Shoichi Funaki

Shoichi Funaki (船木勝一) is a professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Smackdown! brand.

Funaki has wrestled most of his career as a tag team competitor with Taka Michinoku and as part of Kai-En-Tai. After Michinoku left the WWE, Funaki found himself as a lower card wrestler and adopted the gimmick of "Smackdown's No.1 Annoucer" performing backstage interviews in between matches until at WWE Armageddon 2004, where he defeated Spike Dudley to win his first WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

Profile

• Height: 5'7" (1.78 m)
• Weight: 180 lb (81.65 kg)
• Birthday: August 24th 1968
• Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
• Trained by: Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
• Professional Debut: 1990
• Finishing/Signature Moves: The Rising Sun (Top Rope Tornado DDT), Hurricanrana, Modified Bulldog, Enziguri, Flying Crossbody, Dropkick

Championships/Accomplishments

• 1-Time WWE Cruiserweight Champion
• 1-Time WWE Hardcore Champion
• 1-Time UWA Middleweight Champion
• 1-Time TWA Champion

Job Titles

• WWE SmackDown! Backstage Interviewer

External links

• Career summary