Takayuki Mori

Anthony W. Mori (born October 9, 1976 in Matsuyama-shi, Ehime, Japan is a Japanese professional wrestler for Dragon Gate. He is part of the Typhoon stable.

Biography

Before entering the Toryumon dojo, Mori was an accomplished scholar, graduating with a law degree from Ehime University.

Mori debuted with the Toryumon T2P class in 2000 under his real name. The following year, he became KENtaro Mori, "Barbie's boyfriend", and the year after that, he switched over to his current gimmick of Anthony W. Mori, a royal prince.

Aside from a stint under his real name in 2006, when he became a member of Tozawa-juku for six months, Mori's character has not changed greatly since his debut. In 2002, upon taking on the royal prince character, he formed the Royal Prince Brothers unit with Junya Fukumasa and Takuya Sugawara, who were renamed to - respectively - Phillip J. Fukumasa and Henry III Sugawara. However, the group would go on hiatus at the end of the year when Fukumasa left wrestling and Sugawara returned to Mexico for more training. He would spend 2003 with various alignments, most notably the Italian Connection (Milano Collection A.T. & YOSSINO). His best friend Ryo Saito also betrayed him that year to join Do FIXER.

When Sugawara returned to Japan in 2004, Mori quickly revived the Royal Brothers unit with him, but the unit wouldn't last long, because Sugawara would soon violently turn on him and join heel stable Aagan Iisou. The betrayal greatly hurt Mori, rendering him catatonic for several months. His refusal to fight Sugawara caused him to be subjected to further attacks from him. However, when Mori saw his old friend Ryo Saito getting beaten up by Aagan Iisou, he snapped out of his catatonic state and saved him. He and Ryo reconciled, and he also officially joined the Italian Connection. Mori ended his feud with Sugawara on November 28 by winning a hair vs. hair match against him, but Sugawara managed to avoid getting his hair cut off (Dragon Gate President Takashi Okamura ended up taking the haircut for him), and on December 16, he and the rest of the Italian Connection became the first Open the Triangle Gate Champions.

The Italian Connection would dissolve in 2005 when Milano left the promotion, and some time after, Mori approached Magnum TOKYO with the idea to form Pos.HEARTS. The stable was formed, with Super Shisa and a then-rookie BxB Hulk as the other members. Though Mori was the leader of the stable, the stable's main purpose was to launch BxB Hulk's career. In 2006, Magnum would betray Mori, causing Pos.HEARTS to go on hiatus for a while. He soon became heavily pursued by the cram school stable Tozawa-juku with offers to join them. Mori initially refused all of the offers, but he would slowly come around to the idea, and in July he admitted that he wasn't enough of a man and thus would join the school to gain polish. He reverted to his real name during his tenure with Tozawa-juku. On occasion, he would wrestle as Anthony, and in December, Pos.HEARTS reunited and captured the Open the Triangle Gate titles from Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino & Gamma of the Muscle Outlaw'z.

Mori graduated from Tozawa-juku in January 2007, and he continued to focus on Pos.HEARTS. However, the trio lost the titles that month back to Doi, Yoshino & Gamma, and the month after that, they were forced to dissolve Pos.HEARTS after losing another match to them, where he took the fall. He (along with BxB Hulk) would soon join CIMA in his Typhoon stable, and Mori has remained in it ever since.

In April 2008, he won the Open the Brave Gate Title from Masato Yoshino, but because he won it due to unwanted outside interference from Yasushi Kanda, he immediately vacated it. He was entered into the subsequent tournament for the vacant title, and he made it to the finals, but he lost to Gamma.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves:*"Escargot" (Elevated cloverleaf with a knee to the back):*"Flower Bridge" (Modified bow and arrow lock):*"Path to Gardenia" (Single leg Boston crab / Arm wrench combo):*"Elegant Impact" (Double wrist clutch moonsault slam):*"Elegant Spike" (Flipping release leg hook belly to back suplex):*"Elegant Bomb" (High-angle senton bomb):*"Elegant Magic" (Diving spinning headscissors twisted into a modified crucifix pin):*"Diving Rose" (Slingshot crossbody over the ringpost)

Championships and accomplishments

*Dragon Gate:*Open the Brave Gate Championship (1 time):*Open the Triangle Gate Championship (2 times) – 1 time with Milano Collection AT & YOSSINO and 1 time with BxB Hulk & Super Shisa

External links

* [http://dragongate.puroresufan.com Dragon Gate at Strong Style Spirit]