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Hirooki Goto

April 11, 2024

For the Japanese voice actor, see Hiroki Gotō.

Hirooki Goto (後藤洋央紀, Gotō Hirooki, born June 25, 1979)[1][2] is a Japanese professional wrestler. Since his debut, he has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

Hirooki Goto
Goto in March 2016
Born (1979-06-25) June 25, 1979 (age 44)[1][2]
Kuwana, Mie, Japan[1]
Children3[3][4]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)C.T.U Ranger Red[5]
Goto[6]
Hirooki Goto
Billed height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Billed weight103 kg (227 lb)[1]
Trained byHiroyoshi Tenzan[7]
DebutJuly 6, 2003[1]

He is known for being the longest reigning NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with his Chaos stablemates, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi, a two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, five-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, five-time NEVER Openweight Champion, one-time winner of the G1 Climax (2008), five-time winner of the World Tag League (2012, 2014, and 2021, 2022, 2023), and a record three-time winner of the New Japan Cup (2009, 2010, and 2012).

Early life edit

Goto attended Kuwana Kogyo High School in Kuwana, Mie, where he was classmates with Katsuyori Shibata.[8] Goto later attended Kokushikan University, where he took part in freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling.

Professional wrestling career edit

New Japan Pro-Wrestling edit

Junior heavyweight (2003–2005) edit

Goto's first approach to pro wrestling was Fire pro Wrestling videogame. Then, he started watching JPW, NJPW, AJPW, and Michinoku Pro.[9] Upon graduating, Goto qualified to join New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), but left the promotion after incurring a shoulder injury. He returned to NJPW in November 2002 after healing and began training in the NJPW dojo. He debuted on July 6, 2003, in Gifu, Gifu, wrestling Ryusuke Taguchi. The two men competed in the junior heavyweight division, and teamed together the same year to try to take the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a tournament, but were defeated in the final by veterans Gedo and Jado.

In early 2005, he won the NJPW Young Lion Cup, defeating Hiroyuki Itō in the tournament final. After turning heel and joining Jyushin Thunder Liger's "Control Terrorism Unit" ("C.T.U.") stable, Goto adopted the ring name "C.T.U Ranger Red". He won his first championship on May 15, 2005, teaming with Minoru to defeat Koji Kanemoto and Wataru Inoue in the Tokyo Dome for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[2] The duo held the titles for nine months, losing to El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi on February 19, 2006 in Tokyo.

Foreign excursion (2006–2007) edit

In 2006, Goto joined the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion as a member of Team Japan (consisting of CTU members Goto, Jyushin Thunder Liger, Black Tiger and Minoru), one of the four teams competing in the TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament. He debuted in TNA on April 23, 2006 at Lockdown, where he teamed with Black Tiger and Minoru against Team USA members Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal and Alex Shelley. Team Japan defeated USA when Black Tiger pinned Lethal.[10] On the April 27, 2006, episode of TNA Impact!, Goto and Minoru lost to Dutt and Shelley, giving a first round victory and two points to Team USA.[11] On May 14, 2006 at Sacrifice, Goto and the other members of Team Japan accompanied Liger to ringside, assisting him in his victory over Team Canada captain Petey Williams. Later that night, all four members of Team Japan took part in a gauntlet match that was won by Team Canada captain Petey Williams.[12] The 2006 World X Cup was won by Team USA (with five points), with Team Japan coming last with three points.

On August 1, 2006, Goto left for a lengthy learning excursion to Mexico after losing in a farewell match at the CTU 2nd Anniversary Show.[2] While in Mexico he wrestled primarily for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and for Último Dragón's Toryumon Mexico. During his time in Mexico, he formed a rudo unit with Hajime Ohara and Shigeo Okumura in CMLL.

RISE (2007–2009) edit

In August 2007, Goto returned to New Japan after his almost one-year stay in Mexico.[2] Upon his return, the now much more muscular Goto graduated from a Jr. heavyweight to a Heavyweight.[2] Goto showed a great deal of promise and skill since last seen in July 2006. He showcased a whole new moveset and he quickly tried to establish himself as one of the top Heavyweights in New Japan. Not that far into his return Goto join the Stable "R.I.S.E" with Shinsuke Nakamura, Travis Tomko, Giant Bernard, and fellow former CTU teammates Minoru, Milano Collection AT, and Prince Devitt. On November 11, he challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but after a long and hard-fought match, Tanahashi would win with the Texas Cloverleaf.[2] Shortly after that Goto entered the 2007 G1 Tag League with Milano Collection AT, but the pair would finish in third place.[2]

In 2008 Goto wrestled one of his childhood idols, The Great Muta at New Japan's annual January 4 Tokyo Dome Show. Although having a good showing, Goto would fall to Muta.[2]

Goto's progress was good through 2008 but a surprise victory in New Japan's prestigious G1 Climax in August surpassed everyone's expectations. Goto earned 8 points in Block B, tied for first with Nakamura, but he advanced to the final due to a direct win over the former IWGP champion and RISE leader. Meeting Togi Makabe in the final, Goto overcame outside interference and blood loss to defeat the leader of the Great Bash Heel (G.B.H.) faction, pinning him with the Shouten.

In March 2009 Goto defeated Karl Anderson, Shinsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nagata and Giant Bernard to win the 2009 New Japan Cup and earn a shot at Hiroshi Tanahashi's IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[13] On May 3, 2009, at Wrestling Dontaku 2009, Tanahashi defeated Goto to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[14]

Tournament wins (2010–2013) edit

On January 4, 2010, at Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome, Takashi Sugiura successfully defended his GHC Heavyweight Championship against Goto.[15] In March, Goto defeated Yujiro Takahashi, Masato Tanaka and Togi Makabe to win the 2010 New Japan Cup for the second year in a row.[16] Goto went on to challenge the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura on April 4, but would once again fail in his attempt to win the title.[17] On June 28, 2010, Goto, teaming up with Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi entered the J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament.[18] Two days later the trio defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tajiri and Kushida in the finals to win the tournament.[19][20] During August's G1 Climax Goto debuted a new finishing maneuver, a cross-legged cradle, which he initially titled as Goto Special but was later renamed Goto-Shiki Hold (Goto Style Hold), has earned him pinfall victories over former IWGP Heavyweight Champions Yuji Nagata and Shinsuke Nakamura, but a loss to eventual G1 winner Satoshi Kojima on the final day of the tournament dropped him fourth in his block, narrowly missing the finals.[21][22][23] On October 11 Goto defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to earn the right to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[24] However, the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima vetoed the result of the match and named Nakamura his first challenger for the belt.[25] On December 11, while Kojima successfully defended his title against Nakamura, Goto was derailed from his quest to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship with a loss against Hiroshi Tanahashi.[26] The following day Kojima defeated Goto in a non–title match, ending Goto's dream of main eventing Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome.[27] Instead, Goto teamed with the returning Kazuchika Okada in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Pro Wrestling Noah representatives Yoshihiro Takayama and Takashi Sugiura.[28][29] On March 6 Goto began his quest to win his third New Japan Cup in a row, but was defeated in the first round by Shinsuke Nakamura.[30] On March 20, the final day of the tournament, Goto turned heel by abandoning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi during a tag team match against Satoshi Kojima and MVP.[31] This marked Goto's final appearance for New Japan, before leaving for his second excursion to Mexico.[32]

 
Goto in June 2011

Goto made his return to CMLL on March 25 and would, for the next month, work for the promotion as a heel, culminating in a match on April 29 at Arena México's 55th anniversary show, where he unsuccessfully challenged Último Guerrero for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship in a Two Out of Three Falls match.[6][33] Goto returned to New Japan on May 3, when he teamed with Tama Tonga to defeat Takashi Sugiura and Makoto Hashi in a tag team match. Later in the event, Goto attacked and declared a war on Hiroshi Tanahashi after he had successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura.[34][35] Goto would once again fail in his IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge on June 18, 2011.[36] After the match, Goto and Tanahashi seemingly made peace with each other, with Tanahashi suggesting that they go for the IWGP Tag Team Championship together.[37] On June 23, Goto, Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi won their second J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament in a row by defeating the team of Giant Bernard, Jyushin Thunder Liger and Karl Anderson in the finals of the three-day-long tournament.[38] On July 3 Goto and Tanahashi failed in their attempt to capture the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson.[39] On August 1, Goto entered the 2011 G1 Climax, where he went on to win six out of his nine matches, but a loss to Strong Man on the final day of the tournament dropped him to second place in his block, causing him to narrowly miss the finals of the tournament.[40] In the 2011 G1 Tag League, Goto teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi as "The Billion Powers".[41] After picking up two wins and two losses in their first four matches in the group stage of the tournament, Goto and Tanahashi defeated the Beast Combination (Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe) on November 4 to advance to the semifinals of the tournament.[42] On November 6, Goto and Tanahashi were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Bad Intentions.[43] On November 12 at Power Struggle, Goto unsuccessfully challenged Masato Tanaka for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.[44] On January 4, 2012, at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, Goto reignited his rivalry with Pro Wrestling Noah's Takashi Sugiura, defeating him in a singles match.[45]

On February 12 at The New Beginning, Goto defeated Masato Tanaka to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship for the first time.[46] Goto made his first title defense on March 11, defeating Yujiro Takahashi.[47] On April 1, Goto entered the 2012 New Japan Cup. After victories over Yujiro Takahashi, La Sombra and Togi Makabe, Goto defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi on April 8 in the finals to win the tournament for the third time and earn another shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[48][49][50] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2012, Goto unsuccessfully challenged Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[51] On May 20, Goto made his second successful defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Tomohiro Ishii.[52] On July 22, Goto lost the title to Shinsuke Nakamura in his third defense.[53] On October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Goto received a rematch for the title, but was again defeated by Nakamura.[54] On November 11 at Power Struggle, Goto unsuccessfully challenged Kazuchika Okada for the right to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at the Tokyo Dome.[55][56] From November 20 to December 1, Goto took part in the round-robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League, alongside Karl Anderson under the team name "Sword & Guns".[57] The team finished with a record of four wins and two losses, finishing second in their block and advancing to the semifinals of the tournament.[58][59] On December 2, Goto and Anderson defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) to advance to the finals of the tournament, where, later that same day, they defeated the reigning IWGP Tag Team Champions, K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer), to win the tournament.[60] Sword & Guns received their shot at the IWGP Tag Team Championship on January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome, but were defeated in a rematch by K.E.S.[61][62]

Storyline with Katsuyori Shibata (2013–2015) edit

In February 2013, Goto made a challenge towards former high school classmate Katsuyori Shibata,[63] which led to a tag team match on February 10, where he and Wataru Inoue were defeated by Shibata and Kazushi Sakuraba. Afterwards, Goto and Shibata had a heated confrontation, building to a future singles match between the two.[64] In March, Goto once again made it to the finals of the New Japan Cup, before losing to Kazuchika Okada.[65] Goto and Shibata finally faced off in a singles match on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013, which ended in a draw.[66] A rematch between the two took place on June 22 at Dominion 6.22, where Shibata was victorious.[8][67] A third match between the two on July 20 ended in another draw.[68] During early August, Goto participated in the 2013 G1 Climax. On August 8, however, it was revealed that Goto had suffered a fractured jaw and was pulled from the tournament.[69] He was leading the A block with four wins (which included a big win over IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada) and two losses and had three matches left when he was pulled from the G1.[70][71]

 
Goto in July 2015

Goto returned on December 8, challenging Katsuyori Shibata to a match at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome.[72] On January 4, 2014, Goto defeated Shibata in his return match.[73] The match ended the rivalry between Goto and Shibata and led to the two forming a tag team.[74][75] The following day, Goto scored the pinfall in an eight-man tag team main event against Chaos, after which he challenged Kazuchika Okada to a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.[76] On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, Goto received his seventh shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship,[77] but was yet again unsuccessful in capturing the title.[78][79] Afterwards, Goto and Shibata entered the IWGP Tag Team Championship picture, defeating the reigning champions, Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson), in a non-title match at New Japan's 42nd anniversary event on March 6.[80] They received their title shot on April 6 at Invasion Attack 2014, but were defeated by Gallows and Anderson.[81][82] From July 21 to August 8, Goto took part in the 2014 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of four wins and six losses.[83] During the tournament final event on August 10, Goto and Shibata faced off in another singles match, where Shibata was victorious.[84][85] Goto then entered a storyline, where he started leading a counterattack against the Bullet Club and Chaos stables, with the goal of revitalizing the New Japan Seikigun ("regular army"), which he represented alongside the likes of Shibata and Hiroshi Tanahashi.[86] On November 8 at Power Struggle, Goto received his first shot at the NEVER Openweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Tomohiro Ishii.[87] Later in the month, Goto and Shibata entered the 2014 World Tag League, where they opened with a three match losing streak,[88] only to come back and win their four remaining matches, winning their block and advancing to the finals.[89] On December 7, Goto and Shibata defeated Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson in the finals to win the 2014 World Tag League.[90] This led to a rematch between the two teams on January 4, 2015, at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, where Goto and Shibata defeated Anderson and Gallows to become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions.[91][92] Goto and Shibata's reign ended in their first defense on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka, where they were defeated by Anderson and Gallows.[93][94]

On March 8, Goto and Shibata once again faced off in the second round of the 2015 New Japan Cup in a match, where Goto was victorious.[95] Goto eventually made it to the finals of the tournament on March 15, where he was defeated by Kota Ibushi.[96] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2015, Goto defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship for the second time.[97] Goto made his first title defense on July 5 at Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall, defeating Nakamura in a rematch.[98][99] From July 23 to August 15, Goto took part in the 2015 G1 Climax.[100] After six victories, one of which came over reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada,[101] Goto entered the final day with a chance to advance from his block, but was eliminated after suffering his third loss of the tournament against Yuji Nagata.[102] Through NJPW's working relationship with the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion, Goto returned to the United States on August 21, teaming with Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe in a six-man tag team match, where they defeated Okada, Beretta and Rocky Romero.[103] Goto's Intercontinental Championship reign ended on September 27 at Destruction in Kobe, when he was defeated by Shinsuke Nakamura in another title rematch.[104][105]

Chaos (2016–present) edit

 
Goto in February 2016

After defeating Tetsuya Naito on January 4, 2016, at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome, Goto received his eighth shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship,[106] but yet again failed to win the title, being defeated by the defending champion, Kazuchika Okada, on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka. Goto went into the match with new attire, painting his body white and covering himself with script. Following the match, Okada offered Goto a spot in the Chaos stable.[107] Over the next several events, Okada tried to shake hands with Goto and get him to join Chaos on multiple occasions, but was turned down each time.[108] In March, Goto made it to the finals of the 2016 New Japan Cup, but was defeated there by Tetsuya Naito. After the final match, Goto finally agreed to shake hands with Okada, after he saved him from a post-match assault by Naito and his Los Ingobernables de Japón stable, and joined Chaos.[109][110] From July 18 to August 12, Goto took part in the round-robin portion of the 2016 G1 Climax, where he won his block, besting both Hiroshi Tanahashi and reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada, with a record of six wins and three losses, advancing to the finals.[111] On August 14, Goto was defeated in the finals by Kenny Omega.[112] At the end of the year, Goto took part in the 2016 World Tag League, teaming with Chaos stablemate Tomohiro Ishii.[113] The two finished the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals due to losing to block winners Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma in their final round-robin match.[114]

On January 4, 2017, at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome, Goto defeated Katsuyori Shibata to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the first time.[115] Goto made his first successful title defense on February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo against Juice Robinson.[116] His second defense took place at the NJPW and ROH co-produced Honor Rising: Japan 2017 event, where he defeated ROH wrestler Punisher Martinez.[117] On April 9 at Sakura Genesis 2017, Goto made his third successful defense against Zack Sabre Jr., despite outside interference from Sabre's Suzuki-gun stablemates Minoru Suzuki and El Desperado. Afterwards, Goto brawled with Suzuki, setting up his next title defense.[118] On April 27, Goto lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Suzuki.[119] On June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall, he failed to reclaim the title in a rematch against Suzuki in a Lumberjack Deathmatch.[120] The following month, Goto entered the 2017 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of five wins and four losses, failing to advance from his block.[121] At the end of the year, Goto teamed with Yoshi-Hashi in the 2017 World Tag League. Finishing with a record of four wins and three losses, the team failed to qualify for the finals, after losing to Evil and Sanada in their final round-robin match.[122] On January 4, 2018, Goto defeated Minoru Suzuki in a Hair vs. Hair match to win the NEVER Openweight Championship, forcing Suzuki to have his head shaved bald.[123] On January 5, 2018, at New Year's Dash, he was challenged to a title match by Evil, which he accepted. The match took place on February 10, 2018 at The New Beginning in Osaka, where Goto was victorious.[124] On February 23, 2018, Goto made his second successful defense of the NEVER Openweight Championship against The Beer City Bruiser at the NJPW and ROH co-produced Honor Rising: Japan 2018 event.[125] On April 27, 2018, at Road to Wrestling Dontaku, Goto made his third successful defense of the NEVER Openweight championship in a rematch with Juice Robinson.[126] On June 9, 2018 at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo hall, Goto lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Michael Elgin in a 3-way match which also involved Taichi, ending his second reign at 156 days.[127] On June 17, 2018 at Kizuna Road, Goto defeated Elgin in a rematch for the NEVER Openweight Championship to win back the title[128] Goto made his first successful title defence against Jeff Cobb at G1 Special in San Francisco.[129] From July 14 to August 12 Goto took part in the G1 Climax 2018 and he ended up with 3 wins and 6 losses, failing to advance to the finals. On the final day of the G1 Climax, a returning Taichi later challenged him for the NEVER Openweight Championship, which Goto accepted.[130] On September 17, at Destruction in Beppu, Goto lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Taichi in his second defense.[131] On October 27, Goto requested for a rematch for the NEVER Openweight Championship, replacing his Chaos stablemate Will Ospreay, who was scheduled to challenge Taichi at Power Struggle for the title but was unable to do so due to Ospreay suffering an injury.[132] Taichi, however, waved off Goto's challenge and declined immediately.[133] Despite this, the title match was eventually still set at Power struggle which took place on November 3. At the event, Goto defeated Taichi to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the fourth time. Goto would lose the belt to Kota Ibushi on December 9, without having any defenses.[134]

 
Goto in February 2017, during his first reign as the NEVER Openweight Champion

2019 would see Goto change effectively. After some massive losses, including one to Jay White on April 29, Goto would travel to the United States to train under Shibata's LA Dojo system to improve as he also briefly wrestled for Ring of Honor during their War Of The Worlds series. From July 6 until August 11, 2019, Goto returned and took part in the 2019 G1 Climax, where he finished the tournament with a record of five wins (one against Jay White) and four losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament, due to losing to Shingo Takagi in their head-to-head match. Goto would avenge his loss to Shingo at September's Destruction in Kobe however. In the same event, he would challenge White for his newly won Intercontinental Championship, although White repeatedly refused, the match was set up anyway for Power Struggle, where Goto would lose. From November 16 until December 8, Goto and Karl Fredericks took part in the 2019 World Tag League, failing to win the tournament with a record of three wins and twelve losses. Afterward, Goto began feuding with KENTA. Throughout the 2019 World Tag League, KENTA began mocking Goto after his matches, leading Goto to attack him on November 29. Despite being attacked by Goto, KENTA continued to mock Goto leading him to attack KENTA again on December 8. At a press conference the following day, Goto drew the ire of KENTA, after calling into question his in-ring abilities, leading KENTA to return the favor and attack him.

On January 5, 2020, on the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome, Goto defeated KENTA to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the fifth time. He lost the title to Shingo Takagi on February 1, at The New Beginning in Sapporo. In June, Goto took part in the 2020 New Japan Cup, being eliminated from the tournament by EVIL in the second round. On August 9, Goto, Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi defeated fellow CHAOS stablemates Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Sho in a tournament final to win NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. From September 19 until October 17, Goto took part in the 2020 G1 Climax, finishing the tournament with a record of four wins and five losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. During the tournament, Goto and Toru Yano broke the record of the shortest match in the tournament's history with the match lasting 18 seconds, surpassing the record held by Kenzo Suzuki against Tadao Yasuda in the 2002 tournament, which their match lasted 37 seconds. From November 15 until December 6, Goto and Yoshi-Hashi took part in the 2020 World Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of five wins and four losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. In March 2021, Goto took part in the 2021 New Japan Cup, losing in the second round to eventual finalist Shingo Takagi on March 13. From September 19 to October 20, Goto took part in the 2021 G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of three wins and six losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. Goto, Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi's reign would break the record for the longest reign as champions at 454 days and the most successful title defenses with 9 defenses, before losing the titles to House of Torture (EVIL, Sho & Yujiro Takahashi) on November 6 at Power Struggle. From November 14 to December 12, Goto took part in the round-robin portion of the 2021 World Tag League, alongside Yoshi-Hashi. The team finished with a record of nine wins and two losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 15, Goto & Yoshi-Hashi defeated EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi in the finals to win the 2021 World Tag League. On January 4, 2022, on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 16, Goto and Yoshi-Hashi defeated Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[135] On Night 2, Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Yoh, failed to capture the NEVER Openweight 6-man Tag Team championships from House of Torture.[136]

In March, Goto competed in the New Japan Cup, defeating Yuji Nagata and Dick Togo, before being defeated by Cima in the third round.[137] At Hyper Battle, Goto and Yoshi-Hashi, now going by the tag- team name Bishamon, lost the IWGP Tag Team Championships to United Empire's Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan.[138] At Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall, Goto competed in an AEW Interim World Championship eliminator match for a chance to face Jon Moxley for the title at Forbidden Door, a co-produced show between NJPW and American wrestling company All Elite Wrestling. At the event, Goto was defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi.[139] Instead at the show, Goto and Yoshi-Hashi competed in the opening match on the Buy-In, defeating Q. T. Marshall and Aaron Solo.[140] This win lead to the pair getting an AEW World Tag Team Championship eliminator match on AEW Rampage, making their AEW debuts against current champions The Young Bucks, which they lost.[141] In June, Goto was announced to be competing in the G1 Climax 32 tournament in July, as a part of the C Block.[142] Prior to the beginning of the tournament, Goto teamed with Yoshi-Hashi and Yoh to win the Never Openweight 6-man tag-team championships in a Wrestle Kingdom rematch. Goto finished his G1 campaign with a total of 6 points, failing to advance to the semi-finals.[143]

In September at Burning Spirit, Goto, Yoshi-Hashi and Yoh, lost the 6-man tag-team championships back to House of Torture.[144] The month after this, Goto competed in a tournament to crown the inaugural NJPW World Television Champion, but was defeated by Kenta in the first round.[145] In November, Bishamon competed in the World Tag League, finishing joint-top of the block and thus advancing to the finals.[146] In the finals, Bishamon defeated Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) to win the tournament for a second year in a row.[147] On January 4 2023, at Wrestle Kingdom 17, the duo defeated FTR to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the second time as a tag-team.[148]

Bishamon made their first title defense at The New Beginning in Sapporo in February, defeating TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste).[149] A month later, the duo successfully defended the titles against Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi. Later in the month, Goto competed in the 2023 New Japan Cup, receiving a bye to the second round, where he defeated Kyle Fletcher.[150] In the following round, Goto was defeated by Tama Tonga.[151] In April at Sakura Genesis, Bishamon lost the IWGP Tag Team titles to Aussie Open, ending their third reign at 94 days.[152] Later in the month, Goto made his debut on Tamashii, NJPW's Australasian subsidiary.[153] In June at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall, Bishamon won their third IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and Goto's overall fourth, defeating House of Torture and United Empire to win both the vacant IWGP Tag Team titles and the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships, thus becoming double champions.[154] Five Days later, Bishamon reunited with Tomohiro Ishii at All Together Again, a joint event between NJPW, Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), to defeat NOAH's Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba and Yoshiki Inamura.[155] On July 4 on night 1 of NJPW Independence Day, Bishamon lost the Strong Openweight Championships, to Bullet Club Wardogs (Alex Coughlin and Gabriel Kidd).[156] The following night in a rematch, the duo defeated Coughlin and Kidd to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championships.[157] The following week, Goto entered the G1 Cimax tournament, where he'd compete in the D Block.[158] Goto finished with 6 points, failing to advance to the tournament's quarterfinals.[159]

Bishamon returned to tag-team competition in November, competing in the annual World Tag League, participating in the B-Block.[160] The duo finished with 9 points, making them runner's up in the block, thus advancing them to the semi-finals.[161] In the semi-final round, Bishamon defeated Bullet Club Wardogs (Alex Coughlin and Gabe Kidd).[162] In the tournament finals, Bishamon defeated, Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions, Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo), to win their third consecutive NJPW World Tag League, whilst also making them the record winners.[163] Due to them already being IWGP Tag Team Champions, the duo decided to use their World Tag League win to have a title vs title rematch against Guerrillas of Destiny (G.O.D), at Wrestle Kingdom 18. On January 4, 2024, at Wrestle Kingdom. Bishamon was defeated by G.O.D, ending the team's third IWGP Tag Team title reign at 214 days.[164]

In March, Goto entered the annual New Japan Cup, receiving a bye to the second round.[165] Goto defeated Chase Owens to advance to the quarterfinals.[166] In the next round, Goto was scheduled to face David Finlay, but advanced to the semi-finals, when Finlay pulled out of the tournament due to an illness.[167] Goto defeated the previous year's cup winner Sanada in the semi-finals, thus advancing to his first New Japan Cup final in 8 years.[168] In the Cup final, Goto was defeated by Yota Tsuji.[169]

Other media edit

Goto made his acting debut in 2016 with a cameo appearance as a gangster in the Indonesian action film Headshot.[170] In 2020, Goto appeared in Kamen Rider Zero-One the Movie: Real×Time as Buga, a computer avatar and one of the users of the Kamen Rider Abaddon powers.

 
Goto performing the GTR on Bushi

Championships and accomplishments edit

 
Goto in August 2015, during his second reign as the IWGP Intercontinental Champion

Luchas de Apuestas record edit

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Hirooki Goto (hair) Minoru Suzuki (hair and championship) Tokyo, Japan Wrestle Kingdom 12 January 4, 2018

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For the Japanese voice actor see Hiroki Gotō This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information January 2020 Hirooki Goto 後藤洋央紀 Gotō Hirooki born June 25 1979 1 2 is a Japanese professional wrestler Since his debut he has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling Hirooki GotoGoto in March 2016Born 1979 06 25 June 25 1979 age 44 1 2 Kuwana Mie Japan 1 Children3 3 4 Professional wrestling careerRing name s C T U Ranger Red 5 Goto 6 Hirooki GotoBilled height1 82 m 6 ft 0 in 1 Billed weight103 kg 227 lb 1 Trained byHiroyoshi Tenzan 7 DebutJuly 6 2003 1 He is known for being the longest reigning NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion with his Chaos stablemates Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi Hashi a two time IWGP Intercontinental Champion five time IWGP Tag Team Champion one time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion five time NEVER Openweight Champion one time winner of the G1 Climax 2008 five time winner of the World Tag League 2012 2014 and 2021 2022 2023 and a record three time winner of the New Japan Cup 2009 2010 and 2012 Contents 1 Early life 2 Professional wrestling career 2 1 New Japan Pro Wrestling 2 1 1 Junior heavyweight 2003 2005 2 1 2 Foreign excursion 2006 2007 2 1 3 RISE 2007 2009 2 1 4 Tournament wins 2010 2013 2 1 5 Storyline with Katsuyori Shibata 2013 2015 2 1 6 Chaos 2016 present 3 Other media 4 Championships and accomplishments 4 1 Luchas de Apuestas record 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editGoto attended Kuwana Kogyo High School in Kuwana Mie where he was classmates with Katsuyori Shibata 8 Goto later attended Kokushikan University where he took part in freestyle wrestling and Greco Roman wrestling Professional wrestling career editNew Japan Pro Wrestling edit Junior heavyweight 2003 2005 edit Goto s first approach to pro wrestling was Fire pro Wrestling videogame Then he started watching JPW NJPW AJPW and Michinoku Pro 9 Upon graduating Goto qualified to join New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW but left the promotion after incurring a shoulder injury He returned to NJPW in November 2002 after healing and began training in the NJPW dojo He debuted on July 6 2003 in Gifu Gifu wrestling Ryusuke Taguchi The two men competed in the junior heavyweight division and teamed together the same year to try to take the vacant IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in a tournament but were defeated in the final by veterans Gedo and Jado In early 2005 he won the NJPW Young Lion Cup defeating Hiroyuki Itō in the tournament final After turning heel and joining Jyushin Thunder Liger s Control Terrorism Unit C T U stable Goto adopted the ring name C T U Ranger Red He won his first championship on May 15 2005 teaming with Minoru to defeat Koji Kanemoto and Wataru Inoue in the Tokyo Dome for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 2 The duo held the titles for nine months losing to El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi on February 19 2006 in Tokyo Foreign excursion 2006 2007 edit In 2006 Goto joined the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA promotion as a member of Team Japan consisting of CTU members Goto Jyushin Thunder Liger Black Tiger and Minoru one of the four teams competing in the TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament He debuted in TNA on April 23 2006 at Lockdown where he teamed with Black Tiger and Minoru against Team USA members Sonjay Dutt Jay Lethal and Alex Shelley Team Japan defeated USA when Black Tiger pinned Lethal 10 On the April 27 2006 episode of TNA Impact Goto and Minoru lost to Dutt and Shelley giving a first round victory and two points to Team USA 11 On May 14 2006 at Sacrifice Goto and the other members of Team Japan accompanied Liger to ringside assisting him in his victory over Team Canada captain Petey Williams Later that night all four members of Team Japan took part in a gauntlet match that was won by Team Canada captain Petey Williams 12 The 2006 World X Cup was won by Team USA with five points with Team Japan coming last with three points On August 1 2006 Goto left for a lengthy learning excursion to Mexico after losing in a farewell match at the CTU 2nd Anniversary Show 2 While in Mexico he wrestled primarily for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and for Ultimo Dragon s Toryumon Mexico During his time in Mexico he formed a rudo unit with Hajime Ohara and Shigeo Okumura in CMLL RISE 2007 2009 edit In August 2007 Goto returned to New Japan after his almost one year stay in Mexico 2 Upon his return the now much more muscular Goto graduated from a Jr heavyweight to a Heavyweight 2 Goto showed a great deal of promise and skill since last seen in July 2006 He showcased a whole new moveset and he quickly tried to establish himself as one of the top Heavyweights in New Japan Not that far into his return Goto join the Stable R I S E with Shinsuke Nakamura Travis Tomko Giant Bernard and fellow former CTU teammates Minoru Milano Collection AT and Prince Devitt On November 11 he challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship but after a long and hard fought match Tanahashi would win with the Texas Cloverleaf 2 Shortly after that Goto entered the 2007 G1 Tag League with Milano Collection AT but the pair would finish in third place 2 In 2008 Goto wrestled one of his childhood idols The Great Muta at New Japan s annual January 4 Tokyo Dome Show Although having a good showing Goto would fall to Muta 2 Goto s progress was good through 2008 but a surprise victory in New Japan s prestigious G1 Climax in August surpassed everyone s expectations Goto earned 8 points in Block B tied for first with Nakamura but he advanced to the final due to a direct win over the former IWGP champion and RISE leader Meeting Togi Makabe in the final Goto overcame outside interference and blood loss to defeat the leader of the Great Bash Heel G B H faction pinning him with the Shouten In March 2009 Goto defeated Karl Anderson Shinsuke Nakamura Yuji Nagata and Giant Bernard to win the 2009 New Japan Cup and earn a shot at Hiroshi Tanahashi s IWGP Heavyweight Championship 13 On May 3 2009 at Wrestling Dontaku 2009 Tanahashi defeated Goto to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 14 Tournament wins 2010 2013 edit On January 4 2010 at Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome Takashi Sugiura successfully defended his GHC Heavyweight Championship against Goto 15 In March Goto defeated Yujiro Takahashi Masato Tanaka and Togi Makabe to win the 2010 New Japan Cup for the second year in a row 16 Goto went on to challenge the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura on April 4 but would once again fail in his attempt to win the title 17 On June 28 2010 Goto teaming up with Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi entered the J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament 18 Two days later the trio defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi Tajiri and Kushida in the finals to win the tournament 19 20 During August s G1 Climax Goto debuted a new finishing maneuver a cross legged cradle which he initially titled as Goto Special but was later renamed Goto Shiki Hold Goto Style Hold has earned him pinfall victories over former IWGP Heavyweight Champions Yuji Nagata and Shinsuke Nakamura but a loss to eventual G1 winner Satoshi Kojima on the final day of the tournament dropped him fourth in his block narrowly missing the finals 21 22 23 On October 11 Goto defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to earn the right to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 24 However the reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima vetoed the result of the match and named Nakamura his first challenger for the belt 25 On December 11 while Kojima successfully defended his title against Nakamura Goto was derailed from his quest to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship with a loss against Hiroshi Tanahashi 26 The following day Kojima defeated Goto in a non title match ending Goto s dream of main eventing Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome 27 Instead Goto teamed with the returning Kazuchika Okada in a tag team match where they were defeated by Pro Wrestling Noah representatives Yoshihiro Takayama and Takashi Sugiura 28 29 On March 6 Goto began his quest to win his third New Japan Cup in a row but was defeated in the first round by Shinsuke Nakamura 30 On March 20 the final day of the tournament Goto turned heel by abandoning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi during a tag team match against Satoshi Kojima and MVP 31 This marked Goto s final appearance for New Japan before leaving for his second excursion to Mexico 32 nbsp Goto in June 2011Goto made his return to CMLL on March 25 and would for the next month work for the promotion as a heel culminating in a match on April 29 at Arena Mexico s 55th anniversary show where he unsuccessfully challenged Ultimo Guerrero for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship in a Two Out of Three Falls match 6 33 Goto returned to New Japan on May 3 when he teamed with Tama Tonga to defeat Takashi Sugiura and Makoto Hashi in a tag team match Later in the event Goto attacked and declared a war on Hiroshi Tanahashi after he had successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura 34 35 Goto would once again fail in his IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge on June 18 2011 36 After the match Goto and Tanahashi seemingly made peace with each other with Tanahashi suggesting that they go for the IWGP Tag Team Championship together 37 On June 23 Goto Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi won their second J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament in a row by defeating the team of Giant Bernard Jyushin Thunder Liger and Karl Anderson in the finals of the three day long tournament 38 On July 3 Goto and Tanahashi failed in their attempt to capture the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson 39 On August 1 Goto entered the 2011 G1 Climax where he went on to win six out of his nine matches but a loss to Strong Man on the final day of the tournament dropped him to second place in his block causing him to narrowly miss the finals of the tournament 40 In the 2011 G1 Tag League Goto teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi as The Billion Powers 41 After picking up two wins and two losses in their first four matches in the group stage of the tournament Goto and Tanahashi defeated the Beast Combination Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe on November 4 to advance to the semifinals of the tournament 42 On November 6 Goto and Tanahashi were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Bad Intentions 43 On November 12 at Power Struggle Goto unsuccessfully challenged Masato Tanaka for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship 44 On January 4 2012 at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome Goto reignited his rivalry with Pro Wrestling Noah s Takashi Sugiura defeating him in a singles match 45 On February 12 at The New Beginning Goto defeated Masato Tanaka to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship for the first time 46 Goto made his first title defense on March 11 defeating Yujiro Takahashi 47 On April 1 Goto entered the 2012 New Japan Cup After victories over Yujiro Takahashi La Sombra and Togi Makabe Goto defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi on April 8 in the finals to win the tournament for the third time and earn another shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 48 49 50 On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2012 Goto unsuccessfully challenged Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 51 On May 20 Goto made his second successful defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Tomohiro Ishii 52 On July 22 Goto lost the title to Shinsuke Nakamura in his third defense 53 On October 8 at King of Pro Wrestling Goto received a rematch for the title but was again defeated by Nakamura 54 On November 11 at Power Struggle Goto unsuccessfully challenged Kazuchika Okada for the right to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at the Tokyo Dome 55 56 From November 20 to December 1 Goto took part in the round robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League alongside Karl Anderson under the team name Sword amp Guns 57 The team finished with a record of four wins and two losses finishing second in their block and advancing to the semifinals of the tournament 58 59 On December 2 Goto and Anderson defeated Tencozy Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima to advance to the finals of the tournament where later that same day they defeated the reigning IWGP Tag Team Champions K E S Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer to win the tournament 60 Sword amp Guns received their shot at the IWGP Tag Team Championship on January 4 2013 at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome but were defeated in a rematch by K E S 61 62 Storyline with Katsuyori Shibata 2013 2015 edit In February 2013 Goto made a challenge towards former high school classmate Katsuyori Shibata 63 which led to a tag team match on February 10 where he and Wataru Inoue were defeated by Shibata and Kazushi Sakuraba Afterwards Goto and Shibata had a heated confrontation building to a future singles match between the two 64 In March Goto once again made it to the finals of the New Japan Cup before losing to Kazuchika Okada 65 Goto and Shibata finally faced off in a singles match on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013 which ended in a draw 66 A rematch between the two took place on June 22 at Dominion 6 22 where Shibata was victorious 8 67 A third match between the two on July 20 ended in another draw 68 During early August Goto participated in the 2013 G1 Climax On August 8 however it was revealed that Goto had suffered a fractured jaw and was pulled from the tournament 69 He was leading the A block with four wins which included a big win over IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and two losses and had three matches left when he was pulled from the G1 70 71 nbsp Goto in July 2015Goto returned on December 8 challenging Katsuyori Shibata to a match at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome 72 On January 4 2014 Goto defeated Shibata in his return match 73 The match ended the rivalry between Goto and Shibata and led to the two forming a tag team 74 75 The following day Goto scored the pinfall in an eight man tag team main event against Chaos after which he challenged Kazuchika Okada to a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 76 On February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka Goto received his seventh shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 77 but was yet again unsuccessful in capturing the title 78 79 Afterwards Goto and Shibata entered the IWGP Tag Team Championship picture defeating the reigning champions Bullet Club Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson in a non title match at New Japan s 42nd anniversary event on March 6 80 They received their title shot on April 6 at Invasion Attack 2014 but were defeated by Gallows and Anderson 81 82 From July 21 to August 8 Goto took part in the 2014 G1 Climax where he finished with a record of four wins and six losses 83 During the tournament final event on August 10 Goto and Shibata faced off in another singles match where Shibata was victorious 84 85 Goto then entered a storyline where he started leading a counterattack against the Bullet Club and Chaos stables with the goal of revitalizing the New Japan Seikigun regular army which he represented alongside the likes of Shibata and Hiroshi Tanahashi 86 On November 8 at Power Struggle Goto received his first shot at the NEVER Openweight Championship but was defeated by the defending champion Tomohiro Ishii 87 Later in the month Goto and Shibata entered the 2014 World Tag League where they opened with a three match losing streak 88 only to come back and win their four remaining matches winning their block and advancing to the finals 89 On December 7 Goto and Shibata defeated Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson in the finals to win the 2014 World Tag League 90 This led to a rematch between the two teams on January 4 2015 at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome where Goto and Shibata defeated Anderson and Gallows to become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions 91 92 Goto and Shibata s reign ended in their first defense on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka where they were defeated by Anderson and Gallows 93 94 On March 8 Goto and Shibata once again faced off in the second round of the 2015 New Japan Cup in a match where Goto was victorious 95 Goto eventually made it to the finals of the tournament on March 15 where he was defeated by Kota Ibushi 96 On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2015 Goto defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship for the second time 97 Goto made his first title defense on July 5 at Dominion 7 5 in Osaka jo Hall defeating Nakamura in a rematch 98 99 From July 23 to August 15 Goto took part in the 2015 G1 Climax 100 After six victories one of which came over reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada 101 Goto entered the final day with a chance to advance from his block but was eliminated after suffering his third loss of the tournament against Yuji Nagata 102 Through NJPW s working relationship with the Ring of Honor ROH promotion Goto returned to the United States on August 21 teaming with Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe in a six man tag team match where they defeated Okada Beretta and Rocky Romero 103 Goto s Intercontinental Championship reign ended on September 27 at Destruction in Kobe when he was defeated by Shinsuke Nakamura in another title rematch 104 105 Chaos 2016 present edit nbsp Goto in February 2016After defeating Tetsuya Naito on January 4 2016 at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome Goto received his eighth shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship 106 but yet again failed to win the title being defeated by the defending champion Kazuchika Okada on February 11 at The New Beginning in Osaka Goto went into the match with new attire painting his body white and covering himself with script Following the match Okada offered Goto a spot in the Chaos stable 107 Over the next several events Okada tried to shake hands with Goto and get him to join Chaos on multiple occasions but was turned down each time 108 In March Goto made it to the finals of the 2016 New Japan Cup but was defeated there by Tetsuya Naito After the final match Goto finally agreed to shake hands with Okada after he saved him from a post match assault by Naito and his Los Ingobernables de Japon stable and joined Chaos 109 110 From July 18 to August 12 Goto took part in the round robin portion of the 2016 G1 Climax where he won his block besting both Hiroshi Tanahashi and reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada with a record of six wins and three losses advancing to the finals 111 On August 14 Goto was defeated in the finals by Kenny Omega 112 At the end of the year Goto took part in the 2016 World Tag League teaming with Chaos stablemate Tomohiro Ishii 113 The two finished the tournament with a record of four wins and three losses failing to advance to the finals due to losing to block winners Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma in their final round robin match 114 On January 4 2017 at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome Goto defeated Katsuyori Shibata to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the first time 115 Goto made his first successful title defense on February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo against Juice Robinson 116 His second defense took place at the NJPW and ROH co produced Honor Rising Japan 2017 event where he defeated ROH wrestler Punisher Martinez 117 On April 9 at Sakura Genesis 2017 Goto made his third successful defense against Zack Sabre Jr despite outside interference from Sabre s Suzuki gun stablemates Minoru Suzuki and El Desperado Afterwards Goto brawled with Suzuki setting up his next title defense 118 On April 27 Goto lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Suzuki 119 On June 11 at Dominion 6 11 in Osaka jo Hall he failed to reclaim the title in a rematch against Suzuki in a Lumberjack Deathmatch 120 The following month Goto entered the 2017 G1 Climax where he finished with a record of five wins and four losses failing to advance from his block 121 At the end of the year Goto teamed with Yoshi Hashi in the 2017 World Tag League Finishing with a record of four wins and three losses the team failed to qualify for the finals after losing to Evil and Sanada in their final round robin match 122 On January 4 2018 Goto defeated Minoru Suzuki in a Hair vs Hair match to win the NEVER Openweight Championship forcing Suzuki to have his head shaved bald 123 On January 5 2018 at New Year s Dash he was challenged to a title match by Evil which he accepted The match took place on February 10 2018 at The New Beginning in Osaka where Goto was victorious 124 On February 23 2018 Goto made his second successful defense of the NEVER Openweight Championship against The Beer City Bruiser at the NJPW and ROH co produced Honor Rising Japan 2018 event 125 On April 27 2018 at Road to Wrestling Dontaku Goto made his third successful defense of the NEVER Openweight championship in a rematch with Juice Robinson 126 On June 9 2018 at Dominion 6 9 in Osaka jo hall Goto lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Michael Elgin in a 3 way match which also involved Taichi ending his second reign at 156 days 127 On June 17 2018 at Kizuna Road Goto defeated Elgin in a rematch for the NEVER Openweight Championship to win back the title 128 Goto made his first successful title defence against Jeff Cobb at G1 Special in San Francisco 129 From July 14 to August 12 Goto took part in the G1 Climax 2018 and he ended up with 3 wins and 6 losses failing to advance to the finals On the final day of the G1 Climax a returning Taichi later challenged him for the NEVER Openweight Championship which Goto accepted 130 On September 17 at Destruction in Beppu Goto lost the NEVER Openweight Championship to Taichi in his second defense 131 On October 27 Goto requested for a rematch for the NEVER Openweight Championship replacing his Chaos stablemate Will Ospreay who was scheduled to challenge Taichi at Power Struggle for the title but was unable to do so due to Ospreay suffering an injury 132 Taichi however waved off Goto s challenge and declined immediately 133 Despite this the title match was eventually still set at Power struggle which took place on November 3 At the event Goto defeated Taichi to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the fourth time Goto would lose the belt to Kota Ibushi on December 9 without having any defenses 134 nbsp Goto in February 2017 during his first reign as the NEVER Openweight Champion2019 would see Goto change effectively After some massive losses including one to Jay White on April 29 Goto would travel to the United States to train under Shibata s LA Dojo system to improve as he also briefly wrestled for Ring of Honor during their War Of The Worlds series From July 6 until August 11 2019 Goto returned and took part in the 2019 G1 Climax where he finished the tournament with a record of five wins one against Jay White and four losses failing to advance to the finals of the tournament due to losing to Shingo Takagi in their head to head match Goto would avenge his loss to Shingo at September s Destruction in Kobe however In the same event he would challenge White for his newly won Intercontinental Championship although White repeatedly refused the match was set up anyway for Power Struggle where Goto would lose From November 16 until December 8 Goto and Karl Fredericks took part in the 2019 World Tag League failing to win the tournament with a record of three wins and twelve losses Afterward Goto began feuding with KENTA Throughout the 2019 World Tag League KENTA began mocking Goto after his matches leading Goto to attack him on November 29 Despite being attacked by Goto KENTA continued to mock Goto leading him to attack KENTA again on December 8 At a press conference the following day Goto drew the ire of KENTA after calling into question his in ring abilities leading KENTA to return the favor and attack him On January 5 2020 on the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome Goto defeated KENTA to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the fifth time He lost the title to Shingo Takagi on February 1 at The New Beginning in Sapporo In June Goto took part in the 2020 New Japan Cup being eliminated from the tournament by EVIL in the second round On August 9 Goto Ishii amp Yoshi Hashi defeated fellow CHAOS stablemates Kazuchika Okada Toru Yano amp Sho in a tournament final to win NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship From September 19 until October 17 Goto took part in the 2020 G1 Climax finishing the tournament with a record of four wins and five losses failing to advance to the finals of the tournament During the tournament Goto and Toru Yano broke the record of the shortest match in the tournament s history with the match lasting 18 seconds surpassing the record held by Kenzo Suzuki against Tadao Yasuda in the 2002 tournament which their match lasted 37 seconds From November 15 until December 6 Goto and Yoshi Hashi took part in the 2020 World Tag League finishing the tournament with a record of five wins and four losses failing to advance to the finals of the tournament In March 2021 Goto took part in the 2021 New Japan Cup losing in the second round to eventual finalist Shingo Takagi on March 13 From September 19 to October 20 Goto took part in the 2021 G1 Climax where he finished with a record of three wins and six losses failing to advance to the finals of the tournament Goto Ishii amp Yoshi Hashi s reign would break the record for the longest reign as champions at 454 days and the most successful title defenses with 9 defenses before losing the titles to House of Torture EVIL Sho amp Yujiro Takahashi on November 6 at Power Struggle From November 14 to December 12 Goto took part in the round robin portion of the 2021 World Tag League alongside Yoshi Hashi The team finished with a record of nine wins and two losses advancing to the finals of the tournament On December 15 Goto amp Yoshi Hashi defeated EVIL amp Yujiro Takahashi in the finals to win the 2021 World Tag League On January 4 2022 on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 16 Goto and Yoshi Hashi defeated Taichi amp Zack Sabre Jr to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship 135 On Night 2 Goto Yoshi Hashi and Yoh failed to capture the NEVER Openweight 6 man Tag Team championships from House of Torture 136 In March Goto competed in the New Japan Cup defeating Yuji Nagata and Dick Togo before being defeated by Cima in the third round 137 At Hyper Battle Goto and Yoshi Hashi now going by the tag team name Bishamon lost the IWGP Tag Team Championships to United Empire s Jeff Cobb and Great O Khan 138 At Dominion 6 12 in Osaka jo Hall Goto competed in an AEW Interim World Championship eliminator match for a chance to face Jon Moxley for the title at Forbidden Door a co produced show between NJPW and American wrestling company All Elite Wrestling At the event Goto was defeated by Hiroshi Tanahashi 139 Instead at the show Goto and Yoshi Hashi competed in the opening match on the Buy In defeating Q T Marshall and Aaron Solo 140 This win lead to the pair getting an AEW World Tag Team Championship eliminator match on AEW Rampage making their AEW debuts against current champions The Young Bucks which they lost 141 In June Goto was announced to be competing in the G1 Climax 32 tournament in July as a part of the C Block 142 Prior to the beginning of the tournament Goto teamed with Yoshi Hashi and Yoh to win the Never Openweight 6 man tag team championships in a Wrestle Kingdom rematch Goto finished his G1 campaign with a total of 6 points failing to advance to the semi finals 143 In September at Burning Spirit Goto Yoshi Hashi and Yoh lost the 6 man tag team championships back to House of Torture 144 The month after this Goto competed in a tournament to crown the inaugural NJPW World Television Champion but was defeated by Kenta in the first round 145 In November Bishamon competed in the World Tag League finishing joint top of the block and thus advancing to the finals 146 In the finals Bishamon defeated Aussie Open Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis to win the tournament for a second year in a row 147 On January 4 2023 at Wrestle Kingdom 17 the duo defeated FTR to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the second time as a tag team 148 Bishamon made their first title defense at The New Beginning in Sapporo in February defeating TMDK Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste 149 A month later the duo successfully defended the titles against Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi Later in the month Goto competed in the 2023 New Japan Cup receiving a bye to the second round where he defeated Kyle Fletcher 150 In the following round Goto was defeated by Tama Tonga 151 In April at Sakura Genesis Bishamon lost the IWGP Tag Team titles to Aussie Open ending their third reign at 94 days 152 Later in the month Goto made his debut on Tamashii NJPW s Australasian subsidiary 153 In June at Dominion 6 4 in Osaka jo Hall Bishamon won their third IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and Goto s overall fourth defeating House of Torture and United Empire to win both the vacant IWGP Tag Team titles and the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships thus becoming double champions 154 Five Days later Bishamon reunited with Tomohiro Ishii at All Together Again a joint event between NJPW Pro Wrestling Noah NOAH and All Japan Pro Wrestling AJPW to defeat NOAH s Masa Kitamiya Daiki Inaba and Yoshiki Inamura 155 On July 4 on night 1 of NJPW Independence Day Bishamon lost the Strong Openweight Championships to Bullet Club Wardogs Alex Coughlin and Gabriel Kidd 156 The following night in a rematch the duo defeated Coughlin and Kidd to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championships 157 The following week Goto entered the G1 Cimax tournament where he d compete in the D Block 158 Goto finished with 6 points failing to advance to the tournament s quarterfinals 159 Bishamon returned to tag team competition in November competing in the annual World Tag League participating in the B Block 160 The duo finished with 9 points making them runner s up in the block thus advancing them to the semi finals 161 In the semi final round Bishamon defeated Bullet Club Wardogs Alex Coughlin and Gabe Kidd 162 In the tournament finals Bishamon defeated Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny Hikuleo and El Phantasmo to win their third consecutive NJPW World Tag League whilst also making them the record winners 163 Due to them already being IWGP Tag Team Champions the duo decided to use their World Tag League win to have a title vs title rematch against Guerrillas of Destiny G O D at Wrestle Kingdom 18 On January 4 2024 at Wrestle Kingdom Bishamon was defeated by G O D ending the team s third IWGP Tag Team title reign at 214 days 164 In March Goto entered the annual New Japan Cup receiving a bye to the second round 165 Goto defeated Chase Owens to advance to the quarterfinals 166 In the next round Goto was scheduled to face David Finlay but advanced to the semi finals when Finlay pulled out of the tournament due to an illness 167 Goto defeated the previous year s cup winner Sanada in the semi finals thus advancing to his first New Japan Cup final in 8 years 168 In the Cup final Goto was defeated by Yota Tsuji 169 Other media editGoto made his acting debut in 2016 with a cameo appearance as a gangster in the Indonesian action film Headshot 170 In 2020 Goto appeared in Kamen Rider Zero One the Movie Real Time as Buga a computer avatar and one of the users of the Kamen Rider Abaddon powers nbsp Goto performing the GTR on BushiChampionships and accomplishments edit nbsp Goto in August 2015 during his second reign as the IWGP Intercontinental ChampionNew Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Intercontinental Championship 2 times 46 97 171 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 1 time with Minoru 2 172 IWGP Tag Team Championship 5 times current with Katsuyori Shibata 1 and Yoshi Hashi 4 current 91 173 NEVER Openweight Championship 5 times 115 123 174 NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Championship 2 times with Yoshi Hashi and Tomohiro Ishii 1 175 and Yoshi Hashi and Yoh 1 Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship 1 time with Yoshi Hashi 176 G1 Climax 2008 2 177 New Japan Cup 2009 2010 2012 2 178 179 180 World Tag League 2012 with Karl Anderson 60 181 World Tag League 2014 with Katsuyori Shibata 90 182 World Tag League 2021 2022 2023 with Yoshi Hashi 183 Young Lion Cup 2005 2 184 J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament 2010 2011 with Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi 19 20 38 185 186 Samurai TV Openweight Tag Tournament 2005 with Yuji Nagata 187 188 Jr Heavyweight Tag MVP Award 2005 with Minoru 189 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No 35 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010 190 Tokyo Sports Best Tag Team Award 2023 with Yoshi Hashi 191 192 Toryumon Mexico NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship 1 time 2 193 Yamaha Cup 2007 187 Luchas de Apuestas record edit See also Luchas de Apuestas Winner 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