Takaaki Watanabe
| Takaaki Watanabe | |
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Watanabe as Evil in February 2016
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| Born |
January 26, 1987 Mishima, Shizuoka |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
EVIL Takaaki Watanabe |
| Billed height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Billed weight | 106 kg (234 lb) |
| Trained by | Animal Hamaguchi |
| Debut | May 13, 2011 |
Takaaki Watanabe (渡辺 高章 Watanabe Takaaki?) is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by Animal Hamaguchi. Watanabe has worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) since his debut in 2011, and has also competed in the United States for companies including Ring of Honor (ROH). He is currently working under the ring name Evil (stylized as EVIL). He is a former one-time NEVER Openweight Champion and one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.
Watanabe made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) on May 13, 2011, wrestling primarily as a Young Lion and in the lower cards of shows and remained with the promotion until October 2013, when after King of Pro-Wrestling, announced that he was being sent on a learning excursion to the United States.
At Global Wars '15 the first night May 15 he teamed with Silas Young in a losing effort against Gedo and Moose. The following night May 16, he was defeated by Silas Young.
On the June 27 episode of ROH Wrestling, he lost to Adam Page after Colby Corino attacked Watanabe. On the July 4 episode of ROH Wrestling Dalton Castle would defeat Watanabe. On July 23, ROH announced that House of Truth member Donovan Dijak would battle Watanabe in a singles match taped exclusively for ROH's YouTube Wrestling Channel. This occurred July 24 at Death Before Dishonor XIII where Dijak defeated Watanabe.
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