Pat Tanaka
Born (1961-08-05) August 5, 1961 (age 62)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Pat Tanaka
Tanaka-San
El Gato
GOKU-DO
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Billed fromHonolulu, Hawaii
Tokyo, Japan (as part of the Orient Express)
Sapporo, Japan (as Tanaka-San)
Mexico City, Mexico (as El Gato)
Trained byDuke Keomuka
Debut1985

Patrick "Pat" Tanaka (born August 5, 1961) is an American professional wrestler.

He is best known for working with American Wrestling Association where he was one half of Badd Company and the World Wrestling Federation where he was one half of The Orient Express.

While in AWA, he won the AWA World Tag Team Championship as a member of Badd Company on March 19, 1988 when they defeated the Midnight Rockers.[1] The team held the championships for a year and the lost them to the Olympians (Brad Rheingans and Ken Patera) on March 25, 1989.[1]

In mid-March 2006, he opened Fighting Spirit Dojo in Minster, Ohio along with shoot-fighter Jody Poff. He teaches judo to more than 50 students while Poff teaches a group of mixed-martial-artists.[2]

Championships

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. "Daily Standard Pictures". The Daily Standard. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  3. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers of the PWI Years". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on 2003-04-12. Retrieved 2013-12-01.