Shingo Takagi
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| Shingo Takagi | |
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| Ring name(s) | Shingo Takagi Shingo SHINGO |
| Billed height | 178 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Billed weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
| Born | November 21, 1982 Yamanashi, Japan |
| Trained by | Dragon Gate Dojo Animal Hamagchi Dojo |
| Debut | October 3, 2004 |
Shingo Takagi (鷹木信悟, born November 21, 1982 in Yamanashi) is a former Japanese bodybuilder, turned professional wrestler. Shingo is currently competing for the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate, and spent an extended run with the American promotions Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro.
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[edit] Career
Shingo debuted on October 3, 2004 as the first graduate of the Dragon Gate Dojo. He is also a graduate of the Animal Hamaguchi Dojo. Shingo won the 2005 Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year award.
In Dragon Gate, Shingo became a member of the Blood Generation stable. From there he, along with several other Dragon Gate wrestlers, began wrestling for Ring of Honor in America. Shingo made several ROH appearances before becoming a regular wrestler in ROH in late 2006. He became one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions on March 3, 2007, with Naruki Doi, beating the Briscoe Brothers in Liverpool, England. The two would lose the title back to the Briscoes at All–Star Extravaganza III on March 30.
Shingo had his final official ROH match at "Good Times, Great Memories" on April 28, 2007, unsuccessfully challenging Takeshi Morishima for the ROH World Championship.
On May 10, 2007, shortly after forming the stable New Hazard, Takagi along with BxB Hulk and Cyber Kong, defeated the Typhoon team of CIMA, Susumu Yokosuka, and Ryo Saito for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship. They held the titles until July 13, 2007 when the titles were vacated due to BxB Hulk receiving a jaw injury. They challenged for the vacant titles against the Muscle Outlaw'z team of Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, and Magnitude Kishiwada with Jack Evans as a replacement. They were unsuccessful in regaining the titles.
He challenged the Briscoe Brothers for ROH World Tag Team Championship unsuccessfully at ROH's Live in Osaka with his partner Susumu Yokosuka on July 17.
On 14th May 2008, Shingo joined the newest Dragon Gate super-heel group, Real Hazard, consisting of himself, Gamma, Genki Horiguchi, Cyber Kong, YAMATO, & Yasushi Kanda.
[edit] Wrestling facts
- Finishing and signature moves
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- Original Falconry (Wrist–clutch Olympic slam)
- Last Falconry (Pumphandle backbreaker rack dropped into a sitout scoop slam piledriver)
- Blood Fall (Sitout torture rack facebuster)
- Gallon Throw (Reverse powerbomb)
- MANRIKI Grip (Arm trap anaconda vice)
- Pumping Bomber (Running crooked arm lariat, with theatrics)
- Lariat
- Snap suplex
- DDT
- German suplex
- Tornado DDT
- Flipping senton
- Nicknames
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- Pumping Hawk
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship (4 times, current) – with CIMA & Naruki Doi, BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong (2 times) and Gamma & YAMATO
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- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Naruki Doi
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- 2005 Rookie of the Year
