With this win, he went on to take on Strongest-K champion Kengo Mashimo in September and lost. On December 7, 1997, Michinoku defeated Brian Christopher at D-Generation X: In Your House to become the first WWF Light Heavyweight Champion recognized by the WWF. みのるが宣戦布告! In May 2019, Michinoku participated in the 2019 Best of the Super Juniors. Yamaguchi-gumi Talented wrestlers like Taka Michinoku and Sho Funaki brought their skills to America, but are now best remembered for culturally insensitive storylines and … Michinoku started a feud with Kazma, which led to several championship matches between the two where Michinoku would come out on top. [18] In late 2009, Handsome went separate ways. This resulted in the group changing multiple assets. After this Michinoku left the company to join the World Wrestling Federation. [11], Michinoku made his ECW and American debut on February 14, 1997 in a match where he teamed with Dick Togo & Terry Boy to defeat Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa & The Great Sasuke. Source. [38] On February 20, 2011, at The New Beginning, Michinoku took on Prince Devitt for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, which Devitt retained. [16] K-DOJO was separated into two distinct sides, GET and RAVE, which ran separate shows but often joined together during large shows and tours and GET was led by Taka Michinoku while RAVE's leader was Hi69. Then he debuted f… [18] Michinoku would be part of multiple number one contendorship matches for the Strongest-K Championship and also participated in Strongest-K tournament 2011 but lost all. World Wrestling Federation/WWF (1998) In March 1998, Yamaguchi signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Yamaguchi-san. Val is in a wheelchair, being pushed by John and flanked by Mrs. Yamaguchi, who in a bizarre plot twist last week was revealed as Taka Michinoku's sister. Sunny comes out wearing a sexy pink strapped top that left her toned stomach bare, a matching half skirt and her blonde hair was tied into a bun. Between 2008 and 2009, Michinoku would sporadically compete at All Japan, which included Nobutaka Araya retirement show. During his reign, he has defended his titles against both AJPW and independent circuit talent to increase his base of opponents, and thus has increased the reach of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, which was closed off to outside competition in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. He would go on to beat Bambi in the finals of Strongest-K 2005. In 2000 and 2001 Michinoku had multiple opportunities to become the WWF Light Heavyweight Champion taking on Dean Malenko, Jeff Hardy and others. On May 19, 2002, Michinoku debuted for Kaientai Dojo at K-Dojo New Talent Presentation where Michinoku had several matches with four new K-Dojo talents and won all four matches. In January 2015, Suzuki-gun entered a storyline, where the entire stable invaded the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion. Val Venis, the WWF's own porn star, had eyes for Yamaguchi-san's sister. [17] They would lose it to Omega once again with Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi defeating them on December 14. He was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals on June 9 by Alex Shelley. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. [19] Michinoku and Kengo teamed with Isami Kodaka to become the Chiba 6 Man Tag Team Champions. During the match, Michinoku turned heel and attacked his partner Venis essentially joing the Kaientai faction. At one point, Val Venis got involved, and revealed that the wife of Kaientai's manager, Yamaguchi-san, has starred in one of his adult films. [17] Michinoku and JOE would begin calling themselves Handsome. The first match of the semifinals would be between Taka Michinoku and Aguila. [41], Both Michinoku and Taichi participated in Best of the Super Juniors XIX, however, neither progressed to the semifinal. The pairing would defend the championships on both New Japan events but also Kaientai events too. In 2019, Michinoku started another promotion, Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (JTO). Michinoku won Strongest-K next challenger tournament and went on to beat Kengo Mashimo to become a two time Strongest-K Champion. Val teamed up with Taka to take on Funaki and Togo on the next Raw, only to have Taka turn on him and join Kaientai. (1:55) Michinoku then lets the camera know that Mrs. Yamaguchi is TAKA’s sister. Their first tag team match together came in the form of a loss to the Hardy Boyz. The Comically Serious: Tended to play the straight man to Vince's Laughably Evil boss whenever the two were interacting. The name "Kaientai" is based on the organization of the same name founded by a samurai named Sakamoto Ryōma. 22 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, WEW Six Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gosaku Goshogawara and Tetsuhiro Kuroda, Nuru Nuru Brothers (Tomomitsu Matsunaga and, This page was last edited on 12 April 2021, at 15:17. After Satoshi Kojima lost the IWGP Heavyweight Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom V, Kojima suffered another big loss against longtime rival Togi Makabe on May 3 and following the match, Michinoku and Taichi entered the ring and attacked Kojima, who quickly took care of both of them. [58] Michinoku would disappear shortly after to focus on starting his new promotion, Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out. Yoshida has held the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship and Kaientai Dojo (K-Dojo) Strongest-K Championship simultaneously for almost 10 months. [19] Michinoku teamed with Kengo Mashimo to become the Strongest-K Tag Team Champions and would go on to win the K-DOJO Tag League 2012. At the same time Michinoku and Dick Togo became the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions for New Japan Pro Wrestling and Handsome and Strongest-K Tag Team Championship was put on the back burner somewhat. [43] The match took place on August 22 at Michinoku's Kaientai Dojo promotion, but ended without a winner as Minoru Suzuki interrupted the match and got the two men to make peace with each other. In the beginning of 2008 Handsome took part in K-DOJO Tag Tag League 2008 and were eliminated in the first round by Kazma and Yuji Hino. skits in which voices in English were dubbed by Bruce Prichard into their promos while they badly lip-synced. [46] On September 29 at Destruction, Michinoku and Taichi failed to earn another shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, when they were defeated in a number one contender's match by Time Splitters. [57] From March 2018 until May 2019, he was the manager and occasional tag team partner of Zack Sabre Jr.. Remember the time Val Venis slept with Yamaguchi-San's wife and then they chopped his penis off? [33] Michinoku would go on to team up with D'Lo Brown to take part in World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2003 and gained a total of six points, not enough to progress to the next stage. This episode had a joint press conference between Val Venis and John Wayne Bobbitt. TAKA would name the finishing move that he himself innovated the "Michinoku Driver number 2" (often written as "Michinoku Driver II") in homage, despite it being a completely different type of … The following week, Venis teamed up with Taka Michinoku to take on Togo and Funaki in a tag team match. [35], Pepe Michinoku (Taka Michinoku), El Nosawa Mendoza, and Miguel Hayashi Jr formed a team during the AJPW Champion Carnival called Mexico Amigos. [34] Michinoku would team up with RO&D enemy Kaz Hayashi to take part in World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2006 but with only five points the pair didn't progress to the next stage. At WrestleMania 2000 the pair were part of a hardcore battle royal for the WWF Hardcore Championship, Funaki even became the Hardcore champion for a small amount of time however Michinoku never held the title. [29] On July 12, 2015, Michinoku won the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship alongside Men's Teioh. Michinoku once again teamed up with Togo, Teioh and Funaki to go against The Oddities (Giant Silva, Golga & Kurrgan) at SummerSlam 1998 only to lose the match. They proceeded to drag him backstage and attempt to castrate him. Taka made a swerve, however, by turning against Venis, proclaiming that Mrs. Yamaguchi-San was his sister. [11], Michinoku's first title reign came in the form of the FMW Independent Junior Heavyweight Championship, which he won by defeating Koji Nakagawa on May 5, 1996. Michinoku finally lost the championship to his longtime rival Kazma on October 10, 2009. After the match, Ray Suzuki revealed himself as Minoru Suzuki and stated the starting next year he would throw his Amigos tights away and return to Nosawa Rongai, then kidnapped him to start early training. They defeated Michinoku and Bradshaw at the Over The Edge pay-per-view. [16], 2007 kicked of for Michinoku in the form of a New Year battle royal, which was won by Boso Boy Raito. [34] On October 22, 2005, Michinoku would lose the World Junior Heavyweight Championship to Shuji Kondo. In March 2003, Michinoku teamed up with Mr. X5 to take part in UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship number one contendership tournament and were eliminated in the second round by MIYAWAKI and Ofune. During this time, Michinoku and Togo lost their championship and Handsome would compete a lot more because of it. Other matches include two tag matches teaming with Yoshihiro Tajiri, a Hardcore Heaven rematch with Super Crazy ending In another victory for Super Crazy, a loss against Jerry Lynn & his last two matches for ECW was in the form of two wins against Mosco de la Merced.[12]. Di… He would vacate the championship to focus on the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. This led Taka Michinoku, the other Asian WWF star at the time, to join the group. It was a major player in the introduction of the Meiji Restoration. Chewing the Scenery: He was considered for giving the Hong Kong Dub to Taka Michinoku's famous Kaientai promos, but it ultimately went to Brother Love and Tom Pritchard. [40] At Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, Michinoku and Taichi teamed up with Atlantis and Valiente to lose to Jyushin Thunder Liger, Kushida, Máscara Dorada and Tiger Mask. [17] Handsome would regain the championship a few months later on August 31. A limo pulls up and inside are John and Val. [36] In 2010, he lost to Kaz Hayashi in a match for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship and would also participate in AJPW Junior League 2010. [35] In late 2006, RO&D disbanded. From late May to early June 2013, Michinoku took part in the 2013 Best of the Super Juniors. [59] They held their first show on July 8, 2019 in Korakuen Hall, where Yoshida (still wrestling as Taka Michinoku) was defeated by Minoru Suzuki. However, on June 20, 2008, Handsome would lose the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship to Omega's Kazma and Miyawaki. [12] Taka's biggest venture in WWF came when he challenged Triple H for the WWF Championship on the April 10, 2000 edition of Raw, coming up short despite interference on his behalf from Funaki and the Acolytes Protection Agency. The following week, Venis teamed up with Taka Michinoku to take on Togo and Funaki in a tag team match. Val responds "Hello, ladies. Michinoku teamed up with Taichi to take on Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and lost. Daughter of Luchador Gran Apache and the sister of luchadora Faby Apache. Sister of Darkness. [37] On May 2, 2007, Michinoku and Togo would beat tag team legends Gedo and Jado to become the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. [18] Handsome would take part in K-DOJO Tag Team League 2009 but didn't progress further. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Going winless in his first 5 matches, he injured his ankle during his 6th match against Shingo Takagi. He lost a rematch to Sasuke the following night on Raw. He would lose to Taishi Takizawa in the semifinal of Kaio Tournament. She worked under the gimmick of Kyoko Yamaguchi (refered to as simply Mrs. Yamaguchi during her tenure), the onscreen wife of Wally Yamaguchi (manager of the Kaientai stable) and sister of Taka Michinoku, who had an affair with Venis. The name "Kaientai" is based on the organization of the same name founded by a samurai named Ryoma Sakamoto. Di… [30], In November 2018, it was revealed Michinoku had an extra-marital relationship of 8 years with a woman. [12], In 1999 Michinoku would return at ECW Cyberslam 1999 defeating Papi Chulo. [34] With this win and many more successes, RO&D would dominate AJPW, which led to an AJPW vs RO&D best of three falls match, which RO&D won. He also wrestled Super Crazy at Hardcore Heaven 1999. They were primarily comedy jobbers, best known for their "Indeed!" He was entered in the WWF Light Heavyweight Title Tournament where the winner would become the first WWF Light Heavyweight Champion, he beat Devon Storm in the quarterfinal, Aguila in the semifinal. I don't know if I should post them or not. Taka Michinoku turned on Venis during a tag team match against Togo and Funaki, effectively turning heel and joining Kaientai, Mrs. Yamaguchi was also later revealed to be Michinoku's sister. Taka Michinoku vs. Michinoku would primary compete at MPW, UWF and FMW in his early career. He would later move Federacion Universal De Lucha Libre and debuted by beating the team of Mongolian Yuga & Shiryu with Buffalo Chohe. Venis was dragged backstage by Kaientai to have his member amputated, though the audience did not see what happened next. Michinoku fought between the others The Headhunters and Val Venis, at the time using the mask of Steele. My last post was Ruby in her MMA uniform. [14] After holding the title for more than 10 months, Michinoku lost the title to Christian at Judgment Day: In Your House on October 18. The referee hands the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship belt to the time keeper before getting the match underway. [21] On April 14, 2013, Michinoku defeated Yuki Sato to win the UWA World Middleweight Championship for the first time. John asks "Are you still hanging in there?" [33] At AJPW Excite Series 2004, Michinoku took on Kaz Hayashi in a match for the vacant World Junior Heavyweight Championship, which Hayashi won. [12][13] Taka successfully defended the WWF Light Heavyweight Title at No Way Out of Texas: In Your House against Pantera, at WrestleMania XIV against Aguila and against multiple different opponents on Raw is War and Shotgun Saturday Night. [49] Michinoku and Taichi made their first successful title defense on November 1, defeating Gedo and Jado at their self-produced independent event. Michinoku teamed up with TAKU Michinoku to take part in a four-way match for the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship and lost. In that period, two other Japanese wrestlers wrestled in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, namely Ultimo Dragon and Yoshihiro Tajiri. She and Angel lock … They proceeded to drag him backstage and attempt to castrate him. This infuriated the stable. [19] Michinoku and Quiet Storm took on Ryuichi Sekine & Saburo Inematsu in a match for the Strongest-K Tag Team Championship and lost. This was also Michinoku's first pay per view appearance. [10], His debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling came during Super J-Cup 1994 and was eliminated from the competition in the first round by Black Tiger. Michinoku is the founder and former promoter of Kaientai Dojo (now Active Advance Pro Wrestling), where he also primarily wrestled until 2019. Mr. He also went up against Super Delfin for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship and had a J-Crown Title #1 Contendership match with Koji Kanemoto, both of which he lost. It was then revealed that Mrs. Yamaguchi was in fact…Taka’s sister. After departing from the WWF in early 2002, Michinoku returned to Japan to rehabilitate a serious shoulder injury. 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