Masato Tanaka
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Oct 12, 2026
JoshHOST
Three-way dance between Super Crazy, Tajiri, and Nunzio.
JoshHOST
Had a run back, Mysterio versus Psychosis, Sabu versus Rhino, Chris Benoit versus Eddie Guerrero, Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka, and then the main event was the Dudley Boys versus Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman.
Lucha Big EGUEST
Damn.
Lucha Big EGUEST
Banger card.
TravisHOST
Like, that would be, I think that's like the icing on the cake for your Spike Dudley.
TravisHOST
Like, I know everyone talks about Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka, but Mike Awesome and Spike Dudley in l- uh, late '90s ECW was the epitome of David and Goliath.
BrianHOST
That guilty-ish charge match they had, I think it might've been 2000 or something.
TravisHOST
Yeah, I think so.
JoshHOST
Two minutes on the clock.
Day 1 DylanGUEST
Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka?
JoshHOST
No.
Day 1 DylanGUEST
Damn.
TimHOST
Okay.
EricHOST
Uh, Jun Akiyama and Masato Tanaka versus Hayabusa and Mammoth Sasaki.
EricHOST
Okay.
EricHOST
Um-
TimHOST
don't know whatever
EricHOST
Jun Akiyama and Masato Tanaka versus Hayabusa and Mammoth Sasaki okay um Suwama's on this card so that's a 0-1-1 Dump and Zap versus Megumi Yabusha and Shinsukuro Hirota this this card is literally it's not a shit sandwich but it is like really rollercoaster um the next one is a bunch of old men so it's uh Masakatsu Funaki and Tatsumi Fujinami versus Mitsuya Nagai and Shiro Koshinaka so these are like old school New Japan Junior heavyweights uh Catherine Shinobu Kandori Takako Inoue and Yumiko Hota so that's T. Hartson L.P.W.X. versus Honoka Kaoru Ito Tomoka Watanabe and Utashima versus Ito Dojo so it's L.P.W.X. versus Ito Dojo okay whatever Semi-main event is fucking awesome.
EricHOST
This was going to be Miku Kanai.
EricHOST
It's Rina and Miku, well, Sayaka Toyota now, against Ayame Sasamura and Yuka Satsuki.
Kyle LewisHOST
And it is the reminder that ECW, while it does have the hardcore reputation, they did have these Rob Van Dam, Jerry Lins, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko kind of matches that you were like, holy shit.
Kyle LewisHOST
A little more hardcore, Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka.
Kyle LewisHOST
They had these matches that were like, I have to see these matches.
Kyle LewisHOST
Go out of your way to see.
FretzHOST
That's a great match to seek out.
FretzHOST
Also with Masato Tanaka defeating Mike Awesome in one of their series of matches.
FretzHOST
Rob Van Dam and Sabu defeated Hayabusa and Jinze Sasaki.
FretzHOST
Taz defeated Bam Bam Bigelow by submission to retain that FTW title.
FretzHOST
That's a great match to seek out.
FretzHOST
Also with Masato Tanaka defeating Mike Awesome in one of their series of matches.
FretzHOST
Rob Van Dam and Sabu defeated Hayabusa and Jinze Sasaki.
FretzHOST
Taz defeated Bam Bam Bigelow by submission to retain that FTW title.
MattHOST
Yeah, I assumed it was very shortly.
MattHOST
We go to the back where Masato Tanaka is running on a treadmill.
MattHOST
Masato stops to speak Japanese, only to switch to English to say that tonight he will become world champion.
MattHOST
We then cut to the locker room with Mike Awesome and Judge Jeff Jones, where the judge lets everyone know that Mike has never beaten Tanaka twice in a row.
MattHOST
That's true.
MattHOST
So we go to our sixth match.
MattHOST
Masato Tanaka versus Mike Awesome with Judge Jeff Jones for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
MattHOST
This is what I'm looking for, brother.
DJHOST
honest to god i would because it would have meant something to me then it does mean something it is like you said it's a kayfabe list and it's meant for the fans but it absolutely means something to the workers
RobHOST
yeah of course it does oh here's a name from here's a blast from the past at number 442 this guy's still going Masato Tanaka, back from ECW.
RobHOST
Remember him and Mike Awesome used to fight? Oh, yeah.
DJHOST
Tanaka's still going.
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