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Pat Tanaka
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Pat Tanaka
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-08-05,Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars

10

2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
1991-06-27

WWE WrestleFest '91

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WWE WrestleFest '91
1991-07-25

WWF Hottest Matches

0

WWF Hottest Matches
1990-10-25

WWE SuperTape vol. 4

0

WWE SuperTape vol. 4
1991-05-23

WWF SuperTape vol. 2

0

WWF SuperTape vol. 2
1990-07-25

WWE Rampage '91

0

WWE Rampage '91
1991-10-24

WWE World Tour 1991

0

WWE World Tour 1991
1991-08-22

WWE Survivor Series 1990

8.2

WWE Survivor Series 1990
1990-11-22

WCW The Great American Bash 1996

0

WCW The Great American Bash 1996
1996-06-16

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90

0

WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90
1990-06-17

NWA Bloodfest • Night Two

0

NWA Bloodfest • Night Two
1993-10-02

WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & Triumph

9.3

WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & Triumph
2007-11-27

Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania

8.5

Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
2014-02-11

NWA Bloodfest • Night One

10

NWA Bloodfest • Night One
1993-10-01

ECW The Night the Line Was Crossed

5

ECW The Night the Line Was Crossed
1994-02-05

AWA SuperClash III

10

AWA SuperClash III
1988-12-13

AWA The Road to Super Clash III

0

AWA The Road to Super Clash III
1988-09-18

AWA Battle Royale '89

5

AWA Battle Royale '89
1989-02-18

AWA Rage in Rochester

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AWA Rage in Rochester
1989-05-06

WWE WrestleMania VI

8.4

WWE WrestleMania VI
1990-04-01

WWE SummerSlam 1990

6.3

WWE SummerSlam 1990
1990-08-27

WWE Royal Rumble 1991

7.8

WWE Royal Rumble 1991
1991-01-19

WWE SummerSlam Fever

0

WWE SummerSlam Fever
1990-08-19

WWE The Main Event V

0

WWE The Main Event V
1991-01-28

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991

6

WWE U.K. Rampage 1991
1991-04-21

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91

0

WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91
1991-08-18

WWE Royal Rumble 1992

7.1

WWE Royal Rumble 1992
1992-01-19

ECW November to Remember 1993

0

ECW November to Remember 1993
1993-11-13

Dark Side of the Ring

8.4

Dark Side of the Ring
2019-04-10

WWF Wrestling Challenge

6.8

WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07

6.7

WWE Raw
1993-01-11