Hirooki Goto
Real Name: Hirooki Goto
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 225 lbs.
Date of Birth: June 25, 1979
Hometown: Kuwana, Mie (Japan)
Pro Debut: July 6, 2003
Trained By: NJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: Shouten
Biography
– Goto was a high-school classmate of fellow New Japan star Katsuyori Shibata. The pair competed in amateur wrestling during their school days
– Goto joined the New Japan dojo in 2001, but left soon afterwards due to suffering a shoulder injury
– Goto returned to the dojo in November 2002
– Goto wrestled his first match on July 6, 2003, losing to Ryusuke Taguchi
– Goto won his first match on September 15, defeating Naofumi Yamamoto
– At Nexess IV, Goto defeated Yujiro
– At Nexess V, Goto won the 2005 Young Lion Cup, defeating Hiroyuki Ito in the final
– Goto teamed with Yuji Nagata to win the 2005 Samurai TV Openweight Tag Team Tournament, defeating Shinsuke Nakamura & Wataru Inoue in the final
– At Nexess VI, CTU (Goto & Minoru) defeated Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On July 18, 2005, CTU defeated Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On September 25, CTU defeated Katsushi Takemura & Akiya Anzawa to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– On October 8, CTU defeated Negro Casas & Felino to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
– At TNA Lockdown 2006, Goto, Black Tiger & Minoru defeated Alex Shelley, Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt
– In September 2006, Goto was sent on a learning excursion to Mexico, competing for the CMLL and Toryumon promotions
– On March 4, 2007, Goto defeated Shocker in the final of a tournament to win the vacant NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title
– Goto won the 2008 G1 Climax Tournament, defeating Togi Makabe in the final
– At Wrestle Kingdom III, RISE (Goto & Shinsuke Nakamura) defeated Mitsuharu Misawa & Takashi Sugiura
– Goto won the 2009 New Japan Cup, defeating Giant Bernard in the final
– At Resolution 2009, Goto defeated Toru Yano
– Goto retained the New Japan Cup in 2010, defeating Togi Makabe in this year’s final
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2010, Goto fought Masato Tanaka to a double knockout draw
– At Dominion 2010, Goto defeated Masato Tanaka
– Goto teamed with Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi to win the 2010 J Sports Crown Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Tournament, defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi, TAJIRI & KUSHIDA in the final
– At Destruction 2010, Goto defeated Shinsuke Nakamura
– At The New Beginning 2011, Goto defeated Tetsuya Naito
– Goto returned to CMLL for a brief run in April 2011
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2011, Goto & Tama Tonga defeated Takashi Sugiura & Makoto Hashi
– At Destruction 2011, Goto & Tama Tonga defeated Shinsuke Nakamura & Ultimo Guerrero
– At Wrestle Kingdom VI, Goto defeated Takashi Sugiura
– At The New Beginning 2012, Goto defeated Masato Tanaka to win the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– At All Together 2012, Goto, Akitoshi Saito & Jinsei Shinzaki defeated CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka)
– On March 11, Goto defeated Yujiro Takahashi to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– Goto won the 2012 New Japan Cup, defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi in the final
– On May 20, Goto defeated Tomohiro Ishii to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– At Destruction 2012, Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi & Karl Anderson defeated CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada & Yujiro Takahahi)
– Goto teamed with Karl Anderson to win the 2012 World Tag League, defeating Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr) in the final
– At Invasion Attack 2013, Goto & Yuji Nagata defeated Laughter7 (Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsuyori Shibata)
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2013, Goto fought Katsuyori Shibata to a double knockout draw
– At Wrestle Kingdom 8, Goto defeated Shibata
– At The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2014, Goto & Shibata defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2013, Goto & Shibata defeated Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2014, Goto & Shibata defeated Manabu Nakanishi & YUji Nagata
– At Dominion 2014, Goto & Shibata defeated Yuji Nagata & Tomoaki Honma
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2014, Goto & Shibata defeated CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & YOSHI-HASHI)
– Goto & Shibata won the 2014 World Tag League, defeating Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson in the final
– At Wrestle Kingdom 9, Goto & Shibata defeated Gallows & Anderson to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles, but would lose them back at The New Beginning in February
– At Invasion Attack 2015, Goto, Tetsuya Naito & Togi Makabe defeated CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At Wrestling Dontaky 2015, Goto defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– At Dominion 2015, Goto defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the IWGP Intercontinental Title
– At Power Struggle 2015, Goto defeated EVIL by DQ
– At Wrestle Kingdom 10, Goto defeated Tetsuya Naito
– At New Year Dash 2016, Goto, Katsuyori Shibata, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & Beretta)
– At Honor Rising 2016, Goto, Shibata, Fish & O’Reilly defeated BULLET CLUB (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale)
– At ROH’s 14th Anniversary Show, Goto defeated Dalton Castle
– At Invasion Attack 2016, CHAOS (Goto & Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & EVIL)
– At Dominion 2016, Goto defeated EVIL
– At Wrestle Kingdom 11, Goto defeated Katsuyori Shibata to win the NEVER Openweight Title
– At The New Beginning in Sapporo 2017, Goto defeated Juice Robinson to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Honor Rising 2017, Goto defeated Punisher Martinez to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Sakura Genesis 2017, Goto defeated Zack Sabre Jr to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2017, CHAOS (Goto, Rocky Romero, Toru Yano, Beretta & Jado) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi)
– At Destruction in Hiroshima 2017, CHAOS (Goto, Jado & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2017, CHAOS (Goto & Toru Yano) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr)
– At Power Struggle 2017, CHAOS (Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomihiro Ishii, Gedo & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA)
– At Global Wars 2017, CHAOS (Goto & Will Ospreay) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 12, Goto defeated Minoru Suzuki in a Hair vs. Hair Death Match to win the NEVER Openweight Title
– At The New Beginning in Osaka, Goto defeated EVIL to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Honor Rising 2018, Goto defeated The Beer City Bruiser to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– On April 27, Goto defeated Juice Robinson to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– On June 17, 2018, Goto defeated Michael Elgin to win the NEVER Openweight Title, having lost it barely two weeks earlier
– At the G1 Special in San Francisco, Goto defeated Jeff Cobb to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2018, CHAOS (Goto, Will Ospreay & Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & Taichi)
– At OTT’s 4th Anniversary Show, Goto & Sean Guinness defeated Satoshi Kojima & Michael May
– At Power Struggle 2018, Goto defeated Taichi to win the NEVER Openweight Title, but would lose it to Kota Ibushi a month later
– At New Year Dash 2019, CHAOS (Goto, Will Ospreay & Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Yuji Nagata, Jeff Cobb & KUSHIDA
– At Honor Rising 2019, Goto & Will Ospreay defeated Jeff Cobb & Dalton Castle
– At NJPW’s 47th Anniversary Show, Goto, Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA)
– At Destruction in Kobe 2019, Goto defeated Shingo Takagi
– At Wrestle Kingdom 14, Goto defeated KENTA to win the NEVER Openweight Title
– On August 9, 2020, CHAOS (Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & SHO) in the final of a tournament to win the vacant NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On September 11, CHAOS (Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & SHO) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On October 23, CHAOS defeated Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr, DOUKI & Taichi) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At New Year Dash 2021, CHAOS (Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & EVIL)
– At The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021, CHAOS (Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Castle Attack 2021, Goto defeated Tama Tonga
– At NJPW’s 49th Anniversary Show, Goto, Tomoaki Honma, Master Wato & Gabriel Kidd defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr, DOUKI & Taichi)
– At Sakura Genesis 2021, CHAOS (Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori, Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo, EVIL & KENTA)
– On June 2, 2021, CHAOS (Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & SANADA) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On June 22, CHAOS defeated BULLET CLUB (Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo & EVIL) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On July 2, CHAOS defeated Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On August 1, CHAOS defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr & Taichi) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On August 10, CHAOS defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & SANADA) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– Goto & YOSHI-HASHI won the 2021 World Tag League, defeating House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL) in the final
– At Wrestle Kingdom 16, Goto & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr & Taichi) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At the NJPW/NOAH Wrestle Kingdom 16 special, Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Hajime Ohara, Daiki Inaba, Daisuke Harada, Kinya Okada & Yoshiki Inamura
– On February 19, 2022, Bishamon (Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On the AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door pre-show, Bishamon defeated The Factory (QT Marshall & Aaron Solo)
– On July 5, 2022, CHAOS (Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH) defeated House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, EVIL & SHO) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– Bishamon (Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) won the 2022 World Tag League, defeating Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) in the final
– At Wrestle Kingdom 17, Bishamon defeated FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On February 5, 2023, Bishamon defeated TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At NJPW’s 51st Anniversary Show, Bishamon defeated Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– Goto was honoured with a 20th Anniversary Show on April 22, 2023
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2023, CHAOS (Goto, Toru Yano, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH) defeated House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo, EVIL & SHO)
– At Dominion 2023, Bishamon (Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated House Of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi & EVIL) and United Empire (Great O-Khan & Aaron Henare) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles and NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Titles
– At the All Together Again event, CHAOS (Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura
– Bishamon (Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) lost the NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Titles to Bullet Club (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) at night one of NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023, but retained the IWGP Tag Team Titles against them on night two
– At Destruction in Kobe 2023, Bishamon defeated TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– Bishamon won the 2023 World Tag League, defeating The Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) in the final
– At New Year Dash 2024, Bishamon defeated Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa
– At The New Beginning In Osaka 2024, Bishamon defeated United Empire (Callum Newman & Great O-Khan)
– Goto made the final of the 2024 New Japan Cup, but lost to Yota Tsuji
– At Sakura Genesis 2024, Bishamon (Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Bullet Club (Chase Owens & KENTA) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On April 14, Bishamon defeated Just 5 Guys (Yuya Uemura & SANADA) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At the 2024 All Together Sapporo event, Bishamon defeated Daichi Hashimoto & Daisuke Sekimoto
