Justin Wong was only 15 years old when he traveled to
B5 in 2001 and won its
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 tournament. At the time, Wong did not think much of his fighting game career, later saying "I just wanted to play and play. The prizes were very small, and it was just myself breaking even." He traveled to the
Evolution Championship Series in 2002 to successfully defend his
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 title and came in ninth at
Capcom vs SNK 2.
Evolution 2004 In the
Evolution 2004 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike losers bracket final, Wong's
Chun-Li lost to
Daigo Umehara's
Ken Masters when, in an unexpected comeback, Daigo managed to parry all 15 hits of Chun-Li's super art II – a feat noteworthy for its difficulty as each parry must be performed within a window of roughly 1/6th of a second before the attack connects – and land a max damage combo. This incident has been widely shared in a well-known viral video known as "Evo Moment #37".
2009 Wong took part in '''GameStop's Street Fighter IV US National Tournament''' in 2009, which he won. After the main tournament, a set of special exhibition matches of Street Fighter IV took place in
San Francisco,
California, on April 18 after the actual competition ended. It featured Iyo who had recently won the Japanese National SFIV tournament, Poongko who won the Korean SFIV National Tournament, and Daigo Umehara who came by Capcom's invitation, and Wong himself. Wong defeated Iyo and Poongko, but lost to Umehara who went on to win the tournament. In the third and the last day, Umehara defeated Wong and put him into the Losers Bracket, then advanced to the grand finals just to meet Wong again. In the final showdown, Wong changed his character from Abel to Balrog (boxer, called M. Bison in Japan) to counter Umehara's signature Ryu. The two fought until the last game possible, but Wong lost the competition. It was this point of the tournament that had more than 23,000 users viewing the stream broadcasting.
Seasons Beatings IV Wong joined a tournament called Seasons Beatings on October 16–18 in Columbus, Ohio. He participated in the Street Fighter IV 3 on 3 on the second day with two teammates and won 1st place. There was an exhibition match between him and Daigo Umehara which he lost by two games to ten. For Street Fighter IV Singles, Justin, who this time chose to play
Fei Long, won in the Winners Bracket's final against Umehara. He later lost to Umehara after Umehara bounced back from the Loser's Bracket. and was later joined by
Ricki Ortiz.
Evolution 2010 Wong won the
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 tournament coming out of the loser's bracket. He also placed just out of the top 8 in Super Street Fighter IV, losing to Bruce "Gamerbee" Hsiang. He made it as far as the Gauntlet (series of semi-final elimination challenges), but was eliminated during the
Forza Motorsport 3 driving challenge.
2011 PDP.com's Mortal Kombat Nationals Wong stormed through the tournament without losing a set up until the grand finals where he won the tournament and the $10,000 1st prize using Kung Lao, playing against Floe's Ermac in the finals.
2015 In 2015, it was announced that Wong would be participating in the
Red Bull Kumite 2016 Street Fighter V invitational tournament.
2024 Following the release of
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, several players claimed to be quitting and wanting refunds after facing Wong online in
Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Wong reacted to
Dexertos article about him. ==Personal life==