NOAH 3/2 Results (Morishima Wins The Big One)

3/2 Tokyo Nippon Budokan Results! by RD - 02 Mar 2008
NOAH, 3/2/08 (NTV/G+)
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
14,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Genba Hirayanagi vs. Akihiko Ito went to a draw (15:00) when the time limit expired.
2. Kishin Kawabata & Kentaro Shiga beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Mitsuo Momota (9:37) when Kawabata used a cradle on Momota.
3. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Shuhei Taniguchi beat Mohammed Yone & Ippei Ota (10:26) when Kanemaru used the Touch Out on Ota.
4. Akira Taue & Junji Izumida beat Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (10:59) when Taue used the Dynamic Bomb on Castagnoli.
5. Yoshinari Ogawa & Kotaro Suzuki beat Doug Williams & Taiji Ishimori (13:10) when Suzuki used the Blue Destiny on Ishimori.
6. Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio beat Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue (16:59) when Rikio used the Muso on Inoue.
7. Kenta Kobashi, Tamon Honda & KENTA beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Takuma Sano & Atsushi Aoki (29:36) when KENTA used the Go 2 Sleep on Aoki.
8. GHC Tag Team Title: Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura beat Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe (29:47) when Marufuji used a modified Shiranui on Mark Briscoe. (2nd defense)
9. GHC Heavyweight Title: Takeshi Morishima beat Mitsuharu Misawa (c) (20:22) with a backdrop to become the 12th champion.

with a backdrop?Mu5uk0

with a backdrop?Mu5uk0

Backdrop Driver

with a backdrop?Mu5uk0

That looks like a better than average Budokan from NOAH, overall. I might give that one a look when it comes out, maybe.

I've thought the odds on favorite to dethrone Misawa would be Morishima, though after Kobashi's emotional return, I thought they might go Kobashi vs Misawa for the belt, which I'd wager would draw a crowd. IMO, Misawa was overdue to drop the title, too. Pretty cool for a guy we got to see so much out of in ROH is now holding NOAH's biggest belt. Hopefully, he's given a better opportunity to run with it than Marufuji recieved.

Though, I'd say this makes it very unlikely that Danielson will get a pin on Morishima anytime soon. I wonder if they'll go with a GHC Title defense with Danielson vs Morishima in ROH? That'd be pretty freakin cool.

By the way, while I heard of the company NOAH, what exactly do those initials stand for? Do they stand for anything?

By the way, while I heard of the company NOAH, what exactly do those initials stand for? Do they stand for anything? Link256

it's just Noah. when Misawa left AJPW, he took a lot of it's top stars with him (Kobashi, Takayama, Honda, Akiyama, etc.) and the Pro Wrestling NOAH is the company he created. their first show was called "Departure" so the name NOAH seemingly is a bible reference.

[QUOTE="Mu5uk0"]with a backdrop?The_Dude14

That looks like a better than average Budokan from NOAH, overall. I might give that one a look when it comes out, maybe.

I've thought the odds on favorite to dethrone Misawa would be Morishima, though after Kobashi's emotional return, I thought they might go Kobashi vs Misawa for the belt, which I'd wager would draw a crowd. IMO, Misawa was overdue to drop the title, too. Pretty cool for a guy we got to see so much out of in ROH is now holding NOAH's biggest belt. Hopefully, he's given a better opportunity to run with it than Marufuji recieved.

Though, I'd say this makes it very unlikely that Danielson will get a pin on Morishima anytime soon. I wonder if they'll go with a GHC Title defense with Danielson vs Morishima in ROH? That'd be pretty freakin cool.

i haven't heard how the main was, but i've been hearing people raving over the GHC Heavyweight Tag match and the Kobashi 6 man. i'm gonna watch the main tomorrow since i'm writing a paper right now

[QUOTE="Mu5uk0"]with a backdrop?sephy37

Backdrop Driver

*Insert picture here that sephy posted, that GlitchSpot apparently will not let me show*

Just out of sheer curiosity, who's the guy on the receiving end of things?

[QUOTE="sephy37"]

[QUOTE="Mu5uk0"]with a backdrop?Link256

Backdrop Driver

*Insert picture here that sephy posted, that GlitchSpot apparently will not let me show*

Just out of sheer curiosity, who's the guy on the receiving end of things?

that was the guy he beat today. Mitsuhara Misawa. considered the best wrestler of all time by many. that's no biased opinion either. the man has 23 "five star" matches under his belt and is considered the greatest Triple Crown Champion of all time. 1990's AJPW is considered the best era for wrestling ever. it was more popular and successful than anything in the US at that time.

(he's the one in the back with green on)

[/end puro fanboyism]

While funny, at the same time, I have to ask, what the hell? Did you create that? Or was it something you found on the Internets?

While funny, at the same time, I have to ask, what the hell? Did you create that? Or was it something you found on the Internets?

Link256

someone i know from wrestlingforum.com made it. it's just a scene from Zoolander with a couple japanese wrestlers' heads pasted on it