Professional Wrestling Career
Taiji Ishimori was trained in Toryumon Mexico. He was given a pop idol gimmick and intended to become the "ace" of his graduating class (the top student), even going so far as to release an album to support his gimmick. The fan interest never matched his hype however, and Ishimori became one of Toryumon's bigger failures. He worked for the short lived promotion dragondoor as the top face (good guy), and once again failed to be accepted in that role by fans. Ishimori won the UWA World Welterweight Championship on May 11, 2003 defeating Super Crazy to win the belt. Ishimori defended the UWA World Welterweight Championship 2 times, against Fuerza Guerrera on August 31, 2003 and against Yossino on December 7, 2003. He dropped the UWA championship to Takeshi Minamino on August 29, 2004.
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