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Pat Tanaka

Pat Tanaka

Actor · Born 1963-08-05 · Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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Biography

Patrick Tanaka is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in the American Wrestling Association as one half of Badd Company and the World Wrestling Federation as one half of The Orient Express. He is the son of Duke Keomuka. In his career, which has spanned almost three decades, Tanaka has appeared in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW),Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Trained by his father, Duke Keomuka, Hiro Matsuda, and the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo, Pat Tanaka debuted in 1984 for NJPW. During his time there, he wrestled the likes of Keiichi Yamada, Shunji Kosugi, Black Cat, Naoki Sano, Tatsutoshi Goto, Shinichi Nakano, and Hirokazu Hata. After a year in New Japan, Tanaka started wrestling as a jobber in Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985. In 1986, Tanaka moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he worked for Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett’s Continental Wrestling Association. Early on Tanaka teamed with Jeff Jarrett to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship.[3] In late 1986 the tag-team specialist Tanaka was teamed u…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Raw (1993) — Pat Tanaka
  2. Dark Side of the Ring (2019) — Self
  3. WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) — Tanaka
  4. WWE WrestleMania VI (1990) — Tanaka
  5. WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992) — Tanaka
  6. WWE Survivor Series 1990 (1990) — Tanaka
  7. WWE Royal Rumble 1991 (1991) — Tanaka
  8. WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990) — Tanaka
  9. WWE: The Shawn Michaels Story - Heartbreak & Triumph (2007) — Himself
  10. AWA Battle Royale '89 (1989) — Himself
  11. WWF Wrestling Challenge (1986) — Tanaka
  12. Shawn Michaels: Mr Wrestlemania (2014) — Himself
  13. AWA SuperClash III (1988) — Himself
  14. 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars (1991) — Tanaka (Manager)
  15. NWA Bloodfest • Night One (1993) — "The Sensei" Pat Tanaka
  16. ECW The Night The Line Was Crossed 1994 (1994) — "The Sensei" Pat Tanaka
  17. WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 (1991) — Tanaka
  18. Headstrong (2019) — Self
  19. AWA All-Star Wrestling (1987) — Pat Tanaka
  20. WWE WrestleFest '91 (1991) — Tanaka
  21. WWE Hottest Matches (1990) — Tanaka
  22. WWE SuperTape: Volume 4 (1991) — Tanaka
  23. WWE SuperTape: Volume 2 (1990) — Tanaka
  24. WWE Rampage '91 (1991) — Tanaka
  25. WWE World Tour 1991 (1991) — Tanaka
  26. WCW The Great American Bash 1996 (1996) — El Gato
  27. WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90 (1990) — Pat Tanaka
  28. NWA Bloodfest • Night Two (1993) — "The Sensei" Pat Tanaka
  29. AWA The Road to Super Clash III (1988) — Pat Tanaka
  30. AWA Rage in Rochester (1989) — Himself
  31. WWE SummerSlam Fever (1990) — Tanaka
  32. WWE The Main Event V (1991) — Tanaka
  33. WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91 (1991) — Tanaka
  34. ECW November to Remember 1993 (1993) — "The Sensei" Pat Tanaka
  35. WWE Old School (1973) — Pat Tanaka
  36. AWA Arena Shows (1981) — Pat Tanaka
  37. AWA Championship Wrestling (1986) — Pat Tanaka
  38. AWA Superstars (1988) — Pat Tanaka
  39. Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1981) — Pat Tanaka
  40. NWA World Championship Wrestling (1985) — Patrick Tanaka