Pat Tanaka

Born: 1963-08-05

Patrick Tanaka is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in the American Wrestling Association as one half of Badd Company and the World Wrestling Federation as one half of The Orient Express. He is the son of Duke Keomuka. In his career, which has spanned almost three decades, Tanaka has appeared in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW),Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Trained by his father, Duke Keomuka, Hiro Matsuda, and the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo, Pat Tanaka debuted in 1984 for NJPW. During his time there, he wrestled the likes of Keiichi Yamada, Shunji Kosugi, Black Cat, Naoki Sano, Tatsutoshi Goto, Shinichi Nakano, and Hirokazu Hata. After a year in New Japan, Tanaka started wrestling as a jobber in Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985. In 1986, Tanaka moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he worked for Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett’s Continental Wrestling Association. Early on Tanaka teamed with Jeff Jarrett to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship.[3] In late 1986 the tag-team specialist Tanaka was teamed up with Paul Diamond, who was also seen as a tag-team specialist, to form Badd Company,[4] a move that paid off pretty soon as the two won the CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship, beating Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato on December 15, 1986. The first reign was short lived as The Sheepherders (Luke Williams & Butch Miller) defeated the duo on January 10, 1987. Badd Company quickly regained the titles only to lose them to Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato on February 5, 1987. The third reign with the tag-team titles came on May 9, 1987 when the team beat Mark Starr in a handicap match, but lost them back to Starr and his new tag team partner Billy Joe Travis. Badd Company had one last run with the International tag team titles as they won the vacant titles on May 25, 1987 and held them until July 6, 1987 where they lost the titles to Bill Dundee and Rocky Johnson (who were the last International tag team champions). While in Memphis Badd Company also won the CWA's main tag team title, the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship, defeating Jeff Jarrett and Billy Joe Travis on August 8, 1987.


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WWE Royal Rumble 1992

as Tanaka
Released: 1992-01-19

The 1992 WWE Royal Rumble was the fifth annual Royal Rumble. It took place on January 19, 1992...

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Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania

as Himself
Released: 2014-02-11

All of Shawn Michaels' WrestleMania moments plus an all new never-before-seen interview with the...

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WWE SummerSlam 1990

as Tanaka
Released: 1990-08-27

WWE SummerSlam '90 was the third annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view produced...

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WWE WrestleMania VI

as Tanaka
Released: 1990-04-01

More than 65,000 fans pack the Toronto SkyDome to witness The Ultimate Challenge as The Ultimate...

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WWE Survivor Series 1990

as Tanaka
Released: 1990-11-22

Survivor Series (1990) was the fourth annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling...

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WWE Royal Rumble 1991

as Tanaka
Released: 1991-01-19

The 1991 WWE Royal Rumble was the third annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view...

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WWE SuperTape vol. 4

as Tanaka
Released: 1991-05-23

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WWE Rampage '91

as Tanaka
Released: 1991-10-24

While "Mean" Gene Okerlund and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan invite Sean Mooney to join them for a...

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AWA SuperClash III

as Himself
Released: 1988-12-13

The American Wrestling Association teams up with various other regional promotions to deliver...

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ECW The Night the Line Was Crossed

as "The Sensei" Pat Tanaka
Released: 1994-02-05

Terry Funk puts the ECW Heavyweight Championship on the line against Shane Douglas and Sabu in a...

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WCW The Great American Bash 1996

as El Gato
Released: 1996-06-16

The Giant defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Lex Luger. Ric Flair & Arn...

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WWF SuperTape vol. 2

as Tanaka
Released: 1990-07-25

On Supertape Vol. 2, Sean Mooney takes the WWE Universe on a journey through some unforgettable...

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WWE World Tour 1991

as Tanaka
Released: 1991-08-22

Join host "Lord" Alfred Hayes for an out-of-this-world presentation of unforgettable action from...

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2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

as Tanaka (Manager)
Released: 1991-06-27

Prepare yourself for the best battle ever!

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WWE WrestleFest '91

as Tanaka
Released: 1991-07-25

Macho Man Randy Savage hosts this explosive WWE extravaganza...his first Coliseum assignment...

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WWE The Main Event V

as Tanaka
Released: 1991-01-28

A huge tag team tug-of-war pits Hulk Hogan and his pal Tugboat against "The Natural Disaster"...

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NWA Bloodfest • Night One

as "The Sensei" Pat Tanaka
Released: 1993-10-01

The first of two ghoulish nights of action, brought to you by Jim Crockett Promotions and Tod...

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WWF Hottest Matches

as Tanaka
Released: 1990-10-25

Things heat up as Sean Mooney hosts a sizzling lineup of WWE's Hottest Matches. From The Rockers...

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WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

as Tanaka
Released: 1991-04-21

The superstars of The World Wrestling Federation make their annual trek across the pond for WWE...

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NWA Bloodfest • Night Two

as "The Sensei" Pat Tanaka
Released: 1993-10-02

The second of two ghoulish nights of action, brought to you by Jim Crockett Promotions and Tod...

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WWE Raw

as Pat Tanaka
First aired: 1993-01-11

A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

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WWF Wrestling Challenge

as Tanaka
First aired: 1986-09-07

WWF Wrestling Challenge was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World...

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Dark Side of the Ring

as Self
First aired: 2019-04-10

Finding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional...

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