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Roppongi Vice

Roppongi Vice(sometimes stylized asRPG Vice) was aprofessional wrestlingtag team consisting ofTrent BerettaandRocky Romerowho are best known for their time together inAll Elite Wrestling(AEW),Ring of Honor(ROH), andNew Japan Pro-Wrestling(NJPW), where they are formerfour-timeIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.[5]

Roppongi Vice
Roppongi Vice in February 2016
Tag team
MembersTrent Beretta/Beretta
Rocky Romero
Name(s)Roppongi Vice
RPG Vice
Billed heightsBeretta:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Romero:
5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Combined
billed weight		366 lb (166 kg)[1][2]
DebutMarch 13, 2015[3]
Years active2015–2017
2022–2024[4]

History

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Ring of Honor (2015–2017)

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Following the dissolution ofRocky Romero's previous tag teamForever Hooligansdue to the retirement of his partnerAlex Koslov,Romero announced duringRing of Honor's13th Anniversary Showthat he would be forming a new tag team known as Roppongi Vice alongside formerWWEwrestlerTrent Beretta,with the stated goal of challenging thethen-currentROH World Tag Team ChampionsreDRagonfor the title.[6]In their debut on the ROH Conquest Tour, Roppongi Vice defeatedThe Decadeon March 13, and the following day won an Instant Reward Proving Ground match against reDRagon, only to lose a subsequent match for the championship.[3]AtGlobal Wars '15,Roppongi Vice competed in a three-way match againstThe Addictionand The Decade on May 15, and in asix-man tag team matchalongsideKazuchika OkadaagainstBullet ClubrepresentativesA.J. StylesandThe Young Buckson May 16, losing both matches.[3]On July 24, Roppongi Vice were defeated byThe BriscoesatDeath Before Dishonor XIII.[3]On March 14 of ROH TV tapings, they won a seven tag team gauntlet match to determine #1 contender forROH World Tag Team Championshipby defeatingThe Young Bucksafter entering the match as the seventh team.[7][unreliable source]

On March 10 at the15th Anniversary ShowRoppongi Vice was unsuccessful againstThe Hardysin a Las Vegas Street Fight for the ROH World Tag Team Championship, The Young Bucks were involved in the match also.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2015–2017)

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Roppongi Vice, representing theChaosstable,made theirNew Japan Pro-Wrestling(NJPW) debut in late March on the Road to Invasion Attack 2015 tour, facing the Bullet Club in multiple-man tag matches.[3]AtInvasion Attack 2015on April 5, Roppongi Vice defeated The Young Bucks for theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship,but lost the title in a rematch the following month atWrestling Dontaku 2015.[3]AtDominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall,Roppongi Vice received another shot at the championship in athree-waymatch that also includedreDRagon,but failed to recapture the title.[3]AtDestruction in Kobe,immediately after reDRagon defended their titles, Roppongi would viciously assault them in order to attain a championship match atKing of Pro-Wrestlingwhere they would go on to lose by a questionable three-count. During the2015 Super Jr. Tag Tournament,Vice achieved big wins over the likes ofJyushin Thunder LigerandTiger Maskas well as the reigning champions; reDRagon. They were defeated in the finals of the tournament on November 7 atPower StrugglebyMatt SydalandRicochet,but along with The Young Bucks, still challenged for the title after the match.

On April 10, 2016, atInvasion Attack 2016,Roppongi Vice defeated Sydal and Ricochet to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the second time.[8]They lost the title back to Sydal and Ricochet on May 3 atWrestling Dontaku 2016.[9]On October 21, Roppongi Vice entered the2016 Super Jr. Tag Tournamentthat began onRoad to Power Struggleevent. They defeated the representatives ofCMLL,Ángel de OroandTitán,in the first round.[10]After defeatingFuegoandRyusuke Taguchiin the semifinals on October 30,[11]they won the tournament by defeatingACHandTaiji Ishimoriin the finals on November 5 atPower Struggle.[11]On January 4, 2017, atWrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome,Roppongi Vice defeated The Young Bucks to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the third time.[12]They lost the title toSuzuki-gun(TaichiandYoshinobu Kanemaru) at NJPW's 45th anniversary show on March 6,[13]before regaining it at Road to Wrestling Dontaku day 3 on April 27.[14]They lost the title to The Young Bucks on June 11 atDominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall.[15]

On July 2 atG1 Special in USA,Roppongi Vice unsuccessfully challenged The Young Bucks for the title in a rematch. Afterwards, Romero brought up a five-year plan he and Beretta had made three years earlier, which included them winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and the Super Jr. Tag Tournament, both of which they had already done, as well as Beretta's eventual transition into the heavyweight division. Having failed to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Romero gave Beretta his blessing to move to the heavyweight division, effectively disbanding Roppongi Vice.[16]On August 21, NJPW announced that Roppongi Vice's final match together would take place on September 16 atDestruction in Hiroshima,[17]where they defeated Bullet Club'sChase OwensandYujiro Takahashi.[18]Both Romero and Beretta remained members of Chaos, with each transitioning into a new role. Beretta moved into the heavyweight division, wrestling in singles competition and as a part of his long-standing tag teamBest FriendswithChuckie T,while Romero became a manager for the new junior tag teamRoppongi 3K.

All Elite Wrestling (2021–2024)

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Roppongi Vice atForbidden Door

On the May 24, 2021, episode ofAEW Dark: Elevation,Beretta, along withChuck TaylorandOrange Cassidy,saved Romero from an attack byRyan Nemeth,Peter AvalonandCezar Bononi,briefly reuniting Roppongi Vice as their theme music played and they embraced in the ring.[19]Romero would return to AEW and on the December 8 episode ofAEW Dynamitewould team with Beretta's current tag team partner, Taylor, in a losing effort againstThe Young Bucks.After the match, The Young Bucks, along withAdam Coleassaulted the pair. Beretta made a surprise return, having been out following neck surgery, to come to their aid. After fighting off the assailants Romero, Beretta, Taylor, and the rest of the Best Friends stable celebrated in the ring while the Roppongi Vice theme music was played.

Beretta and Romero opened the February 11, 2022, episode ofAEW Rampagewith a match against the Young Bucks, in a losing effort. They reunited again for the March 28 episode ofElevationin a winning effort against The Factory. They would later appear on the May 18 episode ofDynamite.On the May 25 episode ofDynamitethey faced off againstFTRfor theROH World Tag Team Championship;however, the match ended in a no contest after a mid-match interruption byUnited Empire'sJeff CobbandGreat-O-Khan.This led to a triple-threat tag teamWinner Takes All matchbetween the three teams being scheduled atForbidden Doorfor the ROH World Tag Team Championship, and Cobb and O-Khan'sIWGP Tag Team Championship.[20]At the event, the triple-threat tag team match was won by FTR.[21]Since then, Roppongi Vice have been used sporadically on AEW programming in multi-man matches, including on the Zero Hour pre-shows ofFull Gear[22]and the following year'sForbidden Door.[23]Their final match took place on February 7, 2024, episode ofRampagethey and Cassidy were defeated bythe Undisputed Kingdom(Matt Taven,Mike BennettandRoderick Strong).[3]

Championships and accomplishments

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Roppongi Vice after winning the2016 Super Jr. Tag Tournament

See also

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References

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