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GOKU-DO (Pat Tanaka)
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 209lbs
Date of Birth: 8/5/63
Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida
Debut: April 7th, 1984 (vs. Naoki Sano)

Title History:

AWA Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Paul Diamond) Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty (3/19/88) / Ken Patera & Brad Rheingans (3/25/89)

AWA/CWA International Tag Team Title (4):
- (w/ Jeff Jarrett) Akio Sato & Tarzan Goto (8/25/86) / Akio Sato & Tarzan Goto (9/1/86)
- (w/ Paul Diamond) Akio Sato & Tarzan Goto (12/13/86) / The Sheepherders (1/10/87)
- (w/ Paul Diamond) The Sheepherders (1/87) / Akio Sato & Tarzan Goto (2/5/87)
- (w/ Paul Diamond) Steve Keirn & Mark Starr (5/9/87) / Bill Dundee & Rocky Johnson (7/6/87)

NWA/AWA Southern Tag Team Title (2):
- (w/ Jeff Jarrett) Mike Davis & Tommy Lane (2/3/87) / Big Bubba & Goliath (2/22/87)
- (w/ Paul Diamond) Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis (8/2/87) / Brian Knobs & Jerry Saggs (9/12/87)

UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Bulldog KT) Kendo & Coolie SZ (8/16/92) / Gran Hamada & The Great Sasuke (11/20/92)

Tournament History:

- UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title Tournament (1992): Bulldog KT & Pat Tanaka beat Kendo & Coolie SZ

Signature Moves:

- Complete Shot (reverse Russian legsweep)
- Thrust kick (superkick)

Important Matches:

- Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond vs. Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty (AWA Tag Team Title, 3/19/88)
- Bulldog KT & Pat Tanaka vs. Kendo & Coolie SZ (UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title, 8/16/92)

Notes:

The third son of Duke Keomuka, Pat Tanaka actually debuted as a foreign trainee for New Japan in April, 1984, facing Naoki Sano. The majority of his success came in his homeland of America, where he formed one of the top tag teams of the late 1980's, Badd Company, with Paul Diamond in AWA, the two also competing as the Orient Express in the WWF. He returned to New Japan in August, 1989, wrestling a tour with the company. In 1992, he won the UWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title with Bulldog KT, better known as Gedo. After wrestling for both the WWF and WCW, he returned to New Japan as a regular in October, 2001, wrestling under the name GOKU-DO, and aligning with Gedo and Team 2000.