, better known by his

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Evil (stylized as EVIL), is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently working for

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(NJPW). After debuting in NJPW in 2011, Evil competed in the United States on excursion, working for companies such as Global Force Wrestling (GFW) and

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(ROH) from 2014 to 2015. He returned to NJPW in November 2015. He is a former member of '' Los Ingobernables de Japón'', and was a part of a

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with Sanada; the two are two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions and two-time

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winners. He is also a two-time NEVER Openweight Champion and is a record-breaking six-time and current NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, making him an overall ten-time champion in NJPW. In 2020, he won the New Japan Cup, before turning on L.I.J leader

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and joining Bullet Club. He defeated Naito at

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to become the double IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion. He is the only wrestler in NJPW history to be a triple champion, having held the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship simultaneously from July to August 2020.

Professional wrestling career

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2011–2013)

Watanabe made his debut for

(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.

Ring of Honor (2014–2015)

At Global Wars '15 the first night May 15 he teamed with

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in a losing effort against

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and

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. The following night May 16, he was defeated by Young. On the June 27 episode of ''ROH Wrestling'', he lost to

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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 on July 24 at Death Before Dishonor XIII where Dijak defeated Watanabe. August 22 at

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, Watanabe qualified for an ROH World Television Championship match by winning a nine-man gauntlet match. On September 18 at

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, he teamed with Will Ferrara to defeat Dijak and Greg James. On September 19, Watanabe received his shot at the Television Title in a match against champion Jay Lethal, but was unsuccessful.

Return to NJPW

The King of Darkness (2015–2017)

On October 12, 2015, Watanabe returned to NJPW at King of Pro-Wrestling, where he was revealed as

's associate during his match against

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. Watanabe's outside interference in the match was stopped by

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and Katsuyori Shibata, leading to Naito suffering a loss. In a post-match interview, Naito gave Watanabe the new name "King of Darkness" Evil. Under the new name, Evil became affiliated with Naito's '' Los Ingobernables de Japón'' stable. In December, Evil and Naito won their block in the 2015 World Tag League with a record of five wins and one loss, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 9, Evil and Naito were defeated in the finals by

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and

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. In early March, Evil took part in the

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in which he was eliminated in the first round by

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. On March 20, Evil unsuccessfully challenged Ishii for the ROH World Television Championship. From July 18 to August 14, Evil took part in the 2016 G1 Climax where he finished his block with four wins and five losses, thus failing to advance. Despite his failure to advance, Evil scored two big wins by defeating IWGP Intercontinental Champion

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and NEVER Openweight Champion Katsuyori Shibata on the last day. On November 5 at

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, Evil won his first title, when he defeated Katsuyori Shibata for the NEVER Openweight Championship. Ten days later, Evil lost the title back to Shibata in

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. At the end of the year, Evil took part in the 2016 World Tag League, teaming with stablemate Sanada. The two finished second in their block with a record of five wins and two losses, tied with block winners Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma, but failed to advance to the finals due to losing the head-to-head match against Makabe and Honma. On January 4, 2017, at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome, Evil, Bushi and Sanada won a four-team

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to become the new NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions. They lost the title to Hiroshi Tanahashi,

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and

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the next day, before regaining it on February 11 at

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. In March, Evil made it to the semifinals of the

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, before losing to

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. On April 4, L.I.J. lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi,

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and Ryusuke Taguchi in their second defense, before regaining it on May 3 at

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. During the

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on August 5, Evil picked up a major win over reigning IWGP Heavyweight Champion

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, Okada's first singles defeat in nearly a year. Evil went on to finish third in his block with a record of six wins and three losses. On October 9 at King of Pro-Wrestling, Evil received his first shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by Okada. In December, Evil and Sanada won their block in the

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with a record of five wins and two losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 11, they defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (

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and

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) in the finals to win the tournament. Six days later, Evil, Bushi and Sanada lost the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship to Guerrillas of Destiny and Bad Luck Fale in their fourth defense.

Championship reigns with Sanada (2018–2020)

On January 4, 2018, at

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, Evil and Sanada defeated the

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( Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) to win the

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for the first time. Evil and Sanada would successfully defend the IWGP Tag Team Championship on two occasions before losing the title to

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ending their reign at 156 days. The same night,

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defeated Tetsuya Naito to win the

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. After the match, Jericho put Naito into Walls of Jericho and refused to release the hold. This resulted in Evil running in to make the save. Evil entered the

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and finished with a record of 5 wins and 4 losses, failing to advance from his block. At King of Pro-Wrestling, Evil was scheduled to compete in a singles match against Zack Sabre Jr. Before the match could begin, however, IWGP Intercontinental Champion, Chris Jericho, would return and attack Evil forcing the match to be a no contest. On November 3, 2018, at

, Evil challenged Jericho for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. Evil was unsuccessful, however, and was forced to submit to Chris Jericho's Liontamer submission hold. In December, Evil and Sanada entered the 2018 edition of

. The pair scored a record of ten wins and three losses advancing them to the finals where they would meet the Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) in a rematch of the previous year's final. On December 9, they defeated the Guerillas of Destiny in the finals to win their second World Tag League and the challenge right for an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome. At

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, Evil and Sanada won IWGP Tag Team Championship in a

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, that also included Guerillas of Destiny and Young Bucks. They retained their titles at The New Beginning in Sapporo against Zack Sabre Jr. and Minoru Suzuki. At Honor Rising: Japan 2019, Evil and Sanada lost the titles in their second defense against Guerillas of Destiny. Evil was announced to take part in the 2019 New Japan Cup, but lost to Zack Sabre Jr. in the first round. Evil entered the 2019 G1 Climax, finishing with a record of 4 wins and 5 losses, failing to make it to the finals. On January 5, 2020 at Wrestle Kingdom 14, Evil, Bushi and

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defeated four other teams in a

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for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, making both Evil and Bushi record-tying four time holders of the title.

Bullet Club (2020–present)

After New Japan Pro-Wrestling underwent a hiatus in late February 2020 due to the

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, the company resumed its activities with the 2020 New Japan Cup, which begun on June 16, 2020, with the winner receiving a title shot against Naito for both the IWGP Heavyweight and

s. Entering the tournament, Evil defeated

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, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, and his teammate Sanada to reach the finals, displaying a more aggressive attitude, notably cheating by low blowing Hirooki Goto in their match, injuring Yoshi-Hashi before their match, and using a chair to attack Sanada’s neck in their match. In the finals on July 11, Evil defeated

, in part due to interference by

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, who attacked Okada seemingly behind Evil's back (as he appeared unconscious when it happened). When Naito came out to congratulate him on his win, Evil threw up the "too sweet" symbol of Bullet Club instead of the raised fist of ''Los Ingobernables'', then attacked Naito, turning heel, and was soon joined by Bullet Club, establishing himself as a member of the stable and the first person to ever leave ''Los Ingobernables de Japón''. At

the following day, Evil defeated Naito to capture both the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships with the help of Bullet Club, including

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, who joined Bullet Club and became Evil's manager in the process. As Evil was still NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Bushi and Takagi despite his betrayal, he became the first triple champion in the history of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. At Sengoku Lord on July 25, he had his first successful defense of both the Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles against former ''Ingobernables'' stablemate

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. On August 1, NJPW vacated the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship due to Evil claiming in a post-Dominion interview that he had "no interest" in defending the title with his former ''Ingobernables'' stablemates, ending his run as triple champion. He lost both titles against Naito at

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. On November 6, Evil defeated Chaos to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships with House of Torture at

. He defeated

to win the

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at Wrestle Kingdom 16, becoming a double champion. On Night 2, Evil, Sho and Takahashi, once again retained the 6-man titles against CHAOS. On Night 3 Evil and

lost to Pro Wrestling NOAH's

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and

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. At the

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tour, EVIL retained the Never Openweight Championship against Ishii once again and retained the Never openweight 6-man tag team championships. Evil then entered the New Japan Cup, he defeated

and

in rounds one and two, but lost to

in round 3. At Hyper Battle, Evil retained the Never Openweight Championship against Takahashi. At Wrestling Dontaku, Evil lost the Never Openweight Championship to Tama Tonga, ending his secoind reign at 117 days. At Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall, House of Torture retained the 6-man championships against Suzuki-Gun, but lost them to Chaos at NJPW New Japan Road. In June, Evil was announced to be competing in the G1 Climax 32 tournament, in the C Block. He finished the tournament with 6 points, failing to advance to the semi-finals.

Personal life

Watanabe was engaged to wrestler

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Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) **

(

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) – with Sanada **

(

) **

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( 6 times, current) – with Bushi and Sanada (3), Bushi and

(1),

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and Sho (2, current) ** New Japan Cup (

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) **

(

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) – with Sanada *''

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'' ** Ranked No. 29 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2021 *''

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'' ** Best Gimmick (

) as part of '' Los Ingobernables de Japón'' ** Most Overrated (2021)

References

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