Tarzan Goto is one of the most recognizable wrestlers ever, and in some ways the sleazy grindhouse version of Tenryu. A lumpy, demented freak in a bumblebee color scheme who is not afraid to break beer bottles and punch hapless dudes in the face. Even though he was in some of the biggest matches ever (such as the earliest explosion death matches, and the official 1994 MOTY teaming with Onita against Tenryu and Hara) he tends to get overlooked as a sleazy vampire, with a chunk of his career spent working grimy offshoot feds, not to mention that the DVDVR crew used to flat out dismiss his work back in the day in one of the more baffling instances of poorly aged wrestling opinions. Despite his singular approach to wrestling he was able to produce some quite great matches in a variety of settings simply by being a master of gory and grimy pro wrestling, so it's time to explore and unearth his work.
1984
vs. Toshiaki Kawada, AJPW 11/28/1984 - FUN
1989
w Atsushi Onita vs. Jerry Flynn & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, FMW 12/10/1989 - EPIC
1990
w Sambo Asako vs. Masanobu Kurisu & The Shooter #1, FMW 5/14/1990 - EPIC
w Mr. Pogo vs. Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako, FMW 7/25/1990 - FUN
vs. Atsushi Onita, FMW 8/4/1990 - GREAT
vs. Katsuji Ueda, FMW 8/25/1990 - GREAT
vs. Gran Mendoza, FM 8/20/1990 - FUN
1991
vs. Atsushi Onita, FMW 2/26/1991 - EPIC
w Ricky Fuji vs. Atsushi Onita & Mr. Gannosuke, FMW 11/4/1992 - GREAT
w Atsushi Onita vs. Grigori Verichev & Koba Krutanize, FMW 12/9/1991 - GREAT
1992
vs. Leon Spinks, FMW 3/25/1992 - EPIC
w Nitron & Negro Casas vs. Hijo del Santo & Mil Mascaras & Atsushi Onita, Tijuana 5/15/1992 - FUN
w Grigory Verichev vs Sabu & Horace Boulder, FMW 5/24/1992 - GREAT
1993
w The Sheik vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Tiger Ali Singh, FMW 3/29/1993 - EPIC
vs. Katsutoshi Niiyama, FMW 9/23/1993 - FUN
w Great Sasuke vs. Mr. Pogo & Masaru Toi, Michinoku Pro 12/10/1993 - EPIC
1994
w Atsushi Onita vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara, WAR 2/3/1994 - EPIC
vs. Masaru Toi, FMW 2/19/1994 - GREAT
w Damian 666 vs. Hisakatsu Oya & Goro Tsurumi, FMW 6/19/1994 - FUN
vs. Mr.
Gannosuke, FMW 6/28/1994 - EPIC
vs. Battle Ranger, FMW 7/31/1994 - EPIC
vs. Hisakatsu Oya, FMW 8/28/1994 - EPIC
1995
w Mr. Gannosuke vs Jado & Gedo, WAR 7/7/1995 - EPIC
w Mr. Gannosuke vs. Kendo Nagasaki & Bruiser Okamoto, BJW 7/25/1995 - EPIC
w Mr. Gannosuke vs. Keisuke Yamada & Shoji Nakamaki, IWA Japan 8/20/1995 - GREAT
vs. Dan Severn, IWA Japan 8/20/1995 - EPIC
vs. Cactus Jack, IWA Japan 10/5/1995 - EPIC
1996
vs. Buh Buh Ray Dudley, IWA Japan 8/8/1996 - FUN
vs. Perry Saturn & John Kronus, IWA Japan 8/10/1996 - FUN
1997
w Ryo Miyake vs. Shinichi Nakano & Arashi, WYF 3/20/1997 - GREAT
w Jun Kikuzawa vs. Ryuji Yamakawa & Shoji Nakamaki, BJW 5/29/1997 - FUN
vs. Katsutoshi Niiyama, Shin-FMW 6/17/1997 - FUN
vs. Takashi Okano, Shin-FMW 6/17/1997 - FUN
w Ryo Miyake vs. Ichiro Yaguchi & Nobukazu Hirai, Shin-FMW 6/17/1997 - FUN
w Ryo Miyake vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Rikio Ito, Shin-FMW 6/17/1997 - FUN
vs. Ryo Miyake, Shin-FM 6/17/1997 - FUN
w Ryo Miyake vs. Masayoshi Motegi & Shinichi Nakano, WYF 7/16/1997 - EPIC
w Mitsunobu Kikuzawa vs. Masayoshi Motegi & Shinichi Nakano, WYF 8/9/1997 - GREAT
w Jun Kikuzawa vs. Basara & Shinichi Nakano, WYF 9/23/1997 - GREAT
vs. Masashi Aoyagi, Shin-FMW 9/29/1997 - EPIC
1998
vs. Chainsaw Charlie, Indy World 5/21/1998 - EPIC
Masashi Aoyagi & Azteca vs. Dick Togo & Shoichi Funaki & MENs Teioh, Indy World 7/22/1998 - EPIC
1999
w Freddy Krueger vs. Yoshiya Yamashita & Katsumi Hirano, IWA Japan 1/17/1999 - GREAT
2000
vs. Yoji Anjoh, Rikidozan Memorial 3/11/2000 - GREAT
2001
vs. Viking Taniguchi, Onita Pro 9/23/2001 - FUN
2002
w Tomoaki Honma vs. Terry Funk & Abdullah The Butcher, AJPW 10/27/2002 - GREAT
2004
w Shinigami vs Yuiga & Drake Morimatsu, Yuiga Produce 10/30/2004 - FUN
2005
w Mr. Gannosuke vs. Soldier & Mineo Fujita, WMF 9/5/2005 - EPIC
2009
w Mikan vs. Lemon & Musashi Oyama, Goto-Ippa 5/10/2009 - GREAT
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