Tito Escondido, is an Panamanian-born American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Bad Dude Tito. He is working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of the TMDK stable.
Professional wrestling career[]
Early career[]
Tito made his debut in professional wrestling in 2011, being trained by the Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy, subsequently working in the American independent circuit. He took a short break shortly after to get involved in the family business of underground street fighting, despite having some bookings part-time, before returning to professional wrestling after things stabilized.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2021-Present)[]
In December 2021, Tito began working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, appearing in their American television tapings NJPW Strong, where he made his debut against Juice Robinson on December 9 in a losing effort. Soon after, Tito immediately caught JONAH's attention, as he began assisting him in their feud against David Finlay. In the following months, as they continued feuding with Finlay and his partner Juice Robinson, TMDK slowly reunited, following the return of Shane Haste. On the April 3 episode of NJPW Strong, Haste caused a disqualification loss to FinJuice after attacked Robinson with a steel chair, leading Robinson to challenge Tito and TMDK to a Chicago Street Fight at Windy City Riot, alongside a mystery partner. At the event on April 16, Tito and TMDK were defeated by Finlay, Robinson and Brody King, signalling the end of their feud. On May 14, at Capital Collision, following the return of Mikey Nicholls to TMDK, Tito who had been teaming with Jonah since the start of the year, was accepted into the stable, becoming the stable's first American member. In July, JONAH took part in the 2022 G1 Climax, Tito accompanied him, with both wrestlers being used in undercard tag team matches throughout the tournament, before making his debut in Japan on July 16 teaming with JONAH in a winning effort against Ryohei Oiwa and Toru Yano.
On March 7, 2023, Tito and Haste defeated The Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl and Ricky Gibson) to win the UWN Tag Team Championship. Later that month, at Sacrifice, as part of a partnership between NJPW and Impact Wrestling, Tito and Haste faced Impact World Tag Team Champions Bullet Club (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) in a losing effort. 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).
On February 23, at The New Beginning in Sapporo, after Matt Riddle won the NJPW World Television Championship, Riddle, in the backstage area, approached TMDK leader Zack Sabre Jr., with Riddle inviting Sabre to a title match. Sabre declined, claming that he would rather focus his attention on title matches that took 60 minutes rather than 15 minutes, with Sabre affirming his ambitions to win the New Japan Cup. Sabre however; suggested that a TMDK member would take on his offer with Tito facing Riddle at MLW's Intimidation Games for the title. On February 29 at MLW's Intimidation Games, Ttito unsucessfully challenged Riddle in a losing effort.
In Wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- F5 (Fireman's carry facebuster)
- Frog splash
- Vertical suplex piledriver
- Signature moves
- Blue Thunder Bomb (Spin-out sitout powerbomb)
- Discus Wind-up punch
- Forearm smash
- German suplex
- Lariat
- Leaping Enzuigiri
- Leg trap chokeslam
- Palm strike
- Running Death Valley driver
- Victory Roll
Championships and accomplishments[]
- United Wrestling Network
- UWN Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Shane Haste