| Go Shiozaki | |
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 Shiozaki as WLW Heavyweight Champion in late 2008 |
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| Ring name(s) | Go Shiozaki[1][2] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] |
| Billed weight | 242 lb (110 kg; 17.3 st)[2] |
| Born | January 21, 1982 [1] Kumamoto, Kumamoto[2] |
| Trained by | Pro Wrestling Noah Dojo[3] Kenta Kobashi[2][3] Tamon Honda[2] Yoshinari Ogawa[2] |
| Debut | July 24, 2004[2][3] |
Go Shiozaki (潮崎 豪 Shiozaki Go) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion. In addition to Noah, he has previously worked in the American-based promotion Ring of Honor and its former sister promotion Full Impact Pro, where he won the latter's World Heavyweight Championship.
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Shiozaki entered the Noah dojo in 2003[4] and according to the commentators from the event Universal Uproar, was the only man to graduate in his "class" as well as being the youngest wrestler on the roster. Following his debut, Shiozaki became a protégé of the legendendary Kenta Kobashi. Shiozaki and Kobashi formed a very successful tag team and the biggest match the two had as a team was a losing effort against Kensuke Sasaki and his own protégé, Katsuhiko Nakajima. The match reached critical acclaim, being given a near-perfect rating from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
In the beginning of 2006, Shiozaki fractured his jaw against KENTA.[4] Following his recovery, he began wrestling matches against the biggest names of the company and despite losing to them, he would put forth a valiant effort against them, similar to how Kobashi competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling. After Kobashi was forced out of action due to cancer, Shiozaki teamed briefly with Tamon Honda but was again defeated by Noah's top wrestlers until he finally broke his losing streak by pinning Ricky Marvin.
In late April 2007, Shiozaki represented Noah in the prestigious King of Europe Cup. He defeated Real Quality Wrestling representative Martin Stone in the first round before falling to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla representative Davey Richards in the quarter finals.
Shiozaki made his Ring of Honor during ROH's August 2006 tour of England.[3] In July 2007, he wrestled Bryan Danielson in ROH's debut show in Tokyo, Japan. He unsuccessfully wrestled World Champion Nigel McGuinness in a title match on a Noah show in January 2008 before joining the ROH roster as a regular during February's event Eye of the Storm.[3]
On June 6, 2008, Shiozaki participated in a one night tournament to crown new World Tag Team Champions. He and partner World Champion Nigel McGuiness were eliminated in the first round by Kevin Steen and El Generico when Steen forced McGuiness to submit to the sharpshooter. The following day, Shiozaki received a title shot against McGuiness but lost when McGuiness forced him to submit to the London Dungeon.
On June 28, Shiozaki revealed himself to be the newest member of Sweet 'n' Sour Inc., Larry Sweeney's villainous faction.
In the summer of 2008, Shiozaki began performing for ROH's sister promotion, Full Impact Pro, based in Florida. He defeated Erick Stevens for the World Heavyweight Championship at FIP's event Heatstroke on August 23.[5] He would hold the belt for four months, defending it on both FIP and ROH, before losing it to Tyler Black on December 20.
Soon after having a tryout match with World Wrestling Entertainment[6] on September 5, Shiozaki began wrestling in Harley Race's World League Wrestling. On October 4, he won the WLW Heavyweight Championship for the first time in a nine-man Battle Royal for the vacant title. He later lost title to four-time WLW Heavyweight Champion Luminous Warrior on May 19, 2009.
Shiozaki returned to Noah in mid-2009 and gained a significant push as Mitsuharu Misawa's new tag team partner. They soon won the Global Tag League in May and thus became the top contenders to the GHC Tag Team Championship. During their title match on June 13 against champions Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith, Misawa suffered a cervical spinal cord trauma[7] during the match after receiving a belly to back suplex from Saito. After Misawa remained motionless following the suplex, officials quickly tended to him before he was taken to a hospital, where he died later on.
On June 14, reigning GHC World Heavyweight Champion Jun Akiyama was forced to vacate the title due to herniated discs in his back. As a result, Shiozaki was nominated by Akiyama to wrestle for the title against the number one contender Takeshi Rikio. After a hard-fought twenty minute match, Shiozaki managed to defeat Rikio to become the new GHC Heavyweight Champion. He then went on to successfully defend his title for the first time on September 27 against Akitoshi Saito. However his second title defense was unsuccessful as on December 6, Shiozaki lost the World Heavyweight title to Takashi Sugiura on the last date of the 2009 Winter Navigation tour.
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  | FIP - Full Impact Pro - FIP Heavyweight Title History - Solie's Title Histories: FCW |
| | Go Shiozaki Profile - Online World of Wrestling |
| | The Americanization of Go Shiozaki - CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - The Americanization of Go Shiozaki |
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