BxB Hulk

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Terumasa Ishihara (石原 輝政, Ishihara Terumasa, born July 15, 1980), better known by his

On June 12, BxB Hulk unveiled a persona that he had hinted at doing several months ago called "Killer Hulk" (later renamed Black Hulk), wearing black pants and black make-up and using a violent fighting style. Under this persona, he dismantled Real Hazard's Yasushi Kanda, blowing off what was left of their feud that they had going on for the last few months. He then got into a feud with Takagi. They fought in a match on June 29 to determine the #1 contender for CIMA's Open the Dream Gate Championship, but the match ended in a one-hour draw. They were soon scheduled to do battle again on July 27, but this time it would be for the Open the Dream Gate Title itself, due to CIMA vacating it because of a neck injury. Hulk lost that match, but his performance impressed Takagi enough that he retracted his statement about Hulk being weak and shook hands with him. He then got into a feud with Gamma, and he as Black Hulk fought Gamma as Gamma Daiou on November 16, which he won by count-out after putting Gamma through a table outside the ring with his E.V.O. finisher.

In March 2009, YAMATO began provoking him, and even offered him membership into Real Hazard under his Black Hulk persona. He responded by randomly attacking members of Real Hazard under his Black Hulk persona until YAMATO and the rest of the group got the better of him on April 15. YAMATO then challenged him to a match, and he did not care whether he fought Hulk as Black Hulk or his normal self. Hulk fought YAMATO as Black Hulk and won by referee stoppage.

On June 7, he won the Triangle Gate titles with Masato Yoshino and

On April 24, former WORLD-1 members Hulk, PAC, Yokosuka and Yoshino agreed to form a new alliance with Masaaki Mochizuki to battle Blood Warriors.

In October 2018, Eita announced that R.E.D would be joined by two new members, with their identity being kept in secret under the disguise of Dr. Muscle, known as the Green and Red Masked Demons, respectively. On December 15 at Final Gate, Hulk and YAMATO defeated Eita and Big R Shimizu to regain the Open The Twin Gate Championship. Three days later, Hulk turned on YAMATO to join R.E.D, revealing himself to be the Red Masked Demon. He would blame YAMATO for inviting KAI to the stable, while he was injured when KAI also had a neck injury. This led to Hulk stealing the Open The Twin Gate Championship belts. Afterwards, R.E.D began a "Generation War" against Dragon Gate and Toryumon. On December 22, YAMATO forfeited his half of the Open The Twin Gate Championship, leading to Hulk protest against the decision. Afterwards, General Manager Takayuki Yagi declared the titles vacated, with the new champions being crowned in a tournament in January which he would later win with Kazma Sakamoto. Later that month, Hulk, Sakamoto and Takashi Yoshida took part in the 2020 Ashiyanikki Cup 6 Man Tag Team Tournament. In the first round of the tournament, Hulk helped Eita, Ishida and Shimizu to defeat the Dragon Gate trio of YAMATO, KAI and Kzy, leading KAI to get his revenge and cost Hulk, Sakamoto and Yoshida's match against Ben-K, Strong Machine J and Dragon Dia.

Championships and accomplishments

• Dragon Gate
  • Open the Dream Gate Championship (1 time)^[18]
  • YAMATO (1), YAMATO and Kzy (1), and Ben-K and Kota Minoura
    (1, current)
  • Uhaa Nation (1) Yamato (2), Kazma Sakamoto (1) and, KAI
    (1)
  • 6 Unit Warfare One Night Tag Tournament (2012) – with Naoki Tanisaki[23]
  • King of Gate (2011)^[4]
  • Summer Adventure Tag League (2011) – with Akira Tozawa^[7]
  • Summer Adventure Tag League (2012) – with Akira Tozawa and Naoki Tanisaki^[13]
• Dragon Gate USA
  • Open the Freedom Gate Championship (1 time)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #59 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015^[24]
• Pro Wrestling Noah
  • GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shingo Takagi
• Tokyo Sports
  • Newcomer Award (2007)^[25]
  • Technique Award (2014)^[26]

Luchas de Apuestas record

Notes

References

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16. Dragon Gate
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17. ^ ハルク独立 ＭＢでは孤立無援. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
18. ^ ^{a b} ドリームゲート初戴冠のハルク ドラゲーマットを“浄化”. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2014-07-21. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
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21. ^ ^{a b} "Open the Dream Gate Championship". Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
22. ^ "ドラゲー・吉野がハルク破り王座奪還". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2015-06-15. Archived from the original on 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
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24. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
25. ^ 東京スポーツ プロレス大賞. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-01-20.
26. ^ "【プロレス大賞：技能賞】Ｂ×Ｂハルク 来年はドラゲー初のＭＶＰ狙う！". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-12-09.

External links

• BxB Hulk official blog
• BxB Hulk's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database

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