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Shingo Takagi |
| Real Name: Shingo Takagi | |
| Nickname: Pumping Hawk - パンピング・ホーク | |
| Date of Birth: 11/21/1982 | |
| Birthplace: Nakakoma, Yamanashi Prefecture | |
| Height/Weight: 178cm/95kg | |
| Theme: LEGEND FALCONRY | |
| Debut: 10/3/2004 vs. brother YASSHI, Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara (Partners: CIMA & TARU | |
| Title History: ROH Tag, GHC Jr. Tag, Open the Triangle Gate, Open the Dream Gate |
Specialties:
•MADE IN JAPAN
Pump handle lift directly into Last Falconry drop.
•Last Falconry - ラスト・ファルコンリー
Wrist clutch fireman's lift into sit out driver
•Original Falconry - オリジナル・ファルコンリー
Original name was Last Falcony, wrist clutch fireman's lift into Olympic
Slam drop.
•Blood Fall - ブラド・フォール
Argentine backbreaker lift into sit out facebuster.
•Pumping Bomber - パンピング・ボンバー
Strong lariat, sometimes with Pumping appeal.
•You Sorou - ヨーソロー
Turbo Drop II style throw.
•MANRIKI
Anaconda Vice style submission.
Prior to entering the Dragon Gate system, Shingo trained at
the Animal Hamaguchi Gym, and was an accomplished proffessional bodybuilder.
Wrestling has always been a dream, during middle school when filling out a
questionnaire about occupations he put "All Japan, New Japan, FMW" as his
desired field.
2004: Enters the Dragon Gate system, and debuts as their first
graduate. He is aligned with his teacher, CIMA, and Crazy MAX for their final
days in the 2004 Rey De Parejas. He remained with CIMA and Fuji for the brief
Waku Waku Fuji Land period.
2005: Continues on to Blood Generation, and begins a meteoric
rise in rank through the year.
2006: After the Blood/Muscle split, Shingo chose to remain
neutral. Instead, he left Japan to spend 1 year in the US. While there he
adopted the ring name SHINGO, which he still uses when in the US and on the
WrestleJAM shows.
2007: Won the ROH Tag titles with Naruki Doi early in the year.
Made a triumphant return to Japan in Spring. Upon arriving, he helped found New
Hazard with former rival BxB Hulk. Their formal debut as a unit saw them capture
the Open the Triangle Gate.
Shingo and Hulk captured the GHC Jr Tag titles from DoiYoshi in January 2008, but they lost them to the NOAH team of KENTA and Taiji Ishimori. With little warning, he turned heel on Hulk in May. He ended New Hazard, taking Kong with him to the new super heel group Real Hazard. He went on to become the new ace following CIMAs' injury, winning the Dream Gate at World. This also lead directly to his ousting from RH, as he had previously stopped several assaults on CIMA and shook hands with Hulk. He was aided by Typhoon, and after teaming with Dragon Kid in the Summer Adventure Tag League, he chose to formally join the unit.