is a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for

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until its closure in 2020. He is currently a freelancer.

Professional wrestling career

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2012–2013)

Andy Wu debuted for

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(AJPW) on July 15, 2012, teaming with

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in a losing effort against Minoru Tanaka and

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. In July, he entered the 2012 Junior Hyper League but finishes with no wins. He also competed in the 2013 Junior Hyper Tag League with

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and managed to pick up two wins but would not proceed to the next stage. Afterwards, Wu would go on a learning excursion to Mexico to train under

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. He wrestled briefly whilst in Mexico, making rare appearances in Queretaro in the summer and wrestling a dark match for

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(IWRG) on August 18. During his time in Mexico, backstage issues led to the resignation of

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and several other wrestlers effective July 1. When Wu returned to Japan, he would choose to follow Mutoh to

and not return to AJPW.

Wrestle-1 (2013–2020)

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On November 16, 2013, Wu debuted for

(W-1), teaming with

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and

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to defeat

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and

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. From his debut, Wu feuded with Tokyo Gurentai's Mazada and regularly teamed with El Hijo del Pantera. On January 12, 2014, he defeated veteran Mazada in a singles match at

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. At Kaisen: Outbreak, Wu, Inaba and Yamato lost to Tokyo Gurentai. On April 17, Wu defeated Mazada in another Korakuen Hall singles match. On July 6, at

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, Wu and Inaba defeated Mazada and Rongai. Wu and El Hijo del Pantera moved onto feuding with Novus, a stable off wrestlers from the defunct

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(WNC). At Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Bound for Glory, Wu and El Hijo del Pantera lost to

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and Yusuke Kodama. On February 13, 2015, after Wu and El Hijo del Pantera lost to

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and Koji Doi, the pair argued which ultimately led to El Hijo del Pantera joining the Desperado stable. They briefly feuded; El Hijo del Pantera defeated Wu in the opening round of the

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to crown the first Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Champion, but it came to an end on June 20 when the pair shook hands after Wu defeated El Hijo del Pantera. On September 23, Wu defeated Minoru Tanaka to win the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship, the first championship of his career. He made three successful defences before losing the title to Hiroshi Yamato on January 10, 2016. On July 1, Wu unsuccessfully challenged

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for the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship. Wu bounced back 28 days later by winning the

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with Daiki Inaba and

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. On December 6, the trio along with Jiro Kuroshio, Yusuke Kodama, Kumagoro, Koji Doi and Kohei Fujimura formed New Era, a stable of young wrestlers with the goal to dominate Wrestle-1. Two days later, they lost the

to Jun Kasai, Nosawa Rongai and

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. On April 16, 2017, Wu teamed with Kumagoro and Koji Doi to win back the UWA World Trios Championship for New Era. Three days later, Wu defeated Yoshioka for his second Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship. He lost the title to Mazada on May 4 and also lost the UWA World Trios Championship two days later. Wu regained the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship on July 16 but it was another short title reign as he lost it to Yoshioka on September 2. Wu reached the finals of the 2018 Wrestle-1 Cruiser Festival but was defeated by fellow New Era member Alejando (formally Kohei Fujimura) on March 14. After infighting and member defections, New Era choose to disband officially on April 19. In May 2018, El Hijo del Pantera returned to Wrestle-1 and teamed with Wu and Alejandro to unsuccessfully challenge Tokyo Gurentai for the UWA World Trios Championship. From September 18 to October 24, Wu and El Hijo del Pantera participated in the 2018 Wrestle-1 Tag League but failed to win their block. On April 20, 2019, Wu defeated Yusuke Kodama to win a record fourth Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship. After a successful title defence against

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on May 13, he lost the title to his friend and tag team partner El Hijo del Pantera on September 1. On February 29, 2020, Wrestle-1 announced that they would be holding their final event on April 1, with all members of the roster being released from their contracts the day prior.

Freelance (2020–present)

Since Wrestle-1's closure, Wu has wrestled most notably for

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(BJW) and

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(Zero1). On November 23, he unsuccessfully challenged Tatsuhiko Yoshino for the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

* Colega Pro Wrestling :*King Of Colega Championship (1 time) *

(2 times) - with

and

(1), and Koji Doi and Kumagoro (1) :*

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( 4 times)

References

External links

Wrestle-1 profile

Cagematch profileWrestling Data profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Andy Living people Japanese male professional wrestlers Masked wrestlers Sportspeople from Amagasaki Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century male professional wrestlers 21st-century Japanese professional wrestlers UWA World Trios Champions Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Champions