Hideki Suzuki

For the musician and comedian, see Udo Suzuki.
Hideki Suzuki

Suzuki in August 2015
Birth name Hideki Suzuki
Born (1980-02-18) February 18, 1980[1]
Hokkaido[1][2][3]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Hideki Suzuki
Billed height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1][2][3]
Billed weight 110 kg (243 lb)[1][2][3]
Trained by Billy Robinson[4]
Debut November 24, 2008[1]

Hideki Suzuki (鈴木 秀樹 Suzuki Hideki, born February 18, 1980)[1][2][3] is a Japanese professional wrestler. Trained by Billy Robinson, Suzuki started his career with the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) promotion in 2008. In 2014, he left IGF to become a freelancer, starting to work for promotions such as Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Wrestle-1. He is a former Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion, NWA United National Heavyweight and Wrestle-1 Champion.

Professional wrestling career

With a background in judo and soccer, Suzuki was trained in professional wrestling at the U.W.F. Snake Pit Japan dojo.[2][3] After four years of training under British wrestler Billy Robinson,[4] he made his debut for the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) promotion on November 24, 2008, losing to Hiromitsu Kanehara.[2][3] For the next three years, Suzuki worked undercards of IGF events.[2] His status finally began to rise in 2012 following a match with Peter Aerts.[2] On May 26, 2013, Suzuki won the second Inoki Genome tournament, defeating Akira Joh in the finals.[5] As a result, he received his first shot at the IGF Championship on October 26, but was defeated by the defending champion, Kazuyuki Fujita.[6] The following March, Suzuki left IGF to become a freelancer.[1][4]

Suzuki then began working regularly for Pro Wrestling Zero1,[7][8] while also making appearances for promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling,[9] Dramatic Dream Team,[10] and Pro Wrestling Noah.[11] Suzuki quickly received a shot at Zero1's World Heavyweight Championship, though losing to defending champion, Kohei Sato, on May 6.[12] On August 3, 2014, Suzuki finally won his first professional wrestling championship in Zero1, defeating Tama Williams for the NWA United National Heavyweight Championship.[13] In November, Suzuki took part in special week, where Zero1 co-produced three events with the Wrestle-1 promotion.[14]

Through the continued relationship between Zero1 and Wrestle-1, Suzuki began also making appearances for the latter promotion, where he found himself a rival in Kai. On March 8, 2015, after Kai had captured the Wrestle-1 Championship, Suzuki immediately confronted the new champion and challenged him to a title match.[15] The match took place on April 1 and saw Suzuki defeat Kai in just seven minutes to become the new Wrestle-1 Champion.[16][17] On May 5, Suzuki put both of his championships on the line at separate Zero1 and Wrestle-1 shows, losing the NWA United National Heavyweight Championship to Kamikaze and retaining the Wrestle-1 Championship against Ryota Hama.[18][19] On June 27, Suzuki returned to IGF for the first time since his departure from the promotion, first defeating Wang Bin in the opening round and then Daichi Hashimoto in the finals to win the Genome-1 2015 Nagoya tournament.[20] Following the win, Suzuki formed an "anti-IGF" stable with foreigners Erik Hammer, Kevin Kross and Knux.[21] On July 12, Suzuki lost the Wrestle-1 Championship back to Kai in his third defense.[22][23][24] On November 1, Suzuki defeated Kohei Sato to win Pro Wrestling Zero1's World Heavyweight Championship.[25] On February 26, 2016, Suzuki returned to IGF, when he was appointed the leader of a new stable named Hagure IGF Gundan ("Rogue IGF Corps"), which also included Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Shogun Okamoto.[26] On March 27, Suzuki lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Kohei Sato.[27]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 鈴木 秀樹. Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 鈴木 秀樹. Inoki Genome Federation (in Japanese). Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 鈴木 秀樹. U.W.F. Snake Pit Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 ＩＧＦからフリーに 鈴木秀樹「年間１００試合」目標. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). March 19, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Genome26". Inoki Genome Federation (in Japanese). Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Genome29". Inoki Genome Federation (in Japanese). Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ 鈴木が電撃登場！４月ゼロワン参戦へ. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. March 31, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ 鈴木秀樹がＷ―１とゼロワン「王座統一」プラン激白. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). March 3, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  9. ↑ カシンが「ダーク・キングダム」入りの鈴木秀樹を断罪. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). June 11, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  10. ↑ ハードヒット〜G-generation〜. Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  11. ↑ Great Voyage 2014 in Niigata ～大航海×大花火～. Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  12. ↑ Takagi, Hiromi (May 6, 2014). Ｖ１王者・佐藤耕平がＷ−１を「叩き潰す」 弾丸ヤンキースがタッグ王座２冠へ王手. Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  13. ↑ ＩＧＦ離脱から４か月…鈴木がＮＷＡ・ＵＮ王座奪取. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). August 4, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  14. ↑ 「Kassen ～合戦 Zero1vsW-1全面対抗戦～」11/5～11/7新宿大会全対戦カード決定のお知らせ. Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). October 10, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  15. ↑ ４・１Ｗ－１王座挑戦 鈴木秀樹「Kaiは王者失格」. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). March 13, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  16. 1 2 鈴木秀樹がＷ－１王座奪取. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  17. 1 2 Takagi, Hiromi (April 1, 2015). Ｗ−１新王者・鈴木秀樹が武藤戦を熱望 「みんなも見たいでしょ」と自信満々. Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  18. ↑ Zero1 5.5後楽園大会　弾丸ヤンキースvs.大谷＆耕平のインターコンチタッグ戦、稔vs.日高のJr2冠戦. Battle News (in Japanese). May 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  19. ↑ 鈴木がＷ—１チャンピオンシップ初防衛. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  20. 1 2 "Genome34". Inoki Genome Federation (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  21. ↑ 圧倒Ｖの鈴木秀樹がＩＧＦリングでやりたい放題. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Wrestle-1 Tour 2015 Symbol". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  23. ↑ W-1 7.12後楽園大会　鈴木vs.KaiのW-1チャンピオンシップ、246vs.new Wild orderのタッグ王座戦、稔vs.吉岡のクルーザー級王座戦. Battle News (in Japanese). July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  24. ↑ Kai王座奪取もブーイング…武藤がトーナメント開催提案. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  25. 1 2 11/1新木場1stリング大会試合結果. Pro Wrestling Zero1 (in Japanese). November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  26. ↑ 「はぐれＩＧＦ軍団」のリーダーに鈴木秀樹. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  27. ↑ 【ゼロワン靖国】佐藤耕平が世界ヘビー級王座奪還. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). March 27, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  28. ↑ 鈴木秀樹がみのると“リアル鈴木軍”結成？Kenso、鼓太郎も“候補”. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). July 2, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 5, 2015.

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