Super Dragon is one of six founders of the Southern California-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
25 Facts About Super Dragon
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Super Dragon is a former PWG World Champion and a record six-time PWG World Tag Team Champion, having held the title twice with B-Boy and Davey Richards, and once with Excalibur and Kevin Steen.
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Super Dragon started training in 1996 in World Power Wrestling's wrestling school, where he was trained under owner Martin Marin.
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Super Dragon had his first match in 1997 against Tiger Joe.
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Super Dragon became friends with Blitzkrieg, who during a tour of Mexico caught the eye of local wrestlers, such as Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera, who were performing for World Championship Wrestling.
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Super Dragon joined Revolution Pro Wrestling in 1999 and was part of the New Generation that hit Rev-Pro along with Disco Machine, TARO, Excalibur and Shogun.
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However, it was not long after that when Dragon tore his ACL and was forced to go for a reconstructive surgery in July 2000.
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Super Dragon made his return in January 2001 and reached his first real peak on September 28,2001, when he defeated B-Boy in the finals of a sixteen-man tournament to win the Revolution J Tournament.
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On May 12,2004, at Revolution Pro's final show, Super Dragon was defeated by Mr Excitement.
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Super Dragon started wrestling for Combat Zone Wrestling in 2002 at Best of the Best 2 against longtime rival B-Boy.
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At Cage of Death 7, Super Dragon beat Ruckus for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.
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At the next show, An Afternoon of Main Events, Super Dragon teamed with the Kings of Wrestling in a six-man tag team match against BLKOUT, which they lost.
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Super Dragon lost the title back to Ruckus in February 2006 in a match involving Kevin Steen.
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Super Dragon got to the semifinals, but was then eliminated by Joey Ryan.
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On November 13,2004, at Free Admission, Super Dragon beat Frankie Kazarian to win the PWG Championship.
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On December 18,2004, at Uncanny X-Mas after Dragon's match with Jonny Storm, a second Super Dragon came to the ring and attacked the real Super Dragon by delivering him some of his signature moves.
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On December 3,2005, at Chanukah Chaos, after Super Dragon had gotten a small measure of revenge on Excalibur and Disco Machine by defeating them in a tag team title match, he attacked the PWG Champion Kevin Steen during his title match with Joey Ryan and gave him two Psycho Drivers, causing him to lose the title.
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The feud ended on December 16,2005, at Astonishing X-Mas in a Guerrilla Warfare match, in which Super Dragon came out victorious.
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Super Dragon returned to PWG on September 2 as a participant in the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles tournament.
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Super Dragon won the match for his team by pinning Richards after a Psycho Driver.
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Since then, Super Dragon suffered defeats at the hands of newcomer Ronin in a singles match, and a pinfall by Los Luchas in a tag team match.
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Super Dragon, who had gained massive amounts of weight, took himself out of the Yokosuka match and replaced himself with CIMA and the next night defeated TARO in a lackluster match.
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Super Dragon made his return on October 22,2011, by saving former rival Kevin Steen from The Young Bucks after the two had cost him the PWG World Championship and challenged him to a handicap Guerrilla Warfare match.
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On June 26,2015, Super Dragon made a surprise return to PWG, turning heel and forming a new version of the Mount Rushmore stable with PWG World Champion Roderick Strong and PWG World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks.
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The first time Super Dragon appeared in Ring of Honor was at Do or Die II on March 13,2004, when he defeated Excalibur in a try-out match.