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Bios

Mr. Pogo

Nickname: Emperor Of Death Match

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 286 lbs.

From: Isesaki, Gunma, Japan

Birthday: Feb 25th

Pro Debut: March 20, 1972

Aliases: Mr. Sekigawa, The Great Pogo, Ninja, The Ninja Warrior, Tetsuo Sekigawa, The Great Seki, Judo Lee, Mr. Togo, Pogo Daio, Tetsuo Pogo, Pogo Daiyo, King Pogo, Mr. Seki, Original Pogo, Judo Joe

Feds Worked For: NWA-West, SoCW, TSW, AWA, NWA, 666 Wrestling of Darkness (Japan), All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (Japan), All Star Wrestling (Canada), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Championship Wrestling USA (OR), Continental Wrestling Association (AL/TN), Dragon Gate (Japan), Dramatic Dream Team (Japan), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (Japan), Fuyuki Army Promotion (Japan), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), International Wrestling Association Japan (Japan), International Wrestling Enterprise (Japan), Japanese Women's Pro-Wrestling Project (Japan), Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling-X (Japan), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Michinoku Pro Wrestling (Japan), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mr. Gannosuke Production (Japan), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Northwest Wrestling Promotions (Canada), NWA Big Time Wrestling (CA), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA Polynesian (HI), Onita Pro (Japan), Pacific Coast Athletic Club (CA), Pancrase (Japan), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (Japan), Social Pro Wrestling Federation (Japan), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Tokyo Pro Wrestling (Japan), Toryumon Japan (Japan), Union of Wrestling Force International (Japan), World W*ING Spirit (Japan), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico), Wrestle Association-R (Japan), Wrestling International New Generations (Japan), Wrestling Marvelous Future (Japan)

Finisher: Fireball; Japanese Sleeper; Pogo Driver

Signature Moves: Nerve holds, Throat chops, Various judo chops and spin kicks, Sickle Attack

Career Highlights: -BJW Death Match Champion
-FMW Brass Knuckles Champion (2x)
-FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Hisakatsu Oya, The Gladiator, and Yukihiro Kanemura)
-NWA Alabama Champion
-NWA (Amarillo) Brass Knuckles Champion
-NWA Central States Champion
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (w/ Gypsy Joe)
-NWA Mid-America Champion
-NWA Mid-America Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/ Tojo Yamamoto, 1 w/ Bobby Eaton)
-NWA (Mid-America) World 6-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Tojo Yamamoto & David Schultz)
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Mr. Sato)
-OP Barbed Wire Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Shoji Nakamaki & Ichiro Yaguchi)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (w/ Dynamite Kid)
-Stampede North American Champion
-TSW Champion (2x)
-W*ING Tag Team Champion (w/ Crush the Terminator)
-WWC Caribbean Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Kensuke Sasaki)
-WWC Junior Heavyweight Champion
-WWC Tag Team Champion (5x; 4 w/ Kendo Nagasaki, 1 w/ TNT)

Affiliates: Kendo Nagasaki, Gypsy Joe, Skandar Akbar, El Profe, K. Y. Wakamatsu, Tojo Yamamoto, Victor Quinones, Kensuke Sasaki, Oliver Humperdink, Don Carson, Gypsy Joe, Bobby Eaton, David Schultz, Shoji Nakamaki, Ichiro Yaguchi, Dynamite Kid, Crush the Terminator, TNT, The Gladiator, Hideki Hosaka, Hisakatsu Oya, Akio Sato/Mr. Sato, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, Ricky Fuji, Yukihiro Kanemura/Kintaro Kanemura, Shadow WX, Hido, Shadow Winger/The W*inger, Shadow #7/Black Shadow, Horace Boulder, Goro Tsurumi, Ivan Koloff, Hugo Savinovich

Notable Feuds: Bob Sweetan, Tom Jones, Atushi Onita,Katsutoshi Niiyama, Mr. Gannosuke, Sambo Asako, Masato Tanaka, Shoji Nakamaki, Mitsuhiro Matsunaga, Jason the Terrible, Ted DiBiase, Tarzan Goto, Bob Brown, Marty Jannetty, Ricky Fuji, Dick Murdoch, The Great Kojika, Kintaro Kanemura, Koji Nakagawa, Hideki Hosaka, Jay Youngblood, Mitsuteru Tokuda, Jack Brisco, Ricky Romero, Jimmy Valiant, Seiji Sakaguchi, Art Neilson, Larry Lane, Dory Funk, Jr., Head Hunter A, Head Hunter B

Other Facts: -Real name was Tetsuo Sekigawa
-Unsuccessfully ran for a Senate seat in his hometown in 2003.
-Ranked #248 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked #316 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Owner and promoter of the Japan based pro wrestling federation World W*ING Spirit from 2000 until his death in 2017
-Passed away June 23, 2017 at the age of 66 due to a cerebral infarction suffered while undergoing back surgery.