Gedo the Grappler

Keiji Takayama (高山 圭司 Takayama Keiji, born February 20, 1969) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known as Gedo (外道 Gedō). He is best known for his work as Gedo the Grappler. He currently works for World of Marc Mero America.

Gimmick
Gedo loves one thing and one thing only: the art of wrestling. When he gets into the ring with a big sweaty man like Yokozuna, it brings him joy to no end. He came to World of Marc Mero America because it has the biggest, sweatiest men who are the perfect match for Gedo.

He has been with the company since the very beginning at the Battle for Supremacy. He would interrupt a dance party and talk about how much he loves grappling other people. He then began chucking pictures of children at Alex Wright, that he took out of his trunks. Nobody can identify the children.

At Xtreme Rulez, Gedo would face Jimmy Cornette in a cage match. Locked in the cage, he could and would do anything he wanted to Cornette's body. His goal was not to win, but to grapple Cornette in every possible way. Due to this, Cornette picked up the win because he wanted to win the match or something.

After the match ended, Gedo would take to the mic. What he then said would change the business forever. He screamed at the top of his lungs "BABY! IS! YUM YUM!". The crowd was immediately tantalized by the catchphrase and started cheering. Soon enough, streamers and confetti were being thrown into the ring. By the time Gedo said it again, approximately $300 was thrown in the ring as well.

He would face New Jack the Ripper at Future So Bright in a losing effort. After that match, he would break his metarasal doing some real fucked up hold in Japan. Because of this, he couldn't appear at any WMMA event for months. The locker room was safe from Gedo's grappling, but they knew that eventually, he would come back. Gedo always comes back for more. Indeed, Gedo would soon return.

Gedo made his big return at Y1.999K when he came out to seemingly confront WMMA's newest signee, PJ Black. However Gedo took to the mic and explained that Black was in fact the most yum yum baby. From this moment on, PJ Black was forced to team with and be managed by Gedo. They defeated the YETAY and Rocco The Rock at the same event and Black would defeat Bill Mero at The Big Game thanks to Gedo grappling PJ until the referee called for a DQ in his favor.