All Japan Pro Wrestling (1981–1985) Goto debuted for
All Japan Pro Wrestling on February 19, 1981, against
Shiro Koshinaka. While in AJPW, he was student of
Jumbo Tsuruta. In 1983, he won the Rookie of the Year award at Tokyo Sports' Pro Wrestling Awards.
United States (1985–1989) In November 1985, Goto went to the United States to wrestle. His first stop on his excursion was in Kansas City for the
NWA Central States Wrestling. He'd also wrestle for
Jim Crockett Promotions on shows within the area. In June 1986, Goto moved to Memphis, wrestling for
Continental Wrestling Association, where he teamed with
Akio Sato and managed by
Tojo Yamamoto. While in the United States, he married female wrestler Despina Montagas. In 1988, he wrestled for
World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. In 1989, he wrestled in Florida for
Professional Wrestling Federation.
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (1989–1995) In 1989, Goto returned to Japan after being proposed by the founder of the pioneering
hardcore wrestling promotion Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling,
Atsushi Onita. In August 1990, Goto had the first-ever
exploding barbed wire match with Onita, which started a revolution between the small "garbage wrestling" organizations of
Japan. Two months later, Goto and his wife
Despina Montagas teamed up in Japan's first mixed tag team match, defeating
Ricky Fuji and
Megumi Kudo. He wrestled in many matches for
FMW even one that he lost in which he tagged with Onita and lost to
Sabu and
Horace Boulder. In 1991, he and tag team partner Atsushi Onita became the first-ever
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champions in the finals of a ten-team tournament defeating Gregory Veritchev and Koba Krutanize. He had several
death matches for the
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship against his former
AJPW comrade, Atsushi Onita. On January 30, 1992, Goto captured the
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship after defeating
Big Titan. Due to the wind conditions, Goto's and Onita's fire deathmatch versus
The Sheik and Sabu was called off. He later became a two-time tag team champion with Gregory Veritchev. In February 1995, Goto formed Lethal Weapon with
Hisakatsu Oya and
Ricky Fuji. However, upset about possibly losing to Onita in his retirement match, Goto announced that he was leaving FMW in April 1995, just two days after no-showing an event in Korakuen Hall.
Post-FMW career (1995–2018) After leaving FMW, Goto wrestled throughout the Japanese indies. He also contested two matches for
Extreme Championship Wrestling in July 1996 at the
Heat Wave event, defeating
Axl Rotten both nights. Goto also worked for
International Wrestling Association of Japan from 1995 to 1999. Goto returned to one-night returns to AJPW in 2001 and 2002. In 1995, he formed Super FMW, which lasted from 1995 to 1998 in its first run and from 2009 to 2018 in its second run. His last match to date was on December 9, 2018, teaming with Reina Ayukawa defeating Taro Ramen and Sase in a Caribbean Barbed wire Thumbtacks Death Match. It would also end up being the very last show for Super FMW, although another show was originally scheduled for November 10, 2019, but due to poor ticket sales, it was rescheduled to March 29, 2020. Unfortunately, the show would be canceled due to COVID-19 and Super FMW quietly folded. == Personal life and death==