Pro Wrestling Noah
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Professional wrestling, Puroresu |
Founded | 2000 |
Headquarters | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
Parent | CyberAgent |
Website | www.noah.co.jp (Japanese) www.noah-usa.cc (English) |
Pro Wrestling Noah (PW Noah or Noah) is an Japanese professional wrestling company. It was founded by Mitsuharu Misawa in 2000. [1] Misawa started the company after he left All Japan Pro Wrestling. He did not like the direction Giant Baba's widow Motoko Baba was putting the company in.[1]
On June 13, 2009, Misawa was in a tag team match where he teamed with Go Shiozaki against Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith. After Misawa took a belly to back suplex from Saito, he lost consciousness and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:10 p.m. JST from to spinal damage.[2]
Akira Taue was named as Misawa's successor and the new President of Pro Wrestling Noah on June 27, 2009.[3]
In January 2020, the company was purchased by CyberAgent.[4]
Champions
[change | change source]Championship | Current champion(s) | Defeated | Date won |
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GHC Heavyweight Championship | Go Shiozaki | Kaito Kyomiya | January 4, 2020 |
GHC National Championship | Katsuhiko Nakajima | Takashi Sugiura | May 9, 2020 |
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship | Kotaro Suzuki | Yoshinari Ogawa | April 19, 2020 |
GHC Tag Team Championship | El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée | Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki | April 19, 2020 |
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship | Hayata and Yoshinari Ogawa | Vacated | May 10, 2020 |
GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship | Vacated | Kenta Kobashi | June 2010 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The History Of Pro Wrestling NOAH - Pt. 1". 411mania. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
- ↑ "Japanese legend Mitsuharu Misawa dies in the ring". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling NOAH to name new President". Wrestlingdotcom. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
- ↑ "ノアがDDTに続きサイバーエージェント傘下に! 業界勢力図に大きな影響 – 東京スポーツ新聞社". 東スポWeb – 東京スポーツ新聞社.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official PWN website (in Japanese)
- Official PWN website Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (in English)