Takashi Sasaki

Takashi Sasaki (佐々木貴) is a Japanese professional wrestler, who currently works for Pro Wrestling Freedoms promotion which he funded in 2009, Sasaki also worked for several other independent promotions, including DDT Pro-Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career
Trained by the IWA Japan promotion, Sasaki made his professional wrestling debut on January 16, 1975. While also making appearances for WAR and Onita Pro Wrestling and the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Sasaki remained with IWA Japan for two years, before joining DDT in 1997.

Dramatic Dream Team / DDT Pro-Wrestling (1997–2004, 2007–2010, 2016)
On May 14, 1997, Sasaki made his debut for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), teaming with Kazunori Yoshida in a tag team match, where they lost to Mitsuo Maeda and Sho Hida. On June 5 he and NOSAWA his first title in CMLL event Starman and Vertigo. NOSAWA and Sasaki made their first successful defense on June 14, defeating Mikami and Toba in a rematch. On July 5 they lost the titles to MIKAMI and Super Uchuu Power. However he would left the company and become freelancer. After that he would make sppordiac apperances until 2016.

WEW and Apache Pro-Wrestling Army (2002–2009)
In 2002, Sasaki began working for the newly founded World Entertainment Wrestling (WEW), teaming with GENTARO on August 23 to defeat Hi69 and Taka Michinoku and become the first WEW-promoted World Tag Team Champions. After a seven-month reign, Sasaki and GENTARO lost the title to Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda on March 11, 2003. The following year, WEW folded and was replaced by Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, with Sasaki jumping to the new promotion, where he would join the Apache Army. On September 23, 2007, Sasaki and BADBOY Hido defeated Jun Kasai and Tetsuhiro Kuroda to win the vacant WEW Tag Team Championship, starting Sasaki's second reign with the title. They would lose the title to Kasai and Tomoaki Honma in May 2007. The following year, Apache Pro-Wrestling Army folded.

FREEDOMS (2009–present)
After the folding of Apache Pro-Wrestling Army, Sasaki would found with several others named Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS his new home promotion, debuting at the promotion's first ever event on September 2, losing to his former partner GENTARO in the opening match. Later in the evening, Sasaki teamed with The Great Kojika and Jun Kasai in a losing effort against the team of Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Ken45. FREEDOMS Army feuded with the Big Japan Pro Wrestling based Kojika Army, culminating on June 21, 2010, in a special event, where members of both stables faced each other in singles matches. In the main event of the evening, GENTARO defeated Kojika Army leader, The Great Kojika, in a singles match, winning the match series for FREEDOMS Army 3–2 but on July 15, GENTARO turned on the Freedoms Army and jumped to the Kojika Army. The turn built to a four-on-four elimination match between the two stables on November 23, which Sasaki won for FREEDOMS by pinning GENTARO. After that he started a feud with GENTARO which led to Two Out of Three Falls which Sasaki won, ending the rivalry between the two wrestlers.On Febuary 27, 2013 he would enter in the King of FREEDOM World Championship tournament, defeating HIROKI in his first round match. On March 14, Sasaki defeated Gurukun Diver to advance to the semifinals of the Wrestle-1 Championship tournament. On April 3, Sasaki defeated Kamui in the semifinal match to advance to the finals. On May 2 Sasaki defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa to become the inagural King of FREEDOM World Champion. He would made four succesful defenses untiil he lost the title to Yuji Hino on May 2, 2014. On July 25, Takashi Sasaki and GENTARO defeated Kamui and Mammoth Sasaki to win the King of FREEDOM World Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Kenji Fukimoto and Minoru Fujita four days later.

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * D-Geist (Emerald Flowsion)
 * Right Arm (Lariat)
 * Signature moves
 * Right Leg (Buzzsaw Kick)
 * Bakyun! Kick (Jumping Kick)
 * Student Council President Lock
 * Sharpshooter
 * Liger Bomb (Standing or a running high-angle sitout powerbomb)
 * Soccerball Kick  (Soccer kick to the head of a seated opponent, sometimes in the opponent's head with lighttube in deathmatches)
 * Kneeling Powerbomb
 * Swing DDT
 * Amiuchi style Swinging Neckbreaker
 * Entrance themes
 * "This is WAR" by Vandenberg

Championships and accomplishments

 * Big Japan Pro Wrestling
 * BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * BJW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with GENTARO
 * Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor (2011)
 * Dove Pro Wrestling
 * Dove Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sakigake
 * Dove Pro Tag Team Title Tournament (2010) – with Sakigake
 * Dramatic Dream Team / DDT Pro-Wrestling
 * KO-D Openweight Championship (1 time)
 * KO-D Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with NOSAWA (1), MIKAMI (1), GENTARO (2) and Tanomusaku Toba (1)
 * DDT Trios Tournament (2003) – with Exciting Yoshida and Sanshiro Takagi
 * Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS
 * King of FREEDOM World Championship (1 time, inagural)
 * King of FREEDOM World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with GENTARO
 * King of FREEDOM World Title Tournament (2013)
 * New Year Six Man Tag Tournament (2013)
 * Lottery One Day Six Man Tag Tournament (2016)
 * World Entertainment Wrestling / Apache Pro-Wrestling Army
 * WEW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with GENTARO (1), The Winger (1) and BADBOY Hido
 * WEW Tag Team Title Tournament (2006) – with BADBOY Hido
 * WEW Provisional Tag Team Championship Tournament (2007) – with The Winger