takayama is well known for his ability to endure massive amounts of punishment, especially after his fight at PRIDE 21 against Don Frye...
- Wrestle Association "R"WAR (wrestling promotion)Wrestle and Romance, and later Wrestle Association R, was a professional wrestling promotion founded and run by Genichiro Tenryu as the successor to Super World of Sports, and which lasted from 1992 to 2000. The promotion had very few regular contracted workers, instead most of the workers were...
- WAR Six Man Tag Team ChampionshipWAR (wrestling promotion)Wrestle and Romance, and later Wrestle Association R, was a professional wrestling promotion founded and run by Genichiro Tenryu as the successor to Super World of Sports, and which lasted from 1992 to 2000. The promotion had very few regular contracted workers, instead most of the workers were...
(1 Time) - with Shiro KoshinakaShiro Koshinakais a Japanese professional wrestler who has competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Wrestle Association "R" during the 1980s and 1990s...
& Michiyoshi Ohara