36 Facts About Andruew Tang

Andruew Tang You Liang was born on 28 February 1989 and is a Singaporean professional wrestler.

Andruew Tang is the co-founder and head coach of Singapore Pro Wrestling, where he performs as a wrestler under the ring name "The Statement" Andruew Tang.

Andruew Tang is the first Singaporean professional wrestler and the current SPW Southeast Asian Champion.

At the age of 12, Andruew Tang watched pro wrestling for the first time and fell in love with it.

Andruew Tang would decide that he wanted to become a professional wrestler, however he struggled as professional wrestling was nonexistent in Singapore.

Andruew Tang would serve in the Singapore Armed Forces, where he would be selected for Officer Cadet School.

In 2011, Andruew Tang, an aspiring professional wrestler, attended a talk by Vadim Koryagin, a Russian businessman and owner of Independent Wrestling Federation, a Russia-based promotion.

Andruew Tang debuted on 4 October 2012, losing to Steve Ultra.

In 2014 Andruew Tang teamed with Trexxus forming a tag team known as Onslaught.

Andruew Tang defeated Bitman in December 2014, winning the AWGC Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Andruew Tang would hold the title until March 2016, where he would lose to Masa Takanashi.

In October 2017, Andruew Tang lost to then NXT UK Champion Pete Dunne in the main event.

Dunne returned to SPW in 2018 to face Andruew Tang, however appearing with Wolfgang and Mark Davis.

In 2019, Andruew Tang was invited as one of three Singaporean wrestlers, alongside Kaiser Trexxus and Alexis Lee, to take part in a WWE tryout.

Andruew Tang held the belt until eventually losing to Shaukat in January 2020, in a winner-take-all match where Shaukat's MYPW World-To-Regional Title was on the line.

In May 2021, Andruew Tang defeated Kaiser Trexxus, retiring him from SPW, and Trexxus would later debut on WWE NXT under the ring name Dante Chen.

Later that month, Andruew Tang would become the longest reigning SEA champion of all time, beating Lokomotiv's record of 462 days.

In November 2022, Andruew Tang competed at SPW X, the promotion's 10th anniversary, where he teamed with Mei Suruga, losing to Riho and Tajiri.

On Day 2 of the event, Andruew Tang unsuccessfully attempted to reclaim his SEA title in a four-way match against Rex, Tajiri and Takanashi.

In January 2023, Andruew Tang defeated Shivam in Thailand to win the AWGC Junior Heavyweight Championship for the second time in his career.

In September 2023, Andruew Tang became the first Singaporeans along with Aiden Rex, to be included in the PWI 500.

In November 2023, Andruew Tang faced former WWE wrestler Samuray Del Sol in the main event of SPW Viva La Lucha.

In May 2024, with aid from the Midnight Bastards, Andruew Tang defeated Aiden Rex to win the SPW SEA Championship for the fifth time in his career.

Andruew Tang made his New Japan Pro Wrestling debut on 20 June 2015, where he defeated Michael Nakazawa, retaining his AWGC Junior Heavyweight Championship at Day 1 of NJPW Wrestling World in Singapore.

Andruew Tang is the first and only Singaporean to wrestle for NJPW.

Andruew Tang made his Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling debut on 13 February 2017 losing to EK Baki.

Andruew Tang returned to Gatoh Move in May 2018, losing two tag matches, teaming with Nyc and Chon Shiryu.

Andruew Tang teamed with Kyu Mogami, losing a tag match in his Kaientai Dojo debut.

In early 2023, Andruew Tang wrestled two matches for Dragon Gate in their collaborative event with Ring of Rebirth, defeating Big Boss Shimizu and DJ Kal in separate singles matches.

In March 2023, Andruew Tang left Singapore to train under Tajiri and wrestle in Japan.

Andruew Tang wrestled multiple matches for Kyushu Pro Wrestling, defeating Aiden Rex and Batten Blabla in a three-way match and teaming with Tajiri and Genkai to win a 3-man tag match.

Later that month, Andruew Tang made his GLEAT debut, teaming with Quiet Storm but ultimately losing to Action Jackson and Hartley Jackson.

Andruew Tang has acted in various web series' including The Straits Times's Backend Show and Viddsee's Scene City.

Andruew Tang made his cinema debut in Jack Neo's 2022 film, Ah Girls Go Army Again, as a martial arts instructor named Sergeant Hulk Tan.

Andruew Tang's dream wrestling match is against Rey Mysterio, but he wishes to partake in a singles match against Kenny Omega.

In 2019, Andruew Tang was charged with four counts of cheating and sentenced to two weeks of jail in September 2021, after being found guilty of leading banks, OCBC and Maybank, to believe that he was the ultimate beneficial owners of three various firms in order to open accounts for these firms, when in reality he was a resident nominee director, abetting his SPW co-founder, the true beneficial owner, Vadim Koryagin, who himself would be sentenced to four weeks in jail.