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, based in the Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah)
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. It was founded by
Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined Noah's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestl ...
in 2019 and led by him until early 2023.


History


Formation

Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined Noah's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestl ...
and
Kazma Sakamoto Kazma Sakamoto (born 1 October 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He originally started his career working for Kaientai Dojo in Japan, where he became a one-time Strongest-K Champion and a three-time Strongest-K Tag Team Champion alo ...
shared a feud after the events from the fourth night of the ''NOAH Navigation For Progress 2019'' from February 24, where Sakamoto teamed up with "Hooligans" stablemates
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,
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,
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and
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to face the team of Sugiura, Akitoshi Saito,
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, Masao Inoue and
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in a loser unit must disband match. The bout concluded after Sugiura pinned Sakamoto, attracting the disbanding of "Hooligans" in the process. Sakamoto wanted to take revenge on Sugiura so at ''NOAH Great Voyage In Yokohama'', an even promoted on March 10, 2019, they faced each other in a singles match, bout which solded with the victory of Sugiura. Sakamoto however brought
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to ringside with the latter not getting involved in their match. After the bout concluded, all three of them shook hands and aligned each other to found the unit which was later announced to go under the name of "Sugiura-gun".


Under Takashi Sugiura's leadership (2019–2023)

As Sugiura was appointed as the leader of the unit, he worked to help raise the team's notoriety in the promotion. At ''NOAH N-1 Victory 2019'' on November 2, he defeated
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to become the first-ever GHC National Champion. Earlier in the year, he made it to the finals of the 2019 edition of the N-1 Victory where he fell short to
Kenoh (born January 1, 1985) is a Japanese professional wrestler and martial artist, better known by the ring name . He currently wrestles in Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a 3-time GHC Heavyweight Champion. He is also a former GHC National Championsh ...
. On the finals of the 2019 Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League, Takashi Sugiura and Kazma Sakamoto defeated AXIZ (
Go Shiozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. He is a record-holding five time former GHC Heavyweight Champion. He made his debut for the Pro Wrestling Noah in July 2004 and initially remained with Pro Wrestling No ...
and
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) to win the
GHC Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Big Van Vader, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio, Sc ...
. At Noah The Glory 2021 on April 29, Kazunari Murakami, Kazushi Sakuraba and Kendo Kashin) defeated Funky Express ( Masao Inoue, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi). At Noah Mitsuharu Misawa Memorial 2021 on May 31, Takashi Sugiura defeated stablemate Kazushi Sakuraba to retain the
GHC National Championship The is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship in the Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 3, 2019 and inaugurated on November 2 when Takashi Sugi ...
. At
CyberFight Festival 2021 CyberFight Festival 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight for its four brands, DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW), and Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro). It took place on ...
on June 6, Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba defeated Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine. At Noah Cross Over in Sendai 2021 on July11, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin defeated Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone). At Noah Cross Over in Hiroshima 2021 on August 1, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura defeated Kongo (Hao, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Nio) in six-man tag team competition. At
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on October 10, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura fell short to M's Alliance (Masaaki Mochizuki, Masakatsu Funaki and Masato Tanaka). At
Noah Demolition Stage 2021 NOAH Demolition Stage 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on November 13, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan, at the Yokohama Budokan. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online l ...
on November 13, Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Yoshiki Inamura, and Kazushi Sakuraba, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura fell short to Funky Express (Akitoshi Saito, King Tany and Mohammed Yone). At Noah The Best 2021 on November 28, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita and Takashi Sugiura fell short to M's Alliance (Keiji Muto, Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji) in six-man tag team competition. At Noah The New Year 2022 on January 1, Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin defeated
Ikuto Hidaka (born August 5, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestling, professional wrestler, currently performing for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Hidaka was the regular partner of Minoru Fujita, with whom he has held the NWA International Lightweight Tag Te ...
and Masakatsu Funaki in tag team action, and Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura teamed up with
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to defeat Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura. At Noah Bumper Crop 2022 In Sendai on January 16, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura defeated Funky Express (King Tany and Mohammed Yone), Go Shiozaki and Masakatsu Funaki. At Noah Higher Ground 2022 on January 22, Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura fell short to M's Alliance (Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji). At Noah Gain Control 2022 In Nagoya on February 23, Kendo Kashin fought
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in a double count-out, Takashi Sugiura teamed up with
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to defeat
Masa Kitamiya is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. Kitamiya's ring name is a tribute to former professional wrestler Masa Saito. Kitamiya also wears a similar ring attire to Saito as tribute. Early life Kitamiya was an amateur ...
and Yoshiki Inamura, and Kazuyuki Fujita defeated
Katsuhiko Nakajima is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer, though he primarily works with GLEAT. He is a former Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion in All Japan Pro Wrestling and a two-time GHC Heavyweight Champion in Pro Wrestlin ...
to win the
GHC Heavyweight Championship The is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, which was merged with DDT Pro-Wrestling to form CyberFight in 2020. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world ...
. At Noah Great Voyage in Fukuoka 2022 on March 21, Hideki Suzuki, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura defeated Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh,
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and
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), and Kazuyuki Fujita defended the
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against Masato Tanaka. On the second night of Noah Majestic 2022 from April 30, Kazushi Sakuraba and Kendo Kashin defeated
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and
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, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée defeated
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and Masato Tanaka, and Hideki Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura successfully defended the
GHC Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Big Van Vader, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio, Sc ...
against Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh). At Noah Dream On Final 2022 on May 21, Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Kinya Okada, Hideki Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura teamed up with Masaaki Mochizuki to defeat Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masakatsu Funaki), and El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée dropped the
GHC Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Big Van Vader, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio, Sc ...
to Masa Kitamiya and Michael Elgin. At CyberFight Festival 2022 on June 12, El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., René Duprée and Timothy Thatcher teamed up with Michael Elgin and
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to defeat Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba and
Shuhei Taniguchi is a Japanese professional wrestler who has worked for Pro Wrestling Noah since his debut in December 2005. He is also known by the ring name , under which he portrays a villainous masked character. Professional wrestling career Amateur backg ...
in five-man tag team action. At Noah Destination 2022 on July 16, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée teamed up with Anthony Greene, Simon Gotch and Stallion Rogers to defeat Daiki Inaba, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kinya Okada, Masaaki Mochizuki and Shuhei Taniguchi, Kazuyuki Fujita and Takashi Sugiura teamed up with
Go Shiozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. He is a record-holding five time former GHC Heavyweight Champion. He made his debut for the Pro Wrestling Noah in July 2004 and initially remained with Pro Wrestling No ...
to defeat Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masakatsu Funaki), Hideki Suzuki and Timothy Thatcher defeated The Tough (Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura). At Noah Departure 2022 on August 5, Takashi Sugiura teamed up with Go Shiozaki and Naomichi Marufuji to defeat Daiki Inaba, Masato Tanaka and
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. At Noah Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022 on September 25, Hideki Suzuki and Timothy Thatcher dropped the
GHC Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Big Van Vader, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio, Sc ...
to Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura. At
Noah Ariake Triumph 2022 NOAH Ariake Triumph 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on October 30, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Ariake Arena. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear tele ...
on October 30, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Hideki Suzuki defeated Masa Kitamiya and Masato Tanaka, Kazushi Sakuraba unsuccessfully challenged Masakatsu Funaki for the
GHC National Championship The is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship in the Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 3, 2019 and inaugurated on November 2 when Takashi Sugi ...
, Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura successfully defended the
GHC Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Big Van Vader, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio, Sc ...
against Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh) and Kazuyuki Fujita unsuccessfully challenged
Kaito Kiyomiya is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is former and three-time GHC Heavyweight Championship, GHC Heavyweight Champion. He also makes appearances for partner promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Early lif ...
for the
GHC Heavyweight Championship The is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, which was merged with DDT Pro-Wrestling to form CyberFight in 2020. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world ...
. At Noah Global Honored Crown 2022 on November 10, Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura successfully defended the
GHC Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Big Van Vader, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio, Sc ...
against Funky Express ( Akitoshi Saito and
Mohammed Yone , better known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a multi-time GHC Tag Team Champion, a one time GHC Openweight Hardcore Champion and winner of the Global Tag League in ...
), El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Masakatsu Funaki to win the
GHC National Championship The is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship in the Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 3, 2019 and inaugurated on November 2 when Takashi Sugi ...
, and Timothy Thatcher unsuccessfully challenged Kaito Kiyomiya for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. At Noah The Best 2022 on November 23, Kazuyuki Fujita, Takashi Sugiura and Timothy Thatcher fell short against Masaaki Mochizuki, Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji, and El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. successfully defended the
GHC National Championship The is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship in the Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 3, 2019 and inaugurated on November 2 when Takashi Sugi ...
against Yoshiki Inamura. At Noah The New Year 2023 on January 1, Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin teamed up with Nosawa Rongai and
Hiroshi Hase is a Japanese politician and semi-retired professional wrestler who is currently the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture. As a professional wrestler, Hase primarily worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and also for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJ ...
to defeat Kongo (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masakatsu Funaki, Manabu Soya and Hajime Ohara) and Timothy Thatcher fell short to
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. At The Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye" on January 22, Timothy Thatcher defeated Masaaki Mochizuki, Kazushi Sakuraba defeated Hideki Suzuki by referee stoppage, and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and Takashi Sugiura teamed up with Kaito Kiyomiya and Satoshi Kojima to defeat Kongo (Kenoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masakatsu Funaki and Manabu Soya). On the first night of the Noah Star Navigation 2023 from February 5, Timothy Thatcher and Hideki Suzuki defeated Masaaki Mochizuki and Shuhei Taniguchi in tag team competition. At Noah Great Voyage in Osaka 2023 on February 12, Timothy Thatcher, Kazuyuki Fujita and Hideki Suzuki defeated Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki and Yoshiki Inamura in six-man tag team action, and TakaKoji (Takashi Sugiura and Satoshi Kojima) dropped the
GHC Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Big Van Vader, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio, Sc ...
against Masa Kitamiya and Daiki Inaba. At Keiji Muto Grand Final Pro-Wrestling "Last" Love on February 21, 2023, Takashi Sugiura, Satoshi Kojima and Timothy Thatcher fell short to Jake Lee, Jack Morris and Anthony Greene in six-man tag team action. At Noah Great Voyage in Yokohama 2023 on March 19, Sugiura fell short to Shuhei Taniguchi in singles competition.


Stable's dissolution (April 2023)

At Noah Green Journey in Sendai 2023 on April 16, Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley defeated Yoshiki Inamura,
Kinya Okada is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. Nicknamed "Infinite Beast Warrior", he is most known for his time in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah under his real name. He also made appearances in All Japan Pro-Wrestling (AJPW), New J ...
and
Sean Legacy Sean Rossini (born November 28, 1995), better known by the ring name Sean Legacy, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under the WWE ID program and performs on the NXT and Evolve brands. Rossini has also competed across th ...
in six-man tag team competition, and Takashi Sugiura and Shuhei Taniguchi defeated Masa Kitamiya and Daiki Inaba to capture the
GHC Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Big Van Vader, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio, Sc ...
. After the bout concluded, Sugiura stated that Sugiura-gun was not working and as such announced the disbanding of the stable. Six days later, Suzuki, Thatcher and Huxley formed the stable of " Real".


New Japan Pro Wrestling (2022–2023)

Due to Pro Wrestling Noah sharing a business partnership with
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, various members of the stable participated in the latter's biggest yearly event, the Wrestle Kingdom, usually on the second or third night dedicated to inter-promotional prizeless matches. At
Wrestle Kingdom 16 Wrestle Kingdom 16 was a three-day professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event co-produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotions. The event took place on January 4 and 5, 2022, at the Tokyo Dome, in T ...
on January 8, 2022, Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba teamed up with
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to defeat Suzuki-gun (
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,
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and
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). At Wrestle Kingdom 17 on January 21, Takashi Sugiura teamed up with Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yano and
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to defeat
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(
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, Kenta and
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) and Naomichi Marufuji.


Members


Timeline


Championships and accomplishments

* Pro Wrestling Noah **
GHC Heavyweight Championship The is the professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created and promoted by Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, which was merged with DDT Pro-Wrestling to form CyberFight in 2020. It is one of CyberFight's two top men's world ...
(
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) – Fujita (1) and Wagner Jr. (1) **
GHC National Championship The is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship in the Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 3, 2019 and inaugurated on November 2 when Takashi Sugi ...
( 3 times) – Sugiura (2) and Wagner Jr. (1) **
GHC Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling tag team Championship (professional wrestling), title in Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Big Van Vader, Vader and 2 Cold Scorpio, Sc ...
( 8 times) – Sugiura and Sakamoto (1), Wagner Jr. and Duprée (2), Sugiura and Sakuraba (1), Sugiura and Suzuki (1) and Suzuki and Thatcher (1), Sugiura and Kojima (1), Thatcher and Huxley (1) **
Global Tag League The Global Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created in 2008. The Global Tag League is held under a points system, with two points for a win, one for a time limit draw and n ...
***(2019) – Sugiura and Sakamoto ***(2020) – Wagner Jr. and Duprée * ''
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'' **Ranked
Takashi Sugiura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined Noah's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestl ...
No. 67 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2021 **Ranked El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. No. 117 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2023 **Ranked
Kazuyuki Fujita is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, former Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler, currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a one-time GHC Heavyweight Championship ...
No. 117 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2022 **Ranked Hideki Suzuki No. 150 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2019 **Ranked
Timothy Thatcher Timothy Andrew Moura (born March 17, 1983), better known by the ring name Timothy Thatcher, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE as a trainer for the WWE ID program and as in-ring performer on the Evolve brand; he is best ...
No. 265 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2023 *
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** World Heavyeight Championship ( 1 time) – Sugiura * ''
Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards The are Japanese professional wrestling, or ''puroresu'', awards that have been handed out by the ''Tokyo Sports'' magazine annually since 1974. The most publicized awards in Japanese professional wrestling, they are recognized by all the major pr ...
'' ** Best Tag Team Award – Sugiura and Sakuraba (2020)


Notes


References

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