Takao Omori
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Takao Ōmori (大森隆男; Ōmori Takao) is a Japanese professional wrestler.
A trainee of Animal Hamaguchi, Ōmori debuted in All Japan Pro Wrestling. He initially languished in the mid-card and only was able to get some recognition in 1995, when he and Jun Akiyama captured the Asian tag team titles.
In 1998 he and newcomer Yoshihiro Takayama were made into the NO FEAR tag team. They were successful, winning the Asian and then the Double Cup tag team titles, becoming the first team to win both titles at the same time. When Mitsuharu Misawa formed Pro Wrestling NOAH, they followed him and dyed their hair blond to match the change of environment.
Although Takayama was more successful as a singles wrestler, Ōmori was not. A key loss to Shinya Hashimoto left a permanent bad mark on his career, and after the NO FEAR team broke up so Takayama could pursue mixed martial arts matches, Ōmori was sent abroad, to Harley Race's World League Wrestling promotion in the American Midwest, and won the heavyweight title there. Nevertheless, Misawa kept denying that Ōmori had been sent abroad by NOAH, and by the time Ōmori came back, the door there for him was closed. He joined World Japan, where he feuded with Riki Chōshū, Genichiro Tenryu and Kensuke Sasaki.
In 2004 he entered Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX, where he is one of the strong natives, along with Hamaguchi Dojo classmate Shinjiro Ohtani.
[edit] Profile
- Height: 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
- Weight: 110 kg (243 lb)
- Birthday: October 16, 1969
- Hometown: Tokyo
- Trained by: Animal Hamaguchi
- Debut: October 16, 1992 against Satoru Asako
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Axe Bomber (Crooked arm lariat)
- Axe Guillotine Driver (Kneeling back to belly piledriver)
- Locomotion Dragon Suplex (Multiple dragon suplexes)
- Diving knee drop
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- Defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) on January 29, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan
- Lost to Johnny Smith and Wolf Hawkfield on January 9, 1998 in Kagoshima, Japan
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- AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (2) (with Yoshihiro Takayama)
- Won from Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki on June 4, 1999 in Sapporo, Japan
- Lost to Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa on August 25, 1999 in Hiroshima, Japan
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- AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship (with Yoshihiro Takayama)
- Won from Johnny Ace and Mike Barton on July 23, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
- Lost to Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa on August 25, 1999 in Hiroshima, Japan
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- Won from Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa on December 9, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
- Lost to Takeshi Morishima and Takeshi Rikio on February 17, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
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- NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (with Shiro Koshinaka)
- Won from Shinjiro Ohtani and Masato Tanaka on February 19, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
- Lost to Shinya Hashimoto and Yoshiaki Fujiwara on June 17, 2004 in Sendai, Japan
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- NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (2) (with Shinjiro Ohtani)
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- NWA United National Heavyweight Championship
- Won from Masato Tanaka on October 8, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
- Stripped on February 28, 2005 for lack of title defenses
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- Defeated Steve Corino in a tournament final on January 23, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan
- Lost to Steve Corino on June 11, 2005 in Bay City, Michigan
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- AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2)
- Won from Shinjiro Ohtani on April 1, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan
- Lost to Ric Converse on June 14, 2006 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (3) (with Manabu Nakanishi)
- World League Wrestling
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- WLW Heavyweight Championship
- Won from Wade Chism on July 13, 2002 in Omaha, Nebraska
- Lost to Superstar Steve on January 4, 2003 in Neosho, Missouri
