NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING

PROFILE

Tanga Loa

UNIT

Guerrillas of Destiny 

HEIGHT

188cm 

WEIGHT

100kg 

YEAR OF BIRTH

7 May 1983 

Tanga Loa
HEIGHT
188cm 
WEIGHT
100kg 
YEAR OF BIRTH
7 May 1983 
PLACE OF BIRTH
Hawaii, USA 
DEBUT
2008 
FINISH HOLD

Apeshit, Tongan Thunder Bomb, Powerslam, Guerrilla Warfare (Double Team), Magic Killer (Double Team), Super Powerbomb (Double Team)

 
TWITTER
@TangaloaNJPW 

BIOGRAPHY

Having received training from his father, the legendary King Haku himself, Tanga Loa first appeared in a New Japan ring in March of 2016, joining his brother Tama Tonga in the Guerrillas of Destiny and instantly seizing IWGP Tag Team gold.

In a four year span, G.o.D racked up six IWGP Tag Team Championships. Though their 2020 was disrupted by the global pandemic, Tonga was bound and determined to head into 2021 by banishing the two curses that had haunted G.o.D through their careers.

December 15 2020 saw G.o.D win the World Tag League for the first time, thanks to the aid of mentor Jado and BULLET CLUB brother KENTA. Weeks later, and G.o.D’s second curse, that of never having won in the Tokyo Dome, was vanquished, as the brothers defeated Dangerous Tekkers to lift the IWGP Tag Team titles for a record seventh time. Having dominated the tag team landscape, both brothers tried their hands at singles competition, and Loa impressed in G1 Climax 31 action, before turning his attention to the US tag scene. 

After dominating in Japan, G.o.D headed to IMPACT to take on Tama’s one time mentor Anderson and his Good Brothers partner Doc Gallows. Yet Jay White would hatch a plan to eliminate G.o.D from the Club, and struck Tama with a Bladerunner, in a bid to ‘reunite’ the group that was fractured between Japan and the US. On March 13, 2022, the Japanese arm of BULLET CLUB completed G.o.D’s expulsion, along with manager Jado. 

Having received training from his father, the legendary King Haku himself, Tanga Loa first appeared in a New Japan ring in March of 2016, joining his brother Tama Tonga in the Guerrillas of Destiny and instantly seizing IWGP Tag Team gold.

In a four year span, G.o.D racked up six IWGP Tag Team Championships. Though their 2020 was disrupted by the global pandemic, Tonga was bound and determined to head into 2021 by banishing the two curses that had haunted G.o.D through their careers.

December 15 2020 saw G.o.D win the World Tag League for the first time, thanks to the aid of mentor Jado and BULLET CLUB brother KENTA. Weeks later, and G.o.D’s second curse, that of never having won in the Tokyo Dome, was vanquished, as the brothers defeated Dangerous Tekkers to lift the IWGP Tag Team titles for a record seventh time. Having dominated the tag team landscape, both brothers tried their hands at singles competition, and Loa impressed in G1 Climax 31 action, before turning his attention to the US tag scene. 

After dominating in Japan, G.o.D headed to IMPACT to take on Tama’s one time mentor Anderson and his Good Brothers partner Doc Gallows. Yet Jay White would hatch a plan to eliminate G.o.D from the Club, and struck Tama with a Bladerunner, in a bid to ‘reunite’ the group that was fractured between Japan and the US. On March 13, 2022, the Japanese arm of BULLET CLUB completed G.o.D’s expulsion, along with manager Jado. 

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