While not as frequent, the matches took the standards of lou thesz vs. All japan pro wrestling was experiencing the most success a single promotion had seen in the history of japan wrestling. The land of the rising sun has always been synonymous with great professional wrestling action. For tags its akiyamamisawa vs taue and kawada but im blanking on the year. If you like this site, please consider a small donation that will keep the site alive and advertisingfree in the future. Mitsuharu misawakenta kobashijun akiyama vs stan hansengary albrightbobby duncum jr all japan january 21st, 1996 roy luciers wrestling classics. Match was said to have been more of a spectacle, than a. He was the countrys hero and someone who they lived vicariously through, defeating the evil american enemy and sending them packing. So its no secret or surprise that misawa will target the knee.
A modest blog on mitsuharu misawas death inside pulse. When mitsuharu misawa and toshiaki kawada step into the ring against each other, it usually does turn out to be a great match, however on this night it was something a little more special than just the usual great match. Why the undisputed rock and roll gods are among the most overrated acts in music history m usic fans. Great 5 match and better if you know the story behind it. This match had great psychology and story, pretty much everything you. This is a continuation of the new japan and noah working agreement, as nagata came over quite a lot in 2003 to work with the main guys on the noah roster. Matches thread dream, favorite, best, etc my favorite match ever is kobashimisawa vs tauekawada from 6995. I never in my life thought id want to see stan hansen launch a babyface comeback but when he launches a. Mitsuharu misawa, toshiaki kawada, kenta kobashi and akira taue. Kenta kobashi,mitsuharu misawa,toshiaki kawada and akira taue were called the four heavenly kings in all japan pro wrestling.
Sep 06, 2011 mitsuharu misawa kenta kobashi satoru asako vs the patriotjohnny acethe eagle all japan january 14th, 1996 roy luciers wrestling classics. List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more. Casual fans hear praise like that, they tend to expect a big spotfest. Kobashi is back to his feet and hes slowly beginning to peel away from misawas wristlock. All japans four pillars misawa, kawada, kobashi, and taue.
Vince mcmahon and the mcmahon family might be able to violate basic human rights in order to acquire more money for their quarterly earnings report but baring aew and wwe most wrestling promotions. Kenta kobashi is a japanese retired professional wrestler. Jun izumida died 2017 had written a book and in it mentioned or hinted, sources. Taue falls out of the ring, and kobashi hits a baseball slide. For the first and only time in puroresu history, promotions joined together to put on a card sponsored by the magazine weekly pro wrestling. Receiving a 5 or higher star rating is considered by many to be a great achievement, though the ratings themselves are ultimately the opinions. Jumbo tsuruta, akira taue and masanobu fuchi on may 22 5 star match 1993 vs. The country of japan has undoubtedly produced some of the best athletes and entertainers the sport has ever seen. Official merchandise page of kenta kobashi pro wrestling tees. These two legends had some of the best matches in pro wrestling history during their rivalry. Kenta kobashi, kobashi kenta, born march 27, 1967 is a japanese retired professional wrestler.
Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Kenta kobashi aj 32092bruce prichard interview gwf 32092the viper interview gwf 32092eddie gilbert vs. So, listing such a talented group of individuals in a numerical way really isnt fair, as almost all fifty of the. Misawa drops kobashi cold with a hard elbow shot and he starts climbing the top rope. Oct 09, 2014 ajpw triple crown championship match kenta kobashi cv3 vs mitsuharu misawa october 31, 1998 ajpw october giant series 1998 day 18 tokyo, japan, nippon budokan 16. Kobashi 100% pure essential oils, carrier oils, hydro and bath aromatherapy products.
Up to this point in this feature, our focus has been on mostly wwe matches, whilst occasionally looking at bouts from other american promotions, such as wcw. Ghc heavyweight championship match mitsuharu misawa cv2 vs kenta kobashi march 1, 2003 noah navigate for evolution 2003 day 9 tokyo, japan, nippon budokan 16. Toshiaki kawada academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Matches thread dream, favorite, best, etc wrestling. In the keiji muto 20th anniversary special match, muto and mitsuharu misawa defeated the unlikely team of hiroshi hase and kensuke sasaki in 23. Yes, even better than misawakawada, which spawned what is generally read. Kenta kobashimitsuharu misawa tokyo nippon budokan 12393 although all japan had yet to establish a separate final round of their annual december tag league they wouldnt until 1995, on the last day of the tournament, in the budokan, both teams had 11 points. The history of the misawakawada feud long read wrestling. Before the internet, the matches involving, misawa, kawada and.
Kenta kobashi mitsuharu misawa tokyo nippon budokan 12393 although all japan had yet to establish a separate final round of their annual december tag league they wouldnt until 1995, on the last day of the tournament, in the budokan, both teams had 11 points. Professional wrestling journalist and historian dave meltzer has assigned ratings to professional wrestling matches since the creation of his publication, the wrestling observer newsletter in 1982, and named his first 5 star match in 1983. As his nickname would suggest, ogawa is a wrestler who isnt above playing dirty tricks such as eye gouges, stomping on feet or even biting in. Up to this point in this feature, our focus has been on mostly wwe matches, whilst occasionally looking at bouts from other american promotions.
Misawa tags in kobashi, and both men hit dropkicks to taue. Misawa goes for the emerald frosion sit down modified powerslam from the shoulders but kobashi slips out of that and delivers another half nelson suplex, only for misawa to pop up from that in classic all japan delayed sell style, but kobashi is ready for him and gets a sleeper before turning that into a suplex as well. Pro wrestling noah navigation over the date line tour nippon budokan 12 th of september 2003 ghc heavyweight title champ. This match is the only match is wrerstling history i consider perfect, i have. Kobashi rivalry was the top singles rivalry in all japan over 199799, winning a host of awards and generally being thought of as the top singles rivalry of that period and one of the top ones of the 90s. Hello, and welcome to the green guide to the history of. Ive been doing the hard math and its not looking good. Mitsuharu misawa, misawa mitsuharu, june 18, 1962 june, 2009 was a japanese professional wrestler and promoter who worked for all japan pro wrestling ajpw. Mitsuharu misawa vs akira taue vhs video all japan pro. Misawa tags in hansen, snapmare by hansen and he applies a reverse chinlock on the mat.
The afformentioned six man and pretty much any of the jumbo vs misawa six man matches are also worth. Jun 04, 2018 ill just come out and say it mitsuharu misawa vs. Matches from history mistuharu misawa v kenta kobashi. Mistuhara misawa v kenta kobashi from pro wrestling noah in 2003. Children learn about him in school through history books, he was that big of a star. Kenta kobashi is the single greatest rivalry in pro wrestling history. Feb 23, 2016 ghc heavyweight championship match mitsuharu misawa cv2 vs kenta kobashi march 1, 2003 noah navigate for evolution 2003 day 9 tokyo, japan, nippon budokan 16. Ajpw triple crown championship match kenta kobashi cv3 vs mitsuharu misawa october 31, 1998 ajpw october giant series 1998 day 18 tokyo, japan, nippon budokan 16. Kenta kobashi vs mitsuharu misawa march 1, 2003 youtube. Kenta kobashi vs mitsuharu misawa noah navigate for evolution 03. When teamed with the higher ranking misawa or toshiaki kawada, kobashi would. The rivalry that saw the torch passed from one ace of the all japan pro wrestling company to the next generation ace, witness the incredible battles and struggles that brought misawa to. Aug 23, 2012 a welcome return for the matches from history column and james has thrown a bit of a curveball. Mitsuharu misawa vs kenta kobashi october 31, 1998 youtube.
The win tied kawada with mitsuharu misawa as the only tc holder to defend the belts eight times. Jun 18, 2014 19980724ajpwsummer action series kenta kobashi vs jun akiyama sign in to follow this. Mitsuharu misawakenta kobashisatoru asako vs the patriotjohnny acethe eagle all japan january 14th, 1996 roy luciers wrestling classics. Aug 16, 2019 noah navigate for evolution nippon budokan 1 st of march 2003 ghc heavyweight title champ. Kawadas selling was phenomenal and misawa and kobashi working the leg was great. Misawa hits a pair of jumping kicks followed by a heel kick, cover, but it gets two. All japans four pillars misawa, kawada, kobashi, and. Kobashi reverses it, and misawa immediately counters it.
Personally my favourites a tie between kawada and misawa, and my favourite match involving any of them is the kawada vs hansen or kobashi vs hansen match from 93. List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars. Ive been using the top 5 as voted on by the roh message board. As good as misawakawada may have been and yes, it was goddamn extraordinary, every single. Misawa starts working an over the shoulder wrist crank and drags kobashi back to the mat. Followers 0 19980724ajpwsummer action series kenta kobashi vs jun. Misawa gets an armdrag in and immediately begins wrenching kobashis elbow.
James giles a welcome return for the matches from history column and james has thrown a bit of a curveball. Mitsuharu misawa vs kenta kobashi ajpw budokan hall show. Kobashi tags in misawa, and misawa dropkicks taue in the face. Misawa continued to be the man in ajpw throughout the 1990s, helping the growth of kawada, kobashi and akiyama as firstly their partner and then their rival, hold numerous titles and gaining just as many accolades and plaudits as well as being an innovator the tiger suplex 85, tiger driver and td 91 and the emerald flowsion being.
Professional wrestling known as prowres and written as puroresu in english, with the o and u silent as they are in many translated japanese names and words in japan is a completely different entity to the version of wrestling that exists in the united states or anywhere else. Misawa and kobashi have had matches before and after this one but unlike their other. This is of the many matches of the kenta kobashi vs mitsuharu misawa rivalry. Mitsuharu misawa, kenta kobashi, and jun akiyama on july 2. The four pillars of heaven mitsuharu misawa, toshiaki kawada. He started his career in all japan pro wrestling ajpw in 1988, where he became one of the promotions top stars, holding the triple crown heavyweight championship three times, and winning the champion carnival in 2000. But like other singlematch dvds, two problems arise in purchasing this. A recent example is the misawa vs kobashi match from last march, when kobashi became noahs undisputed ace. Jun, 2009 after unseating jumbo as ace, misawa would go on to feud with former protagaas kenta kobashi and toshiaki kawada over the title of ace for most of the remainder of the decade. Kenta kobashi on april 5 star match 1993 with akira taue and yoshinari ogawa vs. You can support the development of the website and database backend via patreon. We start out with the big title fight between longtime rivals misawa and kobashi, although their rivalry was never especially nasty and more built around competition than any sort of dislike. One cannot understand the history of misawa vs kawada, unless they understand the history of its predecessor, misawa vs. Noah navigate for evolution nippon budokan 1 st of march 2003 ghc heavyweight title champ.
Miswa sets up the tiger driver and he sticks it, only for kenta to roll out at 2. Kawada pinned misawa for the first time on june 9, 1995, during the tag match of the decade kawada and taue vs. If you buy stuff from amazon using this link, we receive a minor promotional bonus from amazon, not from you. It can be arguedstronglythat the greatest series of singles matches in pro wrestling history were the misawa vs. Kobashi left all japan in june 2000, taking part in a. The book tokyo underworld by robert whiting is mostly about the. Doc has no real history of knee injuries or anything, but its sort of a callback to how kobashis gotten his previous big wins in tags with misawa, and it works as a total desperate grasp and i love that shit so much. Omega and page in the ppv aew revolution 2020 was a 6star fight for the journalist dave meltzer of the wrestling observer newsletter. For tags its akiyama misawa vs taue and kawada but im blanking on the year.