Men's Teioh

Men's Teioh
Men's Teioh
	Super Delfín
Debut	September 7, 1992

Takeo Ōtsuka (大塚武生, Ōtsuka Takeo)^[1] (born December 16, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Men's Teioh (MEN'Sテイオー, Menzu Teiō) (also written MEN's Teioh). The English translation of his ring name, Terry Boy, is a homage to American professional wrestler Terry Funk.

Men's Teioh is a longtime mainstay of

BWO while in Extreme Championship Wrestling, and appeared on the promotion's first PPV event Barely Legal

in 1997.

Professional wrestling career

Ōtsuka was trained to wrestle by

Federación Universal de Lucha Libre (FULL) under his birth name, adopting the ring name "Men's Teioh" the following month.^[2] In March 1993, he began competing for the Iwate-based Michinoku Pro Wrestling promotion.^[3]

In February 1997, Kaientai DX travelled to the United States, facing Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, and The Great Sasuke at an Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) house show. The following month, they appeared on ECW's inaugural pay-per-view, Barely Legal, facing Gran Hamada, The Great Sasuke, and Masato Yakushiji.^[4]

In spring 1998, Kaientai returned to the United States to wrestle for the

SummerSlam 1998, Kaientai lost to The Oddities in another handicap match. Kaientai continued to appear with the WWF until late-1998.^[5]

In early 1999, Men's Teioh returned to Japan where he began wrestling for Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). He appeared regularly with the promotion until 2015.

Championships and accomplishments

Big Japan Pro Wrestling
- 1 time
  )
- BJW Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- BJW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Daisuke Sekimoto
- Maximum Tag League (2001, 2002) – with Daisuke Sekimoto
- BJW Six Man Tag Team League 2001 – with Daisuke Sekimoto and Ryuji Ito
Combat Zone Wrestling
- CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- CZW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jun Kasai
DDT Pro-Wrestling
- GAY World Anal Championship (1 time)
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
- 1 time
  ) – with Daisuke Sekimoto
Kaientai Dojo
- Strongest-K Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Taka Michinoku
- UWA World Middleweight Championship (2 times)
Michinoku Pro Wrestling
- Futaritabi Tag Team League (1996) – with Dick Togo
- Futaritabi Tag Team League (2008) – with Shinobu
- UWF Super Welterweight Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him No. 440 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the
  PWI Years
  in 2003
Union Pro Wrestling
- UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hiroshi Fukuda

References

^ "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MEN's Teioh - matches - 1992". Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MEN's Teioh - matches - 1993". Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MEN's Teioh - matches - 1997". Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MEN's Teioh - matches - 1998". Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

External links

Ōtsuka Takeo at
IMDb
Men's Teioh's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database

[Puro-1] "Profile at Puroresu Central". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 2013-11-26.

[Kreikenbohm1992-2] Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MEN's Teioh - matches - 1992". Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 20, 2022.

[Kreikenbohm1993-3] Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MEN's Teioh - matches - 1993". Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 20, 2022.

[Kreikenbohm1997-4] Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MEN's Teioh - matches - 1997". Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[Kreikenbohm1998-5] Kreikenbohm, Philip. "MEN's Teioh - matches - 1998". Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

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