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Tito Escondido, better known by his ring name Bad Dude Tito, is an American professional wrestler. He works for Major League Wrestling (MLW) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK). In MLW, he is a one-time MLW National Openweight Champion.
| Bad Dude Tito | |
|---|---|
Escondido in 2023 | |
| Born | Whittier, California |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
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| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Billed from | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Trained by | Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy |
| Debut | 2011 |
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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]
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.[10] 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).[11][12]
During The Burning Crush, which aired on February 17, 2024, it was announced that Tito would face Matt Riddle at Intimidation Games.[13][14] At the event on February 29, Tito was unsuccessful at winning the NJPW World Television Championship against Riddle.[15] On April 20 at War Chamber II, Tito (accompanied by Salina de la Renta) unsuccessfully challenged Satoshi Kojima for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship.[16] On May 11 at MLW Azteca Lucha, Tito defeated Rickey Shane Page to win the MLW National Openweight Championship.[17] On June 22 at Anniversary '24, Tito made his first title defence, defeating Jake Crist.[18] On November 9 at Lucha Apocalypto, Tito was defeated by Matthew Justice in a falls count anywhere match, ending his reign at 182 days.[19]
It was announced on May 1, 2024 on CMLL Informa that Tito and Che Cabrera were the first participants of FantasticaMania México 2024 and subsequently began a tour.[20] At the event on June 21, Tito and Cabrera were defeated by Los Depredadores (Magnus and Rugido).[21]
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