In December 2005, Tajiri left WWE. 10 The Stump Puller

Asian mist originated in Japan where it is known as dokugiri, or "Poison Fog" although it is used by a select few wrestlers around the world. Effective July 1, six former WNC wrestlers, Tajiri included, transferred over to the Wrestle-1 promotion. Wrestlers who are not currently with the WWE are still included, but wrestlers who have never been on a WWE/WWF roster are not. September 19, 1989. Two days later, Tajiri and Whipwreck defeated Yo-Hey and Yusuke Kodama in another hardcore tag team match.
Black- Said to blind the opponent for several weeks. As a farther note, it is also used in both Day of Reckoning games as a reversal for superstars when defending against mainly powerbomb-type moves if the star's the reversal style is set to 'Mysterious' when editing their moveset. Ring names However, on October 8, Tajiri turned on Funaki, costing him his semifinal match against Masayuki Kono. The maneuver is referred to as "Poison Fog.". Tajiri returned to All Japan Pro Wrestling in 2011 to team up with Great Muta and KENSO losing to Partisan Forces (Masakatsu Funaki & Minoru Suzuki) & KAI. The mist also appears in many games of the Fire Pro Wrestling series. It is rumoured that Tajiri has been asked to return to WWE at least twice now but has turned down the offers on both occasions. Later on in the same night Tajiri and Dreamer saved Kushida from Leatherface. Yoshihiro Tajiri (September 29 1970), is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE, where he is a former 3-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion. On October 26, Tajiri entered the WNC Championship tournament, defeating Carlito in his first round match. Following the match, Desperado turned on Tajiri and kicked him out of the stable. He defeated his rival Super Crazy for the TV title and won a one-night tournament with Mikey Whipwreck for the vacant tag titles.

Tajiri spat green mist in Rey's face after Rey defeated him.

By doing so, the opponent will (in kayfabe) be blinded and experience intense stinging in the eyes. On June 18, 2014, Tajiri announced that WNC would be going inactive following June 26. The match was well received by the fans in attendance at the ECW Arena, who gave many standing ovations during the match. It should also be noted that Gangrel drank the liquid in the goblet prior to the match, meaning that he wasn't trying to conceal the mist. Tajiri debuted on the May 24, 2001 episode of SmackDown! Following the match, Ohara also turned on Tajiri and WNC, forming a new partnership with debuting female wrestler Nagisa Nozaki. Their reign ended on May 1 at Backlash 2005, when they were eliminated from a tag team turmoil match by La Résistance. On August 8, 2013, Tajiri defeated Osamu Nishimura in his home prefecture of Kumamoto to become the third WNC Champion. 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) (Nidia and Noble were both faces during this time.) Nidia Lynnette Guenard (March 12, 1979) better known simply Nidia is an inactive professional wrestler who worked for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). On July 14, Tajiri was eliminated from the tournament by Gran Metalik. In reality, the mist is water and food coloring or, alternatively, a powdered drink mix such as Kool-Aid, which is stored in a small bag or balloon. Tajiri left WWE on very good terms and competed at WWE's ECW One Night Stand 2006, teaming with Super Crazy to take on the Full Blooded Italians (F.B.I.) On October 28, TAJIRI was defeated in the finals of the tournament by StarBuck. On May 16, 2015, Tajiri defeated Minoru Tanaka at a Wrestle-1 event to capture the European Wrestling Promotion (EWP) Intercontinental Championship. [9] Two days later, Tajiri and Whipwreck defeated Yo-Hey and Yusuke Kodama in another hardcore tag team match in Osaka. In early 1999, Tajiri would soon begin to emulate The Great Muta, who was one of Tajiri's wrestling heroes growing up. As a Special move, it was also featured as "Blood Mist" in WWF WrestleMania 2000 and "Poison Mist" in WWF No Mercy both for the Nintendo 64. Title match also contested for the Wrestle-1 Cruiser Division Championship. On June 28, 2016, Tajiri announced he was leaving Wrestle-1 due to his contract with the company expiring. Debut On February 10, 2012, Smash announced that the promotion would be folding after its March 14 event, following a disagreement between Tajiri and financial backer Masakazu Sakai. On February 4, 2005, Tajiri teamed with William Regal to defeat La Résistance for the World Tag Team Championship on an episode of RAW emanating from Japan. Tajiri recently teamed with The Great Muta to defeat Kohei Suwama & Scott Steiner. While teaming with The Great Muta he and Tajiri both used poison mist on another wrestler (Muta used Green while Tajiri used Red), and won the match by pinning his partner. Illegal attacks. While wrestling in Mexico in late 1998, Tajiri was observed by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) owner Paul Heyman, who invited Tajiri to wrestle for ECW in the United States.

During the summer of 2009, TAJIRI invaded New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he started a feud with the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, by attacking and green misting him after his title defense against Takashi Sugiura. RAW game.

On August 24, 2000, Whipwreck and Tajiri won a one-night tournament to be crowned new ECW World Tag Team Champions (Justin Credible "dropped" the belts so he could face Tommy Dreamer for the ECW Title) when they defeated Tommy Dreamer and Jerry Lynn and Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger in a 3-way match in the finals. On December 27, Tajiri was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Akira. Tajiri used this on Nidia. The bag is placed into the mouth shortly before spitting. Red- Quite often used but is said to Burn the eyes. [1][3] They lost the title to The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke) the following night.[1][3]. Soon after the closure of ECW, Tajiri was hired by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In January, Tajiri suffered a knee injury at an NXT taping. vs. Post-match, Tajiri was announced as the newest member of Kono's villainous Desperado stable. He also won … However, he was hypnotised by Yinling into joining the Monster Army. The Unholy Alliance reunited at ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005, when Whipwreck and the Sinister Minister managed Tajiri during his match with Super Crazy and Little Guido.

In the HUSTLE promotion, he was originally aligned with the babyface HUSTLE Army, a group who defends the sport of professional wrestling against the Monster Army (led by Monster General and Monster K, who aim to destroy the sport). Tajiri, trained in traditional Japanese style and lucha libre, debuted in the late 1980s wrestling primarily in IWA Japan and later for the [apanese division of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Tajiri wrestled his first match under a Wrestle-1 contract on July 6, 2014, teaming with Yusuke Kodama in a tag team match, where they defeated the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) team of Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud. But he lost once again after he was eliminated by the The Big Show.

On December 3, at the NXT special at Osaka, Japan, Tajiri teamed with Akira Tozawa, in a losing effort to NXT Tag Team Champions DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano). Kyo Dai was originally supposed to have been played off as Japanese gangsters, but Tajiri refused this offer in fear that he might be hunted down by the real Japanese Yakuza if the gimmick was seen as an insult. Later, Tajiri turned heel again by turning on then-Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio after a Cruiserweight championship match. style Royal Rumble, where the Winner would get a Match for the WWE Championship against then Champion Brock Lesnar at No Way Out.

In New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) he is a six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, while also being a former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, alongside Alex Shelley as the Time Splitters. Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. On August 30, Tajiri teamed with Kana and the returning Mikey Whipwreck in a Barbed Wire Board Deathmatch, where they were defeated by Akira, StarBuck and Syuri. Used by Gangrel which was known as Blood Mist. He is currently wrestling on the independent circuit in Japan. After five successful title defenses, Tajiri lost the title to StarBuck on February 27, 2014.

Height On November 28, Tajiri defeated Hajime Ohara to advance to the finals of the tournament. Tajiri's entrance motion appears in WWE 2K18 under the name “Martial Artist”. Hair match. On September 22, Tajiri entered the Wrestle-1 Championship tournament, but was defeated in his first round match by Masakatsu Funaki. This team dissolved quietly after a failed attempt at winning the Tag Team Championship from La Résistance at Unforgiven 2004. Tajiri would then bring SMASH's biggest stars for a one night and along with AKIRA and StarBuck beat BUSHI, Keiji Muto & Shuji Kondo. He is also known for his appearances with the American professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). Billed from On February 14 Nagata defeated TAJIRI in a singles match in under five minutes to seemingly end the feud and TAJIRI's run with the company.

Tajiri, along with Torrie Wilson, were drafted to SmackDown!. Type

Following the match, The Brian Kendrick tried to welcome him back to the WWE, only for Tajiri to spit green mist onto his face. Its color was random, with the possibilities being green, black, red for "Blood Mist," blue, purple and white for "Poison Mist.". In the second rematch on September 1, Whipwreck pinned StarBuck for the win, ending the villainous trio's win streak in the process. Tajiri also made a brief appearance in the WWF in 1997 (wrestling under the name Tijari) as the designated opponent for Taka Michinoku, whom the WWF was pushing as its Light Heavyweight Champion at the time. Hustle folded in October 2009, after which TAJIRI began wrestling for NJPW full-time. Green- The commonly used mist which is said to obstruct the opponents vision.

Afterwards, TAJIRI set his sights on Seigigun, led by Yuji Nagata. A variant of the Asian mist was used by Gangrel, however, the mist was billed as blood (later, "viscous liquid") to fit Gangrel's vampire gimmick and he carried it to the ring in a goblet. In late 2005, Tajiri formed a short-lived tag team with Eugene. Styles vs. Gargano", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Unholy_Alliance_(professional_wrestling)&oldid=957590182, Extreme Championship Wrestling teams and stables, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 May 2020, at 15:58. At SMASH.3 on May 29, 2010, TAJIRI defeated Valentine to win the FCF Finnish Heavyweight Championship for the first time. The Unholy Alliance was the tag team of Mikey Whipwreck and Yoshihiro Tajiri in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). A week later, Tajiri unsuccessfully challenged Tanaka for the Wrestle-1 Cruiserweight Championship.

In November, Tajiri and Masayuki Kono took part in the First Tag League Greatest tournament, set to determine the inaugural Wrestle-1 Tag Team Champions, where they won their block with a clean record of four wins and zero losses, advancing to the semifinals. On the June 1, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, Hornswoggle spit green mist into the face of Little Boogeyman. Following the match, Tajiri announced his intention of starting a new promotion. Following WrestleMania, Tajiri was drafted to RAW, where he turned face once again and feuded with Eric Bischoff and Jonathan Coachman. Born During this time, he formed a tag team with Rhyno.

For WNC's second event on May 24, Tajiri reunited with former ECW tag team partner, Mikey Whipwreck, to defeat Gedo and Jado in a hardcore tag team match.

October 26, 2020 Monday Night RAW results, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Asian_mist?oldid=1594345. On January 3, 2017, Tajiri debuted on 205 Live defeating Sean Maluta. Weight