Tama Tonga
Tongan-American professional wrestler
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| 2024 | Leaves New Japan Pro-Wrestling after a 14-year tenure. |
| 2024 | Named Faction of the Year with The Bloodline by Pro Wrestling Illustrated |
| November 30 2024 | At Survivor Series: WarGames, Tonga and The Bloodline lost to Roman Reigns, Usos, Sami Zayn, and CM Punk. |
| November 2 2024 | At Crown Jewel, Tonga teamed with Sikoa and Fatu to defeat the original Bloodline (Roman Reigns and The Usos) in a Six-man tag team match. |
| October 25 2024 | Lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), ending their 84-day reign. |
| August 2 2024 | Won his first WWE Tag Team Championship with Fatu by defeating DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) on SmackDown. |
| July 6 2024 | At Money in the Bank, Tonga teamed with Sikoa and Jacob Fatu to defeat Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, and Kevin Owens in a Six-man tag team match. |
| May 10 2024 | Defeated Angelo Dawkins in the first round of the King of the Ring tournament. |
| April 12 2024 | Makes his WWE debut on SmackDown as a member of the Bloodline. |
| February 2024 | Tonga wrestles his final NJPW match against fellow G.O.D members El Phantasmo and Hikuleo at The New Beginning in Sapporo: Night 2, ending his nearly 14-year tenure with the company. |
| January 26 2024 | Tonga wrestles his penultimate match under his NJPW contract, teaming with El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma, and Yoh to defeat House of Torture. |
| January 22 2024 | Tonga loses the NEVER Openweight Championship to EVIL in a lumberjack match at The New Beginning in Nagoya after being attacked by House of Torture. |
| January 4 2024 | Tonga defeats Shingo Takagi to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the fourth time at Wrestle Kingdom 18, and announces his departure from NJPW. |
| October 28 2023 | Tonga loses the NEVER Openweight Championship to Shingo Takagi in his first title defense at Fighting Spirit Unleashed. |
| October 9 2023 | Tonga defeats David Finlay to win the NEVER Openweight Championship for the third time at Destruction in Ryogoku. |
| July 2023 | Tonga participates in the 2023 G1 Climax tournament in the C Block, finishing with 9 points and narrowly missing the quarterfinals. |
| May 3 2023 | Tonga loses the NEVER Openweight Championship to David Finlay at Wrestling Dontaku, ending his second reign at 119 days. |
| January 4 2023 | Tonga regains the NEVER Openweight Championship from Karl Anderson at Wrestle Kingdom 17, becoming the first to win an NJPW title from a WWE contracted wrestler since 1985. |
| 2022 | At No Surrender, Jay White betrays Tama Tonga by interfering in his match with Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows, effectively removing Tonga and Loa from Bullet Club. |
| October 10 2022 | Tonga fails to capture the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship from Jay White at Declaration of Power. |
| July 2022 | Tonga competes in the G1 Climax 32 tournament in the B Block, finishing with 10 points and defeating Jay White before being eliminated by Kazuchika Okada in the semi-finals. |
| June 2022 | Tonga loses the NEVER Openweight Championship to Karl Anderson at Dominion 6.12 in Osaka-jo Hall, ending his 42-day reign. |
| May 2022 | Tonga defeats Evil to win his first New Japan singles championship, the NEVER Openweight Championship at Wrestling Dontaku. |
| March 2022 | Tonga, Loa, and Jado form an alliance with Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato, later joined by Hiroshi Tanahashi, and join the Hontai stable. |
| 2020 | Wins the World Tag League tournament with Guerrillas of Destiny (G.O.D.), alongside his brother Tanga Loa. |
| 2020 | Guerrillas of Destiny won the IWGP Tag Team Championship match at the Tokyo Dome, defeating Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.) after a 19-minute and 18-second match, with Tanga Loa finishing the match by hitting 'ApeSh*t' on Taichi. |
| June 1 2020 | Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Dangerous Tekkers. |
| February 23 2019 | Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (Guerrillas of Destiny) regained the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship by defeating Evil and Sanada at Honor Rising 2019: Day 2, marking their fifth tag team title reign. |
| January 30 2019 | G.O.D. lost the Never Openweight 6-Man Championship to Taguchi, Makabe, and Yano. |
| August 2018 | Tonga, Loa, and Ishimori won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, making Tonga the first four-time champion in this category in NJPW history. |
| August 2018 | During the G1 Climax tournament, Tonga competed in the B Block, finishing with 6 points and defeating notable wrestlers like Juice Robinson and Kota Ibushi. |
| July 2018 | At the G1 Special in San Francisco, Tonga and his associates attacked Kenny Omega, the Young Bucks, and other Bullet Club members, declaring themselves the 'true Bullet Club' and forming Bullet Club OG. |
| May 2018 | During Wrestling Dontaku, Tama Tonga debuted Taiji Ishimori as the newest member of Bullet Club and was announced to compete in the G1 Climax 28. |
| January 5 2018 | Regained the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship from Chaos at New Year's Dash. |
| December 17 2017 | Won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship with Tanga Loa and Bad Luck Fale by defeating Evil, Sanada, and Bushi. |
| June 11 2017 | Won the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the third time with Tanga Loa by defeating War Machine at Dominion 6.11. |
| October 10 2016 | Regained the IWGP Tag Team Championship with Tanga Loa from the Briscoe Brothers at King of Pro-Wrestling. |
| July 25 2016 | Scored a major career win by defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi in the G1 Climax tournament. |
| April 10 2016 | Won the IWGP Tag Team Championship with Tanga Loa (Guerrillas of Destiny) by defeating Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma. |
| March 3 2016 | Achieved his biggest singles win by defeating former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Togi Makabe in the first round of the New Japan Cup. |
| February 11 2016 | Won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship with Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi by defeating the Briscoes and Yano. |
| January 4 2016 | Participated in a match to determine the inaugural NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions at Wrestle Kingdom 10, losing to Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe, and Toru Yano. |
| 2013 | Tama Tonga was officially added to the Bullet Club stable, becoming a prominent member of the influential wrestling group. |
| October 18 2013 | Stripped of the CMLL World Tag Team Championship due to inability to defend the title after partner Rey Bucanero was injured. |
| September 14 2013 | Regained the CMLL World Tag Team Championship with new partner Rey Bucanero. |
| July 5 2013 | Lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship with El Terrible to Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jyushin Thunder Liger. |
| May 3 2013 | Joined Prince Devitt, Bad Luck Fale, and Karl Anderson in founding the Bullet Club stable after attacking Hiroshi Tanahashi following Anderson's match loss. |
| April 7 2013 | Successfully defended the CMLL World Tag Team Championship with El Terrible against La Máscara and Valiente at New Japan's Invasion Attack event. |
| January 4 2013 | Competed at Wrestle Kingdom 7, teaming with Captain New Japan and Wataru Inoue to defeat Jado, Tomohiro Ishii, and Yoshi-Hashi by pinning Jado. |
| December 14 2012 | Competed in the finals of the 2012 La Copa Junior Tournament, where he was defeated by La Sombra in the main event of CMLL's Sin Piedad show. |
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