Andruew Tang

Andruew Tang You Liang (born 28 February 1989) is a Singaporean professional wrestler.

He is the co-founder and head coach of Singapore Pro Wrestling, where he also performs as a wrestler under the ring name "The Statement" Andruew Tang.

He is the first Singaporean professional wrestler and a 4-time SPW Southeast Asian Champion.

Tang is also the longest reigning SPW SEA Champion with a record of 862 days in his fourth reign.

Tang frequents the Japanese wrestling scene, and has primarily performed for Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling while also appearing on multiple promotions including NJPW, Dragon Gate and Gleat.

Tang was born in Singapore on 28 February 1989.

At the age of 12, Tang watched pro wrestling for the first time and fell in love with it.

Tang would decide that he wanted to become a professional wrestler, however he struggled as professional wrestling was nonexistent in Singapore.

Tang would serve in the Singapore Armed Forces, where he would be selected for Officer Cadet School.

In 2011, Tang, an aspiring professional wrestler, attended a talk by Vadim Koryagin, a Russian businessman and owner of Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF), a Russia-based promotion.

Together the two would form the nation's first pro wrestling promotion, Singapore Pro Wrestling in February of 2012.

They would begin to train the first generation of Singaporean professional wrestlers, including Tang, who would become "The Statement" Andruew Tang, Singapore's first professional wrestler along with, Kaiser Trexxus, Alexis Lee, Dr. Gore and The Eurasian Dragon.

Tang debuted on 4 October 2012, losing to Steve Ultra.

In 2014 Tang teamed with Trexxus forming a tag team known as Onslaught.

The duo would win the inaugural SPW Tag Team Championship, defeating MK & Affi at SPW: Breakthrough.

Tang defeated Bitman in December of 2014, winning the AWGC Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Onslaught would defend their title against Bit Man and Ho Ho Lun at SPW Prove 3.

On 10 May 2015, Onslaught was forced to relinquish their tag team championships due to Trexxus's national service commitments.

Tang was the inaugural SPW Southeast Asian Champion, after beating Arsenal Affi in a match in October.

Tang would lose his AWGC title to Jason Lee in December.

Tang would hold the title until March 2016, where he would lose to Masa Takanashi.

In May 2016, Tang would defeat CIMA and Takanashi to win back his title, becoming the first two-time SEA champion.

Eventually, Tang would become the head coach of SPW, while Koryagin would focus more towards the business side.

Onslaught would be joined by Destroyer Dharma, who become an ally of Tang.

In 2017, tensions would rise with his tag team partner, Trexxus.

The two faced each other in January, and Tang lost his SEA title to Trexxus at SPW Unchained In Changi.

Following this, Tang would begin teaming with only Dharma to represent Onslaught.

In October of 2017, Tang lost to then NXT UK Champion Pete Dunne in the main event.

After the match, Dunne stated that he would return for a rematch Tang defeated Rene Dupree at SPW Relentless.

Dunne returned to SPW in 2018 to face Tang, however appearing with Wolfgang and Mark Davis.

The trio would be defeated by Andruew Tang, Kaiser Trexxus and Aiden Rex in a 3 on 3 match.

In 2019, Tang was invited as one of three Singaporean wrestlers, alongside Kaiser Trexxus and Alexis Lee, to take part in a WWE tryout.

Only Trexxus was selected after the tryouts.

In May, Tang would win the SEA title for the third time, defeating Lokomotiv, Jake de Leon and Trexxus, at SPW Atonement.

Tang would lose to T-Hawk in July.

Later that year he would take part in a 6-man tag team match alongside Trexxus, and Da Butcherman where they would face Cima, Shaolin Monk and world-renowned wrestler, Kenny Omega at SPW Klash of Kings.

In November, Tang lost to Tajiri in a singles match.

Tang held the belt until eventually losing to Shaukat in January 2020, in a winner-take-all match where Shaukat's MYPW World-To-Regional Title was also on the line.

After Shaukat was forced to relinquish his title due to a concussion, Tang would win the title for a fourth time in February 2020, defeating JY Eagle, holding it ever since.

At SPW Prove: Alive & Kicking #1, Dharma would turn on Onslaught, teaming with Aiden Rex to defeat Tang and Trexxus.