Go Shiozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion where he is a record-holding five time former GHC Heavyweight Champion.
26 Facts About Go Shiozaki
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Go Shiozaki made his debut for the promotion in July 2004 and remained with it until the end of 2012.
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In January 2013, Shiozaki joined All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he became a one-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and a two-time World Tag Team Champion, before resigning from the promotion in September 2015.
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Go Shiozaki has worked for American promotions Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro, winning the latter's World Heavyweight Championship.
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The article would mention that Kobayashi had passed the AJPW rookie test, without having any background in martial arts, something Go Shiozaki was lacking as well.
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Go Shiozaki entered the Pro Wrestling Noah dojo in 2003 and according to the commentators from the event Universal Uproar, was the only man to graduate in his class as well as being the youngest wrestler on the roster.
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Go Shiozaki and Kobashi formed a very successful tag team and the biggest match the two had as a team was a losing effort against Kensuke Sasaki and his own protege, Katsuhiko Nakajima.
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In late April 2007, Go Shiozaki represented Noah in the prestigious King of Europe Cup.
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Go Shiozaki defeated Real Quality Wrestling representative Martin Stone in the first round before falling to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla representative Davey Richards in the quarterfinals.
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Go Shiozaki returned to Noah in mid-2009 and gained a significant push as Mitsuharu Misawa's new tag team partner.
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However his second title defense was unsuccessful as on December 6, Go Shiozaki lost the World Heavyweight title to Takashi Sugiura on the last date of the 2009 Winter Navigation tour.
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Go Shiozaki regained the GHC Heavyweight Title by defeating Takashi Sugiura on July 10,2011.
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On January 4,2012, Go Shiozaki returned to New Japan at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, where he and Naomichi Marufuji defeated CHAOS Top Team in a tag team match.
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On December 3,2012, it was reported that Go Shiozaki had threatened to not re-sign with Noah after his contract expires in January 2013, when the promotion decided to release Kenta Kobashi from his contract.
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Go Shiozaki made his Ring of Honor debut during ROH's August 2006 tour of England.
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Go Shiozaki unsuccessfully wrestled ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness in a title match on a Noah show in January 2008 before joining the ROH roster as a regular during February's event Eye of the Storm.
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On June 6,2008, Go Shiozaki participated in a one night tournament to crown new ROH World Tag Team Champions.
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Go Shiozaki later lost title to four-time WLW World Heavyweight Champion Luminous Warrior on May 19,2009.
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In September, Go Shiozaki made it to the finals of the 2013 Odo Tournament, after wins over Burning stablemates Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru as well as top World Tag Team Championship contender Joe Doering, before losing to Akebono.
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However, in the stable's first match three days later, Kenso turned on Go Shiozaki and aligned himself with Bambi Killer and D'Lo Brown.
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Go Shiozaki was then saved by Atsushi Aoki, Kento Miyahara and Kotaro Suzuki, who became the newest members of Xceed.
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On February 23,2014, Go Shiozaki received another shot at the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Akebono.
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On September 28, Go Shiozaki defeated Suwama in the finals to win the 2014 Odo Tournament and earn another shot at the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.
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Go Shiozaki received a rematch with Doering on January 3,2015, and defeated him to win the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship for the first time.
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On November 20,2015, Go Shiozaki returned to Noah, announcing he wanted to again wrestle in his original home promotion.
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Go Shiozaki took part of the 2018 Global League, winning 4 matches and losing 3, making 8 points and failing to advance to the finals.