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Profile of Sho Funaki
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Shoichi (Sho) Funaki (船木å‹ä¸€) is a Japanese professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Smackdown! brand, in its cruiserweight division.
Career
Funaki started as a shoot style wrestler in Yoshiaki Fujiwara's Fujiwara Gumi promotion and moved to its successor promotion, BattlARTS, but found the lucha libre style more to his liking, so he moved to the Great Sasuke's promotion, Michinoku Pro Wrestling.
Funaki has wrestled most of his career as a tag team competitor with Taka Michinoku and as part of Kai En Tai. After Michinoku left the WWE, Funaki found himself as a lower card wrestler and adopted the gimmick of "Smackdown's No.1 Announcer" performing backstage interviews in between matches until at WWE Armageddon 2004, where he defeated Spike Dudley to win his first WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
Profile
- Height: 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
- Weight: 81 kg (180 lb)
- Birthday: August 24, 1968
- Billed from: Tokyo, Japan
- Resides in: San Antonio, Texas
- Trained by: Animal Hamaguchi and Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Professional debut: 1990
- Stage names: Shoichi Funaki, Sho Funaki, Funaki
- Managers: Yamaguchi-San, Torrie Wilson
- Quotes: "Indeed!", "This is Funaki - Smackdown Number One Announcer!"
Finishing and signature Moves
- The Rising Sun (Top rope tornado DDT)
- Huracanrana
- Modified bulldog
- Enzuiguri
- Flying crossbody
- Dropkick
- Camel clutch
Championships and accomplishments
World Wrestling Entertainment
- 1-Time WWE Cruiserweight Champion
- 1-Time WWE Hardcore Champion
Universal Wrestling Association
- 1-Time UWA World Middleweight Champion
Texas Wrestling Alliance
- 1-Time TWA Heavyweight Champion
WWE Cruiserweight Championship Reigns |
Preceded by:
Spike Dudley |
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Succeeded by:
Chavo Guerrero |
Job Titles
- WWE SmackDown! Backstage Interviewer
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