Bad Dude Tito

Tito Escondido, better known by his ring name Bad Dude Tito, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is the current MLW National Openweight Champion in his first reign, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of TMDK.

Professional wrestling career

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2021–present)

On the January 22, 2022 episode of '' NJPW Strong'', Tito made his NJPW debut where he lost to Juice Robinson. On the February 12 episode of NJPW Strong, he teamed up with Jonah where they lost to FinJuice ( David Finlay and Juice Robinson). On the March 6, episode of ''NJPW Strong'', Shane Haste interfered in the tag team match between FinJuice and the pairing of Jonah and Tito. He attacked Robinson while the referee was distracted, allowing Tito to hit a frog splash on Robinson for the win., reforming TMDK in the process. At Windy City Riot, TMDK and Tito were defeated by FinJuice and their partner, revealed to be Brody King. On May 14, at Capital Collision, TMDK and Tito defeated the United Empire, with Mikey Nicholls pinning Kyle Fletcher for the win. After the match, Tito, who had been tagging with Jonah since the start of the year, officially joined TMDK.

On June 20, Jonah was announced as being part of G1 Climax 32. Tito accompanied Jonah, with both wrestlers being used in undercard tag team matches throughout the tournament.

On March 7, 2023, Haste and Tito won the UWN Tag Team Championship.

Impact Wrestling (2023)

At Sacrifice, as part of a partnership between Impact Wrestling and NJPW, Haste and Tito faced Impact World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club ( Ace Austin and Chris Bey) in a losing effort. They lost to Bullet Club again at Multiverse United in a four-way tag team match which also involved Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin).

Major League Wrestling (2024–present)

During The Burning Crush, which aired on February 17, 2024, it was announced that Tito would face Matt Riddle at Intimidation Games. At the event on February 29, Tito was unsuccessful at winning the NJPW World Television Championship against Riddle. On April 20 at War Chamber II, Tito (accompanied by Salina de la Renta) unsuccessfully challenged Satoshi Kojima for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship. On May 11 at MLW Azteca Lucha, Tito defeated Rickey Shane Page to win the MLW National Openweight Championship.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2024)

It was announced on May 1, 2024 on CMLL Informa that Bad Dude Tito and Che Cabrera as the first participants of FantasticaMania México 2024 and subsequently began a tour.

Championships and accomplishments

*Alternative Wrestling Show
**AWS Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**AWS Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Rico Dynamite (1) and Che Cabrera (1)
*Alpha Omega Wrestling
**AOW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**AOW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Rico Dynamite (1) and The Red-Headed Stepchild (1)
* Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
**CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**CWFH Heritage Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rico Dynamite
* Empire Wrestling Federation
**EWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Che Cabrera
*'' Pro Wrestling Illustrated''
**Ranked No. 373 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2023
* Major League Wrestling
** MLW National Openweight Championship ( 1 time, current)
*Santino Bros. Wrestling
**SBW Submission Championship (1 time)
*SoCal Pro Wrestling
** SCP Tag Team Champion (1 time) – with Che Cabrera
* United Wrestling Network
** UWN Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shane Haste

References

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Whittier, California
American male professional wrestlers
Professional wrestlers from California
21st-century male professional wrestlers
MLW National Openweight Champions