Shin
Tora:
From:
The Tiger’s Cave/Tokyo Japan.
Record:
7-15
Finisher:
Tora Bomb
Affiliation:
Super Tiger Brothers
Style:
Tiger Style.
Championships:
None
Oh man, where do we start with this guy? OK.
The man currently known as Shin Tora entered the AWL during Season 0 as “Tiger
Jr.” an apprentice to the Japanese Legend Tiger Mask. As the elder tiger taught his student the
Tiger Style of professional wrestling, they formed a tag team known as “The
Tigers Team” (They came up with that name and remember, English is not their
native language).
But over time, Tiger Jr. grew frustrated with his
training. He thought he was more than
ready to drop the junior from his name and become the AWL’s Tiger Mask II. His sensei disagreed. Eventually, Tiger Mask faced his student in a
“Graduation Match.” If Tiger Jr. won, he
would be acknowledged as a full Tiger Style Master.
He lost.
Enraged at his failure, Tiger Jr. rebelled against his
master and donned the mantle of the Tiger Mask Dynasty’s greatest enemy. He became . . . Black Tiger!
After months of tormenting his former friend, it came
to light that Black Tiger was the first man to fall under the influence of the
Angel of Death and the Dark Alliance.
That brings us to AWL Season 1, where Black Tiger was a loyal minion of
the DA . . . and their personal scapegoat.
Any failure was met with a severe beating from his teammates and when
you consider that his assignment was to wrest the AWL Light Heavyweight
Championship from Ma-Ji-Ku . . . that’s a lot of beatings.
Eventually, Black Tiger grew tired of the abuse and
rebelled against his masters. Since he
was a willing convert to the group and not under the magical effects of the
Angel of Death, this was possible.
Again, his treason only lead to severe beatings, but it was the first
crack in the DA’s armor and the first sign of hope for the AWL in those dark
days.
At AWL 21 (the Season 2 Premire), Black Tiger was
forced to challenge his erstwhile mentor to another one on one match with this
AWL contract on the line and this time was victorious! The very next week he debut a new mask,
costume, moveset, and name to become Shin Tora (Japanese for “New Tiger”) and
reformed his tag team with his former teacher and reconciled friend, this time
under the name “The Super Tiger Brothers.”
After both tigers avoided Batsumania by winning their
way into an AWL World Tag Team Title Match at AWL 60, the future looks bright
for these two young fighters.
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