Bad Dude Tito

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Bad Dude Tito
Escondido in 2023
BornWhittier, California
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Bad Dude Tito
  • Papacito Negro
  • Tito Escondido
Billed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight255 lb (116 kg)
Billed fromLos Angeles, California
Trained bySantino Bros. Wrestling Academy
Debut2011

Tito Escondido, better known by his ring name Bad Dude Tito, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of The Mighty Don't Kneel stable, and Major League Wrestling (MLW).

Professional wrestling career[edit]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2021–present)[edit]

On the January 22, 2022 episode of NJPW Strong, Tito made his NJPW debut where he lost to Juice Robinson.[1][2] On the February 12 episode of NJPW Strong, he teamed up with Jonah where they lost to FinJuice (David Finlay and Juice Robinson).[3][4] On the March 6, episode of NJPW Strong, Shane Haste interfered in the tag team match between FinJuice and the pairing of Jonah and Tito. He attacked Robinson while the referee was distracted, allowing Tito to hit a frog splash on Robinson for the win.[5], reforming TMDK in the process. At Windy City Riot, TMDK and Tito were defeated by FinJuice and their partner, revealed to be Brody King.[6] On May 14, at Capital Collision, TMDK and Tito defeated the United Empire, with Mikey Nicholls pinning Kyle Fletcher for the win. After the match, Tito, who had been tagging with Jonah since the start of the year, officially joined TMDK.[7]

On June 20, Jonah was announced as being part of G1 Climax 32.[8] Tito accompanied Jonah, with both wrestlers being used in undercard tag team matches throughout the tournament.[9]

On March 7, 2023, Haste and Tito won the UWN Tag Team Championship.[10]

Impact Wrestling (2023)[edit]

At Sacrifice, as part of a partnership between Impact Wrestling and NJPW, Haste and Tito faced Impact World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) in a losing effort. [11] They lost to Bullet Club again at Multiverse United in a four-way tag team match which also involved Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin).[12][13]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Guzzo, Gisberto (January 22, 2022). "NJPW STRONG Results (1/22): Fred Rosser, Juice Robinson, Tom Lawlor, And More In Action". Fightful. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  2. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (December 10, 2021). "NJPW STRONG Nemesis Spoilers (12/9): Jay White, Christopher Daniels, JONAH, Eddie Kingston In Action". Fightful. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  3. ^ Guzzo, Gisberto (February 12, 2022). "NJPW STRONG Results (2/12): JONAH, Josh Barnett, Hikuleo, And More In Action". Fightful. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  4. ^ Defelice, Robert (January 16, 2022). "NJPW STRONG The New Beginning USA Spoilers (1/15): Jay White, Lio Rush, JONAH, More In Action". Fightful. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Knipper, Justin (March 6, 2022). "NJPW Strong results: FinJuice vs. JONAH & Bad Dude Tito". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  6. ^ Fritts, Chick (April 16, 2022). "NJPW Windy City Riot live results: Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  7. ^ Knipper, Justin (May 14, 2022). "NJPW Capital Collision live results: Tanahashi vs. Ospreay vs. Moxley vs. Robinson". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  8. ^ Rose, Bryan (July 24, 2022). "NJPW reveals blocks for G1 Climax 32 tournament". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  9. ^ Rose, Bryan (July 16, 2022). "NJPW G1 Climax 32 night one results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
    Carey, Ian (July 20, 2022). "NJPW G1 Climax 32 night three results: Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
    Carey, Ian (July 23, 2022). "NJPW G1 Climax 32 night four results: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jay White". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
    Carey, Ian (July 24, 2022). "NJPW G1 Climax 32 night five results: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
    Carey, Ian (July 26, 2022). "NJPW G1 Climax 32 night six results: David Finlay vs. Juice Robinson". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
    Carey, Ian (July 27, 2022). "NJPW G1 Climax 32 night seven results: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tama Tonga". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  10. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (March 8, 2023). "Spoilers From UWN Championship TV Taping". 411Mania.
  11. ^ Defelice, Robert (March 24, 2023). "IMPACT Sacrifice 2023 (3/24) Results: Busted Open Match, Steve Maclin, TMDK, KENTA, And More Compete". Fightful.
  12. ^ Powell, Jason (March 30, 2023). "Impact Wrestling and NJPW Multiverse United results: Powell's live review of Kenta vs. Minoru Suzuki for the NJPW Strong Openweight Title, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Mike Bailey, Moose vs. Jeff Cobb, Kushida vs. Lio Rush, Ace Austin and Chris Bey vs. Aussie Open vs. TDMK vs. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin for the Impact Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  13. ^ Defelice, Robert (March 30, 2023). "IMPACT x NJPW Multiverse United (3/30/23) Results: KUSHIDA, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Mike Bailey, More". Fightful. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  14. ^ Ruth, Sondra (September 14, 2023). "Complete 2023 PWI 500 List Revealed, Top NJPW Star Absent". tjrwrestling.net. Retrieved September 17, 2023.

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