The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK) are a
professional wrestling
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stable
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which currently wrestles for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares ...
(NJPW). The stable consists of
Mikey Nicholls
Michael Nicholls (born 20 August 1985), better known by his ring name Mikey Nicholls, is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He is best known for his work in Pro Wrestling Noah, where, as part of Th ...
,
Shane Haste
Shane Veryzer (born 24 September 1985) is an Australian professional wrestler best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Shane Thorne.
He is also known for his work in Pro Wrestling Noah under the Shane Haste ring ...
[ Bad Dude Tito, ]Zack Sabre Jr.
Lucas Eatwell (born 24 July 1987), better known by his ring name Zack Sabre Jr. (Katakana: ザック・セイバーJr, ''Zakku Seibā Jr.''), is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Outsid ...
and Kosei Fujita. Sabre Jr. is the current and inaugural NJPW World Television Champion. The stable was primarily known as a tag team in Pro Wrestling Noah
(stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left the ...
, with Nicholls and Haste being two-time GHC Tag Team Champions
The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio & Vader defeated Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in a tourname ...
. They also worked for Ring of Honor
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(ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
(TNA) and WWE
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(where they were named TM-61 and The Mighty in NXT
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* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
).
Though best known as a tag team, TMDK has also been a stable, which included, in addition to Nicholls and Haste, fellow Australians
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Elliot Sexton, Jonah (formerly Jonah Rock), Marcus Pitt, Damian Slater, Mikey Broderick and Slex.[ TMDK has also been said to stand for "Torture, Murder, Destroy, Kill".
While in 2016, Nicholls and Veryzer signed with ]WWE
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and were assigned to its developmental territory
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NXT, the stable kept working on the independent circuit as TMDK until 2019. Nicholls and Veryzer were renamed Nick Miller and Shane Thorne, while their tag team was renamed TM-61 and later, The Mighty. However, the team would disband in 2018 following Nicholls' release.
History
Formation (2010–2011)
In the autumn of 2010, Australian wrestlers Mikey Nicholls
Michael Nicholls (born 20 August 1985), better known by his ring name Mikey Nicholls, is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He is best known for his work in Pro Wrestling Noah, where, as part of Th ...
and Shane Haste
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He is also known for his work in Pro Wrestling Noah under the Shane Haste ring ...
passed a tryout held by Pro Wrestling Noah
(stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left the ...
and World League Wrestling
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(WLW) in the United States
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, which allowed them to begin training at Noah's dojo. They made their debut for the Japanese promotion on 23 February 2011, and began working together under the team name "TMDK".[ The Mighty Don't Kneel originated in the ]Explosive Pro Wrestling
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History
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(EPW) promotion
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, where it was a stable
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, also including Elliot Sexton, Jonah Rock
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Professional wrestling ...
, Marcius Pitt and Slex. Rock and Slex have also represented TMDK in Noah. Nicholls and Haste then began working regularly for Noah in the promotion's junior heavyweight tag team
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division, though it was questioned whether the two actually were under the weight limit.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2011–2016)
On 15 December 2011, Nicholls and Haste received their first shot at the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
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, but were defeated by the defending champions, Atsushi Aoki
was a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as a wrestler, president of talent relations and head trainer at their dojo.
Aoki began his career in Pro Wrestling Noah in 2005, where he went on to become a two ...
and Kotaro Suzuki
is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by the ring name . He is currently working as a freelancer, mainly for promotion Pro Wrestling Noah.
Career
Pro Wrestling Noah (2001-2013)
Suzuki was the last person remaining of a grueling th ...
. Shortly afterwards, Nicholls and Haste left the junior heavyweight division.
Back in Noah, Nicholls and Haste also began breaking out in singles action, taking part in the 2012 Global League, where Nicholls wrestled KENTA
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*, Japanese baseball player
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to a draw and defeated Go Shiozaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion where he is the former GHC Heavyweight Champion in a record breaking fifth reign. He made his debut for the promotion in July 2004 and remained with it unti ...
, while Haste was victorious over Akitoshi Saito
is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah).
Early life
Before pro wrestling, Akitoshi Saito was trained in karate by Masashi Aoyagi. Saito seconded Aoyagi i ...
and Naomichi Marufuji
(born September 26, 1979) is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), R ...
. In April 2013, Nicholls and Haste took part in their first Global Tag League
The Global Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created in 2008.
The Global Tag League is held under a points system, with two points for a win, one for a time limit draw and no ...
. Though failing to advance to the finals, they picked up a win over the reigning GHC Tag Team Champions
The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio & Vader defeated Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in a tourname ...
, New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares ...
representatives Takashi Iizuka
, better known by his ring name , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his 33-year career in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. He has also worked for Pro Wrestling Noa ...
and Toru Yano
, is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, trained by and currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the KOPW (New Japan Pro-Wrestling), KOPW 2020 and the provisional KOPW (New Japan Pro-Wrestling), KOPW 2 ...
. This led to a title match between the two teams on 12 May, where Iizuka and Yano retained their title.[ Earlier that day, Noah had announced that Nicholls and Haste had signed contracts to become officially affiliated with the promotion. A rubber match between Nicholls and Haste and Iizuka and Yano took place on 7 July and saw TMDK emerge victorious and become the new GHC Tag Team Champions.] In September, Nicholls and Haste both began chasing the GHC Heavyweight Championship
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, but were defeated in back-to-back title matches by the defending champion, KENTA. On 10 December, the Tokyo Sports
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See also
* Tokyo Sports Film Award
* Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards
The are Japanese professional wrestling, or ''puroresu'', awards that have been handed out by the ''Tokyo Sports'' mag ...
magazine named Nicholls and Haste the 2013 tag team of the year, with the two becoming the first ''gaijin
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'' team to win the "Best Tag Team Award" since Stan Hansen
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Hansen is known for his Glossary of professional wrestling terms#S, stiff wrestling style, which he attributes to his poor eyesigh ...
and Vader in 1998. On 25 January 2014, Nicholls and Haste lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Maybach Taniguchi
is a Japanese professional wrestler who has worked for Pro Wrestling Noah since his debut in December 2005. He is also known by the ring name , under which he portrays a villainous masked character.
Professional wrestling career
Amateur backg ...
and GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima
(born October 15, 1978) is a Japanese former professional wrestler.
Morishima is best known for his work with Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former three-time GHC Heavyweight Champion. He has also performed for Ring of Honor (ROH) in the Uni ...
.
On 10 January 2015, Nicholls and Haste defeated Dangan Yankies (Masato Tanaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan where he was a one-time FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WEW World Heavyweight Champion and in Ext ...
and Takashi Sugiura
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). Sugiura, an accomplished amateur wrestler, joined Noah's dojo in 2000, making his professional debut on December 23, 2000, and thus becoming the first wrestler ...
) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship for the second time. They lost the title to K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) on 11 February. On 28 December 2015, Noah announced that Nicholls and Haste would leave the promotion following their contracts expiring at the end of the year. On 11 February 2016, Noah announced that Haste and Nicholls would return to the promotion the following month to take part in a five-show-long farewell tour, entitled "Departure to the World". Their final Noah match took place on 10 March and saw them defeat Naomichi Marufuji and Mitsuhiro Kitamiya
is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. Kitamiya's ring name is a tribute to former professional wrestler Masa Saito. Kitamiya also wears a similar ring attire to Saito as tribute.
Early life
Kitamiya was an amateur ...
. In February 2016, it was reported that Nicholls and Haste would join WWE
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's NXT
NXT may refer to:
Professional wrestling
* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
brand following their Noah farewell tour the following month. WWE confirmed the signings on March 25, 2016.
Independent circuit (2012–2016)
In early 2012, Nicholls and Haste traveled to the United States, where they worked for several promotions, including Ohio Valley Wrestling
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O ...
(OVW), Ring of Honor
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(ROH), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
(TNA). In ROH, they won a one-night tournament to earn a match against the Briscoe Brothers
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at the Showdown in the Sun
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pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guid ...
.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014–2015)
On 20 December 2014, Haste and Nicholls made their debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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(NJPW), when they, along with Naomichi Marufuji, were revealed as Toru Yano's tag team partners at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome
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on 4 January 2015. They would go on to win the match, defeating Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr.
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best known under the ring name Davey Boy Smith Jr. and his real name Harry Smith. He currently performs for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he was o ...
, Lance Archer
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, Shelton X Benjamin and Takashi Iizuka).
WWE (2015–2018)
In June 2015, Nicholls and Haste took part in a WWE
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tryout camp. In February 2016, it was reported that Nicholls and Haste were scheduled to join WWE's NXT
NXT may refer to:
Professional wrestling
* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
brand following their NOAH farewell tour.
On March 25, 2016, WWE confirmed the signings of both Nicholls and Haste. They began training at the WWE Performance Center
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in April, while working for the promotion's developmental branch NXT. During the May 19 ''NXT
NXT may refer to:
Professional wrestling
* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
'' tapings, Haste and Nicholls were renamed Shane Thorne and Nick Miller, respectively, while TMDK was renamed TM-61, where TM is derived from their respective last names (Thorne and Miller) while 61 is from Australia's dialing code (+61). They debuted on the May 25 episode, losing to Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.
On the October 7 episode of NXT, Thorne and Miller were announced as participants in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament held by the American promotion WWE, and is featured on its NXT brand, having first been established in 2015. In subsequent years, wrestlers from the NXT UK and ...
. On October 12, they defeated the team of Riddick Moss
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and Tino Sabbatelli
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to advance from the first round of the tournament. Thorne next defeated Roderick Strong
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in a singles match (due to Strong's partner Austin Aries
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his time with Impact Wrest ...
being unable to wrestle through injury), to proceed his team to the semi finals, where they went on to defeat SAnitY
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, thus setting the final against the Authors of Pain. On November 19 at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, TM-61 lost in the final. On the January 18 episode of ''NXT'', Thorne suffered a serious knee injury due to an attack by The Revival ( Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder
Daniel Marshall Wheeler (born May 17, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Cash Wheeler. Wheeler is also known for his time in WWE, under the ring name Dash Wilder. ...
) after TM-61 had defeated them. He had surgery on January 25, which was expected to put him out of action for seven to nine months. He returned from the injury on September 14.
On the January 3 episode of ''NXT'', the return of TM-61 was announced. During the following weeks, vignettes of TM-61 were shown. They made their in ring return on January 31 episode of ''NXT'', defeating The Ealy Brothers. TM-61 then entered the 2018 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, being eliminated by the Authors of Pain in the first round. On the May 2 edition of ''NXT'', TM-61 defeated Street Profits
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They are three-time tag team champions in WWE, having held the Raw, Sm ...
(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) with a dirty pin, thus turning the duo heel
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Structure
To distribute the compressive for ...
in the process. The following week, they defeated the team of Heavy Machinery
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(Otis Dozovic
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After signing with WWE in 2016, he was assigned to their developmental ...
and Tucker Knight
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) with the same tactics. The team was officially renamed "The Mighty", on the June 6, 2018, episode of ''NXT''. On the July 20 episode of ''NXT'', they were defeated by War Raiders. In July, they started a feud with Street Profits with both teams losing matches to each other. On the September 19 episode of ''NXT'', The Mighty defeated Street Profits.
On December 14, 2018, Miller was removed from the "WWE NXT" section of WWE.com, confirming his release and disbanding the team.
Return to NJPW (2022–present)
On the March 6, 2022, episode of ''NJPW Strong
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H ...
'', Shane Haste interfered in the tag team match between FinJuice
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( David Finlay and Juice Robinson
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) and the pairing of Jonah
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(formerly Jonah Rock) and Bad Dude Tito. He attacked Robinson while the referee was distracted, allowing Tito to hit a frog splash on Robinson for the win. This saw the reformation of TMDK, with Haste and Jonah tagging together. On the April 3 episode of ''NJPW Strong'', Haste caused a disqualification loss to FinJuice after he struck Robinson with a steel chair. Robinson challenged TMDK and Tito to a Chicago Street Fight at Windy City Riot, alongside a mystery partner. At the event, TMDK and Tito were defeated by FinJuice and their partner, revealed to be Brody King
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. On May 14, at Capital Collision
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, Mikey Nicholls was reunited with Haste, leaving CHAOS in the process. TMDK and Bad Dude Tito defeated the United Empire
, originally , is a professional wrestling faction, performing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and RevPro, the faction is led by Will Ospreay.
The group was formed in October 2020 by Ospreay and Great-O-Khan, when Ospreay turned on his Chao ...
, with Nicholls pinning Kyle Fletcher
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for the win. After the match, Tito, who had been tagging with Jonah since the start of the year, officially joined TMDK. Haste and Nicholls then entered a tournament to become the inaugural Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions, but were defeated in the semi-final to the pairing of Christopher Daniels
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and Yuya Uemura
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
Early life
In March 2013, Uemura graduated from Imabari Technical High-school. He wrestled collegiately before he started his professional wrestling care ...
.
On June 20, Jonah was announced as being part of G1 Climax 32
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. He would be accompanied by Tito, with both wrestlers being used in undercard tag team matches throughout the tournament.
Following Jonah’s exit from the group due to his return to WWE, Zack Sabre Jr.
Lucas Eatwell (born 24 July 1987), better known by his ring name Zack Sabre Jr. (Katakana: ザック・セイバーJr, ''Zakku Seibā Jr.''), is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Outsid ...
officially join the stable after his victory to become NJPW World Television Champion at Wrestle Kingdom 17
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. During the following New Year Dash!!
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show on January 5, NJPW confirmed on social media that Kosei Fujita would also join the stable.
Members
Current
Member Timeline
Other media
Miller and Thorne made their video game debut in ''WWE 2K18
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'' and later appear in ''WWE 2K19
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''.
Championships and accomplishments
* Australian Wrestling Alliance
** AWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Rock
* Explosive Professional Wrestling
** EPW Championship (8 times) – Nicholls (2), Haste (1), and Pitt (5)
** EPW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Haste and Nicholls (1), and Rock and Pitt (1)
* Melbourne City Wrestling
Melbourne City Wrestling is an Australian independent professional wrestling promotion founded in 2010, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Melbourne City Wrestling currently has two major venues that they use. MCW hosts monthly events at th ...
** MCW Heavyweight Championship (3 times) – Sexton (1), Slex (1) and Rock
**MCW Intercommonwealth Championship (3 times) – Slex (2) and Rock (1)
**MCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Slex and Pitt (1), and Rock and Jackson (1)
*New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares ...
**NJPW World Television Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The current and inaugural champion is Zack Sabre Jr..
History
New Japan Pro-Wrestling president and CEO Takami Ohbari and TV Asahi representative ...
( 1 time, current) - Sabre Jr.
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publish ...
** PWI ranked Miller #154 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500
''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishi ...
in 2016
** PWI ranked Thorne #147 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500
''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishi ...
in 2016
** PWI ranked Jonah #132 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500
''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' (''PWI'') is an American internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979 by publisher Stanley Weston. ''PWI'' is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and published by Kappa Publishi ...
in 2022
*Pro Wrestling Noah
(stylised as Pro Wrestling NOAH) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left the ...
**GHC Tag Team Championship
The Global Honored Crown (GHC) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created on October 19, 2001, when Scorpio & Vader defeated Jun Akiyama & Akitoshi Saito in a tourname ...
(2 times
"2 Times" is a song co-written and recorded by British Italian-based singer Ann Lee. It was released in 1999 as the lead single from her debut album, ''Dreams'' (1999). The single entered and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Outside ...
) – Haste and Nicholls
*''Tokyo Sports
is a Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1960.
See also
* Tokyo Sports Film Award
* Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards
The are Japanese professional wrestling, or ''puroresu'', awards that have been handed out by the ''Tokyo Sports'' mag ...
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** Best Tag Team Award (2013) – Haste and Nicholls
References
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