The following week he again challenged the Dynamite Kid challenging him to a 30-minute "iron man" match which resulted in a time limit draw with one pinfall each. [2][3], Born in Manchester, Rocco grew up in his father's gym where other local wrestlers trained. Agreeing to a tag team match, he and Fit Finlay would later lose to Dynamite Kid and Marty Jones at the end of the night after Dynamite Kid pinned Finlay. Touring North America the following year, he teamed with Greg Gagne and briefly competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation,[5] one of his opponents being Terry Bollea. [50] They lost the title back to Sydal and Ricochet on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2016. [17] In June 2013, he was interviewed on The Art of Wrestling with Colt Cabana. This text is hidden because it is only available in German language. At NJPW's Resolution '09 on April 5, Romero lost in a mask vs. title match against Tiger Mask, thus ending his role as Black Tiger. Styles defends IWGP World Title in main event, ROH tag teams win both Tag Titles, Bullet Club in action, more", "Rocky Romero signs 2 year deal with New Japan", "ROH TV Recap (3/14): Tag Team Gauntlet: Young Bucks, Roppongi Vice, ReDRagon, Addiction, More", "NJPW Invasion Attack live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Championship", "NJPW Power Struggle live results: Tetsuya Naito vs. Jay Lethal", "NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega", "NJPW 45th Anniversary show live results: Okada vs. Tiger Mask W", "NJPW Dominion live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega", "Complete G1 Special in the USA night two report: a United States Champion is crowned, Young Bucks versus Roppongi Vice, Los Ingobernables de Japon, The Bullet Club, and more", "NJPW King of Pro Wrestling live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. AJPW were not to create a Black Tiger counterpart. Rocco attempted to pull the mask back down, but Taylor forearm-smashed Rocco, causing the mask to come off in his hands. [11] On October 5, 2008, Romero jumped from CMLL to rival promotion Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA). [24], Romero soon reunited with his former AAA partner Alex Koslov. [5], In late 2003, Romero began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, using the name "Havana Brother I, he would team up with Havana Brother II and Havana Brother III to form a three-man team known as Los Havana Brothers. Two days later, New Japan officially pulled Tiger from the Best of the Super Juniors tournament. On January 26, 2008, Romero teamed with Davey Richards and defeated the teams of The Age of the Fall (Tyler Black and Jimmy Jacobs), Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson, and Brent Albright and B.J. Black Tiger has been the persona used by seven different professional wrestlers in New Japan Pro Wrestling as opponents of the four incarnations of Tiger Mask. One of his last World Heavy Middleweight title defences, against Danny Boy Collins in Paris, France in 1991, was aired on Eurosport's New Catch programme, with Williams providing English commentary. Welche Intention streben Sie mit seiner Black tiger wrestler an? In 2005 Rocky Romero debuted as Black Tiger IV by NJPW and immediately thrust into a feud with Tiger Mask IV, facing him for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on May 14. Please click this line if you do not care and want to view it anyway. Kirsch and Alex Shelley. [3] He briefly wrestled under the persona again in 2017, teaming with Black Tiger VII to take on Dr Wagner Jr. and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.. [6][10], Another televised confrontation between Rocco and Yamada would come in 1987, on opposite sides of a tag match. Unsere Mitarbeiter haben uns der Aufgabe angenommen, Produktpaletten unterschiedlichster Art unter die Lupe zu nehmen, dass Endverbraucher problemlos den Black tiger wrestler auswählen können, den Sie zu Hause kaufen wollen. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. According to the storyline set forth by the original anime, Black Tiger is a wrestler trained and sent by a Yakuza-like organisation called the Tiger's Cave. After winning the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship on August 25 he defeated Tiger Mask for the his IWGP title on October 8, defending them until losing both to Tiger Mask on February 19, 2006. AJPW were not to create a Black Tiger counterpart. [5] The success of this series of matches between the original Black Tiger and original Tiger Mask would be followed with later incarnations of wrestlers to have competed under both the Black Tiger and Tiger Mask names in later years. Takaiwa reprised his role as Black Tiger V in 2011 in Toryumon Mexico, where he lost the mask for the second time on May 14, 2011, to Ultimo Dragon. ", "NJPW 40th anniversary Tour. Black Tiger has been the persona used by seven different professional wrestlers in New Japan Pro Wrestling as opponents of the four incarnations of Tiger Mask.