Guerrillas of Destiny (NJPW)

Guerrillas of Destiny
Guerrillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa at the right and Tama Tonga at the left) holding the IWGP Tag Team Championship
Tag team
Members Tama Tonga/Kava/Pate Fifita
Tanga Roa/Tanga Loa/Nuku
Name(s) Sons of Tonga
Guerrillas Of Destiny
Bullet Club
Heights Tonga: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Roa: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Combined
weight		 439 lb (199 kg)[1][2]
Debut 2008[3]
Years active 2008–2009, 2016-Present
Promotions CMLL
NJPW
ROH
SCW
WxW
WWC

The Guerrillas of Destiny (occasionally abbreviated to GOD) are a professional wrestling tag team formed by Tama Tonga (Alipate Fifita) and Tanga Roa/Tanga Loa (Tevita Fifita), the real-life sons of King Haku (Tonga Fifita). Initially teaming together on the independent circuit as Kava and Nuku respectively under the team name Sons of Tonga before Nuku signed with WWE, the two later reunited in New Japan Pro Wrestling, where Alipate had been working for years as Tama Tonga before bringing in Tevita to be his tag team partner. The Guerrillas are two-time and current IWGP Tag Team Champions and they are part of the stable the Bullet Club.

History

Independent circuit (2008-2009)

In November 2008, Alipate and Tevita they formed a team named Sons of Tonga under the respective ring names Kava and Nuku. This team lasted until 2009, when the brothers took part in a WWE tryout together, which led to Nuku being signed to a developmental contract. Shortly thereafter, Kava started using a variation of his real name, Pate Fifita, while briefly continuing the Sons of Tonga tag team with Afro Boy. In May 2010 he would be picked up by New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he was given the new ring name Tama Tonga.

New Japan Pro Wrestling and return (2016-Present)

At The New Beginning in Niigata, Tonga challenged Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma for the IWGP Tag Team Championship and stated that his partner would be a new member of Bullet Club.[4] On March 3, Tonga scored the biggest win of his career by defeating Makabe, a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, in the first round of the 2016 New Japan Cup.[5] On March 12, Tonga revealed that his partner for the upcoming IWGP Tag Team Championship match and the newest member of Bullet Club was his real-life brother Tevita Fifita,[6] who was two days later given the ring name "Tanga Roa", with the tag team between him and Tonga dubbed "Guerrillas of Destiny" (G.O.D).[7][8][9] On April 10 at Invasion Attack 2016 Tonga and Roa defeated Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[10] On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2016 Tonga and Roa defeated Makabe and Honma in a rematch making their first successful title defense. Five days later at the NJPW and ROH co-produced Global Wars show, Tonga and Roa helped The Young Bucks and Adam Cole take over the ring in a show-closing angle in which Cole was revealed as the newest member of Bullet Club.[11] On June 19 at Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall, Tonga and Roa lost the titles to The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe). From July 18 to August 13 Tonga entered the 2016 G1 Climax, where, in his third match on July 25, he scored the biggest win of his career by defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi.[12] Tonga finished the tournament on August 12 with a record of four wins and five losses.[13] On October 10 at King of Pro-Wrestling, the Guerrillas of Destiny regained the IWGP Tag Team Championship from the Briscoe Brothers.[14]

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2016)

On June 1, 2016, the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion announced Tonga and Roa as participants in the 2016 International Gran Prix.[15] On June 24, Tonga, Roa and Sam Adonis defeated Atlantis, Diamante Azul and Volador Jr. in Arena México.[16] On July 1, Roa and Tonga took part in the 2016 International Gran Prix, from which Roa was eliminated by Último Guerrero and Tonga lasted all the way to the finals before losing to Volador Jr.[17]

Part-time/associates

Name Appearances
Afro Boy 2009

In wrestling

Guerrillas of Destiny performing the Guerrilla Warfare on Mark Briscoe
Tonga's Veleno

Championships and Accomplishments

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 ??·???. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  2. 1 2 ???·??. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Guerrillas Of Destiny". Cagematch.net. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ <IWGP???>??????????. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ Macklin, Matthew (March 3, 2016). "3/3 New Japan Cup first round report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "New Japan Cup 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ ?4.10??·???????!????vs???IWGP??????????! ??·???????????! Kushidavs?????!????&????????!. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). March 14, 2016. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (March 13, 2016). "NJPW Invasion Attack matches announced". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ ?IA16?"????"??·??????????!?????????????! Bullet Club?"?"????????????!?????"?"???·?????. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ ???·???IWGP???????&????????. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  11. ↑ Caldwell, James (May 8, 2016). "5/8 ROH Global Wars PPV Results – Caldwell's Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  12. ↑ Macklin, Matthew (July 25, 2016). "NJPW G1 Climax day five report". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  13. ↑ "バディファイト Presents G1 Climax 26". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  14. ↑ Rose, Bryan (October 9, 2016). "NJPW King of Pro Wrestling live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  15. ↑ "El Grand Prix. La mayor competencia de lucha libre a nivel global". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). June 2, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Primera llamada extranjera en el CMLL". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  17. ↑ Dark Angelita (July 2, 2016). "CMLL: Resultados Viernes de Grand Prix – 01/07/2016 – Bárbaro Cavernario salva su melena; Volador Jr. gana la copa para México". Superluchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  18. ↑ ??·????????? ???IWGP?????. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Road to Invasion Attack 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Road to Invasion Attack 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  21. ↑ ??·???. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Road to Invasion Attack 2014". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  23. 1 2 ???·??. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Heavy tag weight class". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  25. ↑ "The Guerrillas of Destiny make their ROH Debut in May". Ring of Honor. April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Results from Global Wars". Ring of Honor. May 9, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

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