Togi Makabe

Real Name: Shinya Makabe
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 240 lbs.
Date of Birth: September 29, 1972
Hometown: Sagamihara, Kanagawa (Japan)
Pro Debut: February 15, 1997
Trained By: NJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: King Kong Knee Drop

Biography

– Makabe excelled at judo at college level
– Makabe passed the entry test to the NJPW Dojo in February 1996 and would report for training in April
– Makabe debuted under his real name on February 15, 1997, losing to Shinjiro Otani
– Makabe won his first match on March 18, 1998, teaming with Otani to defeat Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Yutaka Yoshie by DQ
– At the 2000 Riki Choshu Revival event, Makabe defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi
– In late 2001, Makabe was sent to Europe, then to Puerto Rico on a learning excursion. During his time away from Japan, Makabe bulked up significantly, returning as a heavyweight in October 2002
– In his first match back in Japan, Makabe teamed with Minoru Fujita to defeat King Of The Hills (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kenzo Suzuki)
– At Wrestling World 2004, Makabe & Toru Yano defeated Wataru Inoue & Blue Wolf
– Makabe changed his ringname to Togi Makabe for the 2004 G1 Climax Tournament
– On July 2, 2006, Makabe & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Travis Tomko & Giant Bernard in the final of a tournament to become the provisional IWGP Tag Team Champions
– On September 24, Makabe defeated Kintaro Kanemura in a Barbed Wire Barricade Chain Death Match to win the vacant WEW Heavyweight Title
– On November 18, Makabe defeated Kintaro Kanemura to retain the WEW Heavyweight Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom I, GBH (Makabe, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) defeated D’Lo Brown, Travis Tomko & Buchanan
– On January 8, 2007, Makabe defeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda to retain the WEW Heavyweight Title
– On February 4, Makabe defeated Mammoth Sasaki in a Cage Death Match to retain the WEW Heavyweight Title
– On April 15, Makabe defeated Mammoth Sasaki to retain the WEW Heavyweight Title
– At Explosion ’07, Makabe defeated Shiro Koshinaka
– At Destruction 2007, Makabe defeated Milano Collection AT
– On February 17, 2008, Great Bash Heel (Makabe & Toru Yano) defeated RISE (Giant Bernard & Travis Tomko) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On March 9, Great Bash Heel fought RISE to a no-contest to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On April 27, Great Bash Heel defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Takashi Iizuka to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– On September 5, Great Bash Heel defeated RISE (Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction 2008, Great Bash Heel (Makabe, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii) defeated F4 (Satoshi Kojima, Hiroshi Yamato & KAI)
– On December 6, Great Bash Heel (Honma & Yano) defeated Yutaka Yoshie & Manabu Nakanishi to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction 2009, Makabe defeated Takashi Iizuka in a Chain Death Match
– At Wrestle Kingdom IV, Makabe defeated Mohammed Yone
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2010, Makabe defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– At Dominion 2010, Makabe defeated Go Shiozaki to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On July 19, Makabe defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– On September 26, Makabe defeated Masato Tanaka to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title
– At Wrestle Kingdom V, Makabe defeated Masato Tanaka
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2011, Makabe defeated Satoshi Kojima
– At the 2011 NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together event, Makabe & Akitoshi Saito defeated Hirooki Goto & Taiyo Kea
– At Wrestle Kingdom VI, Makabe defeated Yoshihiro Takayama
– At Dominion 2012, Makabe defeated Minoru Suzuki
– At DDT’s 15th Anniversary Show, Makabe & HARASHIMA defeated Shuji Ishikawa & Ryuji Ito in a Hardcore Match
– At Destruction 2012, Makabe defeated Kengo Mashimo
– At Wrestle Kingdom 7, Makabe defeated Katsuyori Shibata
– At The New Beginning 2013, Makabe defeated Yujiro Takahashi
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2013, Makabe again defeated Yujiro Takahashi
– At Destruction 2013, Makabe, Honma, Mascara Dorada & Captain New Japan defeated Rey Bucanero, Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
– At Power Struggle 2013, Makabe & Kota Ibushi defeated BULLET CLUB (Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 8, Makabe defeated Bad Luck Fale
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2014, Makabe & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated BULLET CLUB (Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale)
– At Invasion Attack 2014, Makabe, Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku & Taichi)
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2014, Makabe, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Liger & Tetsuya Naito defeated BULLET CLUB (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale) in an Elimination Match
– At Destruction in Kobe 2014, Makabe defeated Hirooki Goto
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2014, Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Kota Ibushi & Yuji Nagata defeated BULLET CLUB (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 9, Makabe defeated Tomohiro Ishii to win the NEVER Openweight Title
– At New Year Dash 2015, Makabe, Kota Ibushi & Yuji Nagata defeated CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At Invasion Attack 2015, Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Hirooki Goto defeated CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At Wrestling Hinokuni 2015, Makabe defeated Tomohiro Ishii to regain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Wresting Dontaku 2015, Makabe, Katsuyori Shibata & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated CHAOS (Kazushi Sakuraba, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
– At Dominion 2015, Makabe defeated Tomohiro Ishii to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Destruction in Okayama 2015, Makabe defeated Kota Ibushi to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– Great Bash Heel (Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) won the 2015 World Tag League, defeating Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito & EVIL) in the final
– At Wrestle Kingdom 10, Great Bash Heel defeated BULLET CLUB (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At The New Beginning In Niigata, Great Bash Heel defeated BULLET CLUB (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Tokyo 2016, Great Bash Heel & Tiger Mask defeated Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Liger
– At Destruction in Kobe 2016, Great Bash Heel defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Teruaki Kanemitsu
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2016, Great Bash Heel, Bobby Fish & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated CHAOS (Rocky Romero, Toru Yano, Beretta & Jado)
– Great Bash Heel retained their World Tag League crown in the 2016 event, defeating The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) in the final
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2017, Makabe, Tiger Mask & Tiger Mask W defeated Yuji Nagata, Jushin Liger & Manabu Nakanishi
– At Power Struggle 2017, Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima defeated BULLET CLUB (Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Cody)
– At The New Beginning in Osaka 2018, Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi, Michael Elgin & KUSHIDA defeated SUzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka & Taichi)
– At Destruction in Hiroshima 2018, Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2018, Great Bash Heel (Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) defeated Juice Robinson & Toa Henare
– On January 30, 2019, Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano defeated BULLET CLUB (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Takashi Iizuka’s Retirement Show, Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask & Toa Henare defeated Satoshi Kojima, Ren Narita, Manabu Nakanishi & Yota Tsuji
– At Honor Rising 2019, Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano defeated Colt Cabana, Delirious & Cheeseburger to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On June 17, Makabe, Taguchi & Yano defeated BULLET CLUB (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & El Phantasmo) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Destruction in Kagoshima 2019, Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Jushin Liger & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr & DOUKI) by DQ
– On October 17, Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On the Wrestle Kingdom 16 pre-show, Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata defeated BULLET CLUB (Gedo, Jado & Bad Luck Fale)
– At New Year Dash 2023, Makabe, YOH, Shota Umino & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI & SANADA)
– At The New Beginning in Nagoya 2023, Makabe & Toru Yano defeated Yuto Nakashima & Oskar Leube