Masahiro Chōno (蝶野正洋 Chōno Masahiro) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He primarily wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), but has also made appearances for the now defunct World Championship Wrestling, as a member of the nWo. Chono, called Mister Black Jack when he first started as a heel, is one of the top heels in Japanese wrestling history. He is a former NWA and IWGP world heavyweight champion. Image File history File links Masahiro_Chono. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Nickname: Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869 Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor Greg Nickels (NP) Area  - City  142. ... The Ghibli Museum, in Mitaka, Tokyo Mitaka (三鷹市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Stewart Edward Stu Hart, CM (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. ... Aloysius Martin Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002), better known as Lou Thesz, was a legendary professional wrestler and six time World Heavyweight Champion. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... New Japan Pro Wrestling (新日本プロレス, shin nihon puroresu) is a major professional wrestling federation in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. ... World Championship Wrestling (WCW or wCw) was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. ... The nWo (New World Order) was both a professional wrestling storyline and the stable of wrestlers who were its central players. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner, breaking rules or otherwise taking advantage of their opponents outside of the bounds of the rules of the match. ... NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1973 – 1986, 1993 – Present) The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship is the primary professional wrestling title in the NWA. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to Georg Hackenschmidts 1905 title and Frank Gotchs... The IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is the top singles title in New Japan Pro Wrestling. ...

Career

Chōno debuted in 1984 against Keiji Mutoh at a NJPW event in Saitama, Japan.^[1] In 1988, he came to the United States and wrestled in the Kansas City and Alabama areas.^[2] 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Keiji Mutoh , born December 23, 1962), also called the Great Muta, is a Japanese professional wrestler who gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. ... New Japan Pro Wrestling (新日本プロレス, shin nihon puroresu) is a major professional wrestling federation in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. ... Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県; Saitama-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ... Nickname: Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ...

1990 was a big year for Chono. On February 10 he wrestled in the main-event of NJPW's second Tokyo Dome, teaming with Shinya Hashimoto against Antonio Inoki and Seigi Sakaguchi, in April he won the IWGP World Tag Team Championship with Mutoh, and on December 26 he defeated his mentor, wrestling legend Lou Thesz, when Thesz came out of retirement for one last match.^[3] The next year, Chono solidified his main-event status with an amazing performance in the first G1 Climax tournament, winning the tournament in a thirty-minute final over Mutoh.^[4] He won the tournament again in 1992, winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in the process. Since then, he has won the tournament on three more occasions. February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Tokyo Dome and the amusement park Tokyo Dome City Attractions. ... Shinya Hashimoto Shinya Hashimoto (橋本真也 Hashimoto Shinya) (July 3, 1965 - July 11, 2005), was a Japanese professional wrestler. ... Antonio Inoki (アントニオ猪木), real name Kanji Inoki (猪木寛至 Inoki Kanji, born February 20, 1943) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist who now resides in New York City. ... The IWGP World Tag Team Championship is the main heavyweight tag team title in New Japan Pro Wrestling. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 361st in leap years. ... Aloysius Martin Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002), better known as Lou Thesz, was a legendary professional wrestler and six time World Heavyweight Champion. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1973 – 1986, 1993 – Present) The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship is the primary professional wrestling title in the NWA. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to Georg Hackenschmidts 1905 title and Frank Gotchs...

In 1992, Chono suffered a serious neck injury during a match with Steve Austin.^[5] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Originally a clean cut face during his NWA World title reign, he turned heel beginning in 1995. His team with Hiroyoshi Tenzan was called "Team Wolf" and it was the core for the formation of the stables nWo Japan in NJPW when the nWo was huge in WCW, and its successor stable, Team 2000 which eventually was restructured again. Hiroyoshi Tenzan is an accomplished Japanese Heavyweight wrestler. ... The nWo (New World Order) was both a professional wrestling storyline and the stable of wrestlers who were its central players. ...

In a match against WCW's Bill Goldberg, Chono supposedly "shot the match" (actually hurting the opponent) and dislocated his shoulder. Given Goldberg's temperament and abuse of other wrestlers, it would stand to reason his actions and personality would conflict with NJPW employees seeing as how Japanese pro-wrestling puts more emphasis on the match instead of the gimmick.^{[citation needed]} William Scott Bill Goldberg (born December 27, 1966) is a currently inactive American professional wrestler, retired football player, and actor. ... In professional wrestling, a gimmick is a wrestlers personality, behavior, attire and/or other distinguishing traits while performing. ...

Upon returning to Japan, Chono rejoined NJPW, where he achieved much success. He won the IWGP Tag Team Titles on six occasions and also won the very prestigious IWGP Heavyweight Title, in 1998. In 2002, he won his fourth G-1 Climax tournament. He also became a booker for NJPW around this time.^[6] For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... In geography, Booker is a hamlet in the United Kingdom. ...

In early 2004, Chono became the leader of the Black New Japan stable, which was the most dominating heel stable in NJPW until it was disbanded by Riki Chōshū. As a reaction to this, Chono now leads an "Anti-Chōshū Army" with Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Black Strong Machine. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mitsuo Yoshida(吉田光雄), better known by his stage name Riki Choshu(長州力), is a Korean Japanese professional wrestler who is most known for his longtime work in New Japan Pro Wrestling as a wrestler and a booker. ... Junji Hirata is a Japanese Professional wrestler who wrestles for the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. ...

Chono won the 2005 G-1 Climax tournament, thus having achieved a record-setting five G-1 victories — a fact that overshadows his only IWGP Heavyweight Title reign. His success in the G-1 has given him the nickname Mr. August. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On October 30, 2005, Masahiro Chono and Tenzan defeated the team of Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi to win their fifth IWGP Tag Team Championship. The team went on to rename themselves ChoTen, a portmanteau of the members' names. They were stripped of the titles in late 2006 after they split up, and refused to defend them together. Masahiro Chono formed a stable with Shinsuke Nakamura in 2006 called Chono & Nakamura-gun, which began feuding with Tenzan's new group. October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shinsuke Nakamura Shinsuke Nakamura is not to be confused with Shunsuke Nakamura, the Japanese football player. ... Hiroshi Tanahashi (born November 13, 1976) is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. ... A portmanteau (IPA pronunciation: ) is a word or morpheme which fuses two or more words or parts of words to give a combined or loaded meaning. ... Shinsuke Nakamura Shinsuke Nakamura is not to be confused with Shunsuke Nakamura, the Japanese football player. ...

Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• STF
• Cross leg STF
• STS
• FTS (Rotated step-over toe-hold sleeper)
• Shining Kenka Kick / Shining Yakuza Kick (Single leg running front dropkick to the head of a kneeling opponent)
• Kenka Kick / Yakuza Kick (Running arching big boot)
• Manhattan Drop (Inverted atomic drop)
• Butterfly lock
• Samoan drop
• Cradle piledriver
• Octopus hold
• Diving shoulder block

With Hiroyoshi Tenzan

• ChoTen Torpedo (Two man diving shoulder block)
• CTC - ChoTen Crash (Running high knee/Knuckle punch combination)
• Shining Assault (Shining Kenka Kick/Lariat clothesline combination)

• Managers

• Sonny Onoo
• Bill Dundee

• Styles

• Catch-as-catch-can
• British style grappling
• Judo locks

• Catchphrases & Poses

• "I Am Chono!"
• Kneeling on one knee with arms raised and thumbs pointing towards himself

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Championships and accomplishments

• Continental Wrestling Federation

• CWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mike Davis

• Hawai'i Championship Wrestling

• HCW Kamehameha Heritage Championship (1 time)

• National Wrestling Alliance
• World

• NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Regional

• NWA Central States Television Championship (1 time)

• New Japan Pro Wrestling

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• IWGP World Tag Team Championship (7 times) - with Keiji Mutoh (2) and Hiroyoshi Tenzan (5)
• G1 Climax (1991)
• G1 Climax (1992)
• G1 Climax (1994)
• G1 Climax (2002)
• G1 Climax (2005)
• Super Grade Tag League (1995) - with Hiroyoshi Tenzan
• G1 Climax Tag League (2006) - with Shinsuke Nakamura
• Young Lions Cup (1987)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 70 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2004)
• Worst Worked Match of the Year (1992) - vs. Rick Rude
• Best Heel (1995)

• Other Titles

• AGPW North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bob Brown
• WWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

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Personal life

On July 4, 2006, Masahiro Chono became a father, his wife Martina giving birth to a baby boy. For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Trivia

• Masahiro Chono is the owner of his own line of clothing stores, ArisTrisT. Hulk Hogan can be seen wearing Chono's Aristrist apparel on his TV show Hogan Knows Best.

• His wife Martina, whom he met during a tour in Germany, designs many of the jewelry and clothing sold on ArisTrisT.com

• In 1990, Chono became the last ever person to fight Lou Thesz (his former trainer) in a wrestling match. During the match, Thesz dislocated his artificial hip, which ended his career for good.

• Fan of Spanish fencing and fencing movies.

• Rumored to be cast in the lead role of a show which is described as the "Yakuza version" of The Sopranos. Similar stories and characters but with changes being obviously made with regards to the cultural differences. The show is reportedly still in the works.

• Very knowledgeable on European military history

• Fond of steak with wasabi.

• Is an ailurophile (cat lover)

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References

External links

• Biography
• Biographical information
• Masahiro Chono fan club
• Masahiro Chono fan site