Mao (wrestler)
Mao | |
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Birth name | Mao Inoue |
Born | [1] Osaki, Miyagi, Japan | January 28, 1997
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Mao Inoue Mao |
Billed height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] |
Billed weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
Trained by | Yasu Urano |
Debut | 2015 |
Mao Inoue (
Professional wrestling career[edit]
Independent circuit (2015–present)[edit]
Mao made his professional wrestling debut as Mao Inoue at DDT Pro-Wrestling's Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2015 event from August 23, 2015, where he teamed up with Mizuki Watase and Kota Umeda, losing to Ryota Nakatsu and Smile Squash (Akito and Yasu Urano) in a six-man tag team match.[4] He is known for tenures with other promotions such as Pro Wrestling Noah, participating in the NOAH Summer Navigation 2017 ~ 11th Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League ~ multiple-night event where he teamed up with his New Wrestling Aidoru (N
DDT Pro-Wrestling (2015–present)[edit]
Mao worked almost his entire career for DDT, where he is a former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion alongside Makoto Oishi and Shunma Katsumata as N
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- DDT Universal Championship (2 times, current)
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (8 times)[13]
- KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shunma Katsumata and Makoto Oishi[14]
- KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, Toy Kojima and Shinya Aoki[15]
- KO-D Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Mike Bailey (1), Asuka (1)[16] and Shunma Katsumata (1)
- King of DDT Tournament (2024)
- Kaientai Dojo/Active Advance Pro Wrestling
- Strongest-K Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mike Bailey[17]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Revolution Pro Wrestling/Southside Wrestling Entertainment
- SWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mike Bailey[19]
References[edit]
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "MAO/General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Mao-Personal Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "MAO • Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ DDT “
両国 ピーターパン2015~DDTより愛 をこめて~” 8/23両国 国技 館 大会 その3. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2020. - ^ Dark angel (July 18, 2017). "Pro Wrestling NOAH: Results «Summer Navigation 2017 ~ Jr. Heavy Tag League» 15/16/07/2017". superluchas.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Remy, JoJo (September 28, 2017). "NOAH GREAT VOYAGE 2017 IN YOKOHAMA VOL.2 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Rev. Claire Elizabeth (April 4, 2019). "Evolve 125 live results: Theory vs. O'Reilly, Henry vs. Allin, and more!". cagesideseats.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (February 14, 2019). "#OWE lands in Japan! - 19:00 April 18th, Shinjuku Tokyo". twitter.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Post Wrestling Staff (November 3, 2019). "Live Report: Revolution Pro Live at The Cockpit 47". postwrestling.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Judgement2017~DDT
旗揚 げ20周年 記念 大会 ~. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2017. - ^ DDT PRO-WRESTLING (July 22, 2018). "ウチコミ!presents Summer Vacation 2018" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ Greer, Jamie (April 5, 2019). "#WrestleManiaWeek Preview: WrestleCon presents Joey Ryan's Penis Party (4/5/19)". Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. November 14, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ KO-D8
人 タッグ/KO-D10人 タッグ選手権 . Syu-Kaku Kombu (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2022. - ^ "KO-D (King Of DDT) Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. October 25, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Kaientai Dojo Strongest-K Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "The 33rd Annual PWI 500". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2023. ISSN 1043-7576.
- ^ "Southside Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Japanese male professional wrestlers
- Sportspeople from Miyagi Prefecture
- People from Ōsaki, Miyagi
- DDT Universal Champions
- KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions
- 21st-century male professional wrestlers
- KO-D 8-Man/10-Man Tag Team Champions
- KO-D Tag Team Champions
- Strongest-K Tag Team Champions
- Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions