Editing Pat Tanaka (section)

===World Wrestling Federation (1990–1994)===

Tanaka signed with the World Wrestling Federation in 1990, where he formed another tag team called [[The Orient Express]] with [[Akio Sato]], managed by [[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]]. While the Orient Express was supposed to represent Japan, Tanaka was born in Hawaii.

The Orient Express kicked off a prolonged feud with The Rockers that started at WrestleMania VI, where the Sato and Tanaka were victorious via count out. and continued off and on for well over a year. The Orient Express got involved in the Legion of Doom / Demolition feud as Mr. Fuji managed Demolition as well. Demolition was being phased out and the Orient Express began taking on the Legion of Doom instead. The Legion of Doom / Orient Express feud was extremely one-sided due to the Legion of Doom's massive size advantage.

After WrestleMania VI, Tanaka and Sato only made two pay-per-view appearances while in the WWF. Firstly at SummerSlam 1990 where the team were defeated by "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Nikolai Volkoff. They were then a part of the Sgt. Slaughter led team The Mercenaries (that also included Boris Zhukov. Sato was pinned by Bushwhacker Butch 1:46 into the match and Tanaka was pinned by Tito Santana only moments later, at 2:13 into the match.

When Akio Sato decided leave the U.S. wrestling scene in the latter days of 1990, the WWF decided to reunite the team known as Badd Company, only this time with Paul Diamond wearing a mask to hide the fact that he's not Asian and using the name of Kato. During this time the team had a very well received match with their old enemies The Rockers at the 1991 Royal Rumble and another against the New Foundation at the 1992 Royal Rumble, which were the only two PPV appearances for the New Orient Express.

Sato briefly rejoined the team in 1991 to team with Tanaka and Kato for a series of 6-man tag-team matches on WWF house shows, but Sato left the WWF after only a handful of matches together. Tanaka would take a long hiatus from the WWF in 1991, due to the death of his father, Duke Keomuka, although he would return at the end of the year, only to leave the WWF in February 1992.





* Pat Tanaka is the son of the legendary Duke Keomuka.

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