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WRESTLER PROFILES


Wrestler:	Gedo
Real Name:	Keiji Takayama
Birthday:	February 20, 1969
Hometown:	Musashino City, Tokyo
Marital Status:
Height & Weight:	5'9" - 198 lbs.
Trained by:
Debut:	March 19th, 1989
Previous Names:
Finishing Move:	Complete Shot
Favorite Moves:	Superfly Splash Gedo Clutch
Notable Feuds:

UWA Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Punish defeating Silver King & El Texano (11/8/91);

UWA Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Punish defeating Scorpio Jr. & Shu El Guerrero (6/21/92);

UWA Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Pat Tanaka defeating Kendo & Coolie SZ (8/16/92);

WAR 6 Man Tag Team titles w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado defeating Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara (6/30/94);

WAR 6 Man Tag Team titles w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado defeating Bob Backlund, The Warlord & Scott Putski (9/1/94);

WAR International Jr. Heavyweight title defeating Lionheart (3/26/95);

WAR 6 Man Tag Team titles w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado defeating Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Hamaguchi & Koki Kitahara (8/5/95);

WAR International Jr. Heavyweight title defeating Ultimo Dragon (8/29/95)

WAR International Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Lionheart defeating Yuji Yasuraoka & Lance Storm (2/23/96);

WAR 6 Man Tag Team titles w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado defeating Arashi, Koki Kitahara & Nobutaka Araya (3/22/96);

WAR 6 Man Tag Team titles w/ Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado defeating Yoji Anjo, Yoshihiro Takayama & Kenichi Yamamoto (6/7/96);

FMW World Street Fight 6 Man Tag Team titles w/Hiromichi Fuyuki & Jado defeating The Headhunters & Hisakatsu Oya (3/21/97);

Rocky Mountain North American Mid-Heavyweight title defeating Ricky Fuji (8/31/97);

BJW Tag Team titles w/Jado defeating Seiji Yamakawa & Yoshihiro Tajiri (12/22/97);

FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team titles w/Koji Nakagawa defeating Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (6/13/99);

WEW 6 Man Tag Team titles w/Kodo Fuyuki & Koji Nakagawa defeating Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (7/31/99);

WEW 6 Man Tag Team titles w/Koji Nakagawa & Jado defeating Ricky Fuji, Flying Kid Ichihara & Chocoball Mukai (12/11/99);

WEW Tag Team titles w/Koji Nakagawa defeating Kodo Fuyuki & Kyoko Inoue (4/1/00);

WEW 6 Man Tag Team titles w/Koji Nakagawa & Jado defeating Kodo Fuyuki, Kyoko Inoue & Chocoball Mukai (5/3/00);

WEW Tag Team titles w/Jado defeating H & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (7/14/00);

WEW 6 Man Tag Team titles w/Jado & Kaori Nakayama defeating Kodo Fuyuki, Mr. Gannosuke & Shinjuku Shark (9/17/00);

WEW Hardcore Tag Team title w/Jado defeating Hideki Hosaka & Yoshinari Sasaki (9/21/00);

WEW Tag Team titles w/Masato Tanaka defeating Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda (1/7/01);

WEW 6 Man Tag Team titles w/Masato Tanaka & Jado defeating Kodo Fuyuki, GOEMON & Onryo (2/11/01);

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Jado defeating Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (7/20/01);

UWA Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Dick Togo defeating Great Sasuke & Masao Orihara (11/2/01);

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Jado defeating Jushin Thunder Liger & El Samurai (11/29/03);

Keiji Takayama debuted in New Japan in an army known as TPG (Takeshi Puroresu Gundan)..

Keiji (known as Crush) debuted in a tag team with Punish (aka Jado)..

Crush & Punish participated in the debut of Gran Hamada's UWF promotion, then moved to W*ING..

February 1994: Crush & Punish switched to Genichiro Tenryu's WAR where they would be known as Gedo & Jado..

Gedo & Jado were closely associated with Hiromichi "Kodo" Fuyuki, and dominated the Six Man Tag division..

Gedo also became one of WAR's top juniors, feuding with Ultimo Dragon, Lionheart, and others..

Super J Cup 1994: Gedo reached the semi-final round..

Super J Cup 1995: Gedo reached the finals losing to Jushin Thunder Liger..

Jado & Gedo followed Fuyuki to FMW..

Early 2001: Gedo & Jado left the crumbling FMW and toured the Japanese independent circuit..

June 22, 2001: Gedo & Jado made a surprise appearance in New Japan assisting Team 2000 in an attack on the New Japan army..

~~~Gedo & Jado unmasked Jushin Liger in the process, restoring an old rivalry..

July 20, 2001: Jado & Gedo defeated Jushin Liger & El Samurai to capture the IWGP Jr. Tag Team titles..

November 29, 2003: Gedo & Jado defeated Jushin Liger & El Samurai to win the vacant IWGP jr. Tag Team titles..

January 04, 2004--New Japan Pro Wrestling: Gedo & Jado beat Tiger Mask & Heat to retain the IWGP jr. tag team titles..

June 5, 2004 - NJPW: Gedo & Jado defeated American Dragon (Bryan Danielson) & Curry Man (Chris Daniels)..

November 13, 2004--New Japan: Tiger Mask & Wataru Inoue & Taiji Ishimori defeated Gedo & Jado & Jushin Liger..

January 4, 2005--New Japan Pro Wrestling: Gedo & Jado vs Wataru Inoue & Katsushi Takemura ended in a 15:00 time limit draw..

December 3 2005--NJPW: Safari & Sangre Azteca defeated Jado & Gedo..

December 4, 2005--NJPW: Jado & Gedo & Hirooki Goto beat Koji Kanemoto & Tiger Mask IV & Ryusuke Taguchi..

December 6, 2005--NJPW: Minoru Tanaka & Jado & Gedo beat Jushin Liger & Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto..

December 7, 2005--NJPW: Masayuki Naruse & El Samurai defeated Jado & Gedo..

December 8, 2005--NJPW: Jado & Gedo defeated Safari & Sangre Azteca..

December 9, 2005--NJPW: Jado & Gedo defeated Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai..

December 10, 2005--NJPW: Jado & Gedo defeated Safari & Sangre Azteca..

December 11, 2005--NJPW: El Samurai & Sangre Azteca defeated Jado & Gedo..