Pat Tanaka
Known For
Acting
Born
1963-08-05 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Biography
Patrick Tanaka is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in the American Wrestling Association as one half of Badd Company and the World Wrestling Federation as one half of The Orient Express. He is the son of Duke Keomuka. In his career, which has spanned almost three decades, Tanaka has appeared in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW),Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Trained by his father, Duke Keomuka, Hiro Matsuda, and the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo, Pat Tanaka debuted in 1984 for NJPW. During his time there, he wrestled the likes of Keiichi Yamada, Shunji Kosugi, Black Cat, Naoki Sano, Tatsutoshi Goto, Shinichi Nakano, and Hirokazu Hata. After a year in New Japan, Tanaka started wrestling as a jobber in Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985. In 1986, Tanaka moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he worked for Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett’s Continental Wrestling Association. Early on Tanaka teamed with Jeff Jarrett to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship.[3] In late 1986 the tag-team specialist Tanaka was teamed up with Paul Diamond, who was also seen as a tag-team specialist, to form Badd Company,[4] a move that paid off pretty soon as the two won the CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship, beating Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato on December 15, 1986. The first reign was short lived as The Sheepherders (Luke Williams & Butch Miller) defeated the duo on January 10, 1987. Badd Company quickly regained the titles only to lose them to Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato on February 5, 1987. The third reign with the tag-team titles came on May 9, 1987 when the team beat Mark Starr in a handicap match, but lost them back to Starr and his new tag team partner Billy Joe Travis. Badd Company had one last run with the International tag team titles as they won the vacant titles on May 25, 1987 and held them until July 6, 1987 where they lost the titles to Bill Dundee and Rocky Johnson (who were the last International tag team champions). While in Memphis Badd Company also won the CWA's main tag team title, the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship, defeating Jeff Jarrett and Billy Joe Travis on August 8, 1987.
Most Known For
Raw
as Pat Tanaka
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Tanaka
Saturday Night's Main Event
as Tanaka
Dark Side of the Ring
as Self
NWA World Championship Wrestling
as Patrick Tanaka
WWE Old School
as Pat Tanaka
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
as Pat Tanaka
WWE Hottest Matches
as Tanaka
AWA Championship Wrestling
as Pat Tanaka
AWA Arena Shows
as Pat Tanaka
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Tanaka
WWE Rampage '91
as Tanaka
WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & Triumph
as Himself
Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania
as Himself
WWE WrestleMania VI
as Tanaka
AWA All-Star Wrestling
as Pat Tanaka
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
as Tanaka
AWA Superstars
as Pat Tanaka
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Tanaka
WWE SummerSlam 1990
as Tanaka