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Mitsuharu Misawa
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 243lbs
Date of Birth: 6/18/62
Place of Birth: Koshigaya City, Saitama
Debut: August 21st, 1981 (vs. Shiro Koshinaka)
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Title History:
GHC Heavyweight Title (2):
- Yoshihiro Takayama (4/15/01) / Jun Akiyama (7/27/01)
- Yoshihiro Takayama (9/23/02) / Kenta Kobashi (3/1/03)
GHC Tag Team Title (2):
- (w/ Yoshinari Ogawa) Vader & Scorpio (11/30/01) / Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (12/9/01)
- (w/ Yoshinari Ogawa) Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi (1/10/04) / Scorpio & Doug Williams (1/23/05)
AJPW World Tag Team Title (6):
- (w/ Toshiaki Kawada) Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (7/24/91) / Vacated (12/6/91)
- (w/ Toshiaki Kawada) Won Real World Tag League (12/4/92) / Terry Gordy & Steve Williams (1/30/93)
- (w/ Kenta Kobashi) Won Real World Tag League (12/3/93) / Vacated (11/94)
- (w/ Kenta Kobashi) Won Real World Tag League (12/10/94) / Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (6/9/95)
- (w/ Jun Akiyama) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (5/23/96) / Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (9/5/96)
- (w/ Yoshinari Ogawa) Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (8/25/99) / Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (10/23/99)
All Asia Tag Team Title (2):
- (w/ Kenta Kobashi) Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (4/9/90) / Vacated (5/17/90)
- (w/ Yoshinari Ogawa) Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (8/25/99) / Vacated (8/25/99)
NWA International Jr. Heavyweight Title (1):
- Kuniaki Kobayashi (8/31/85) / Vacated (1986)
PWF Tag Team Title (1):
- (w/ Jumbo Tsuruta) Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase (7/3/87) / Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase (7/11/87)
Triple Crown (5):
- Stan Hansen (8/22/92) / Steve Williams (7/28/94)
- Stan Hansen (5/26/95) / Akira Taue (5/24/96)
- Kenta Kobashi (1/20/97) / Toshiaki Kawada (5/1/98)
- Kenta Kobashi (10/31/98) / Toshiaki Kawada (1/22/99)
- Vader (5/2/99) / Vader (10/30/99)
Tournament History:
- Real World Tag League 1992: Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada won a round-robin tournament.
- Real World Tag League 1993: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi won a round-robin tournament.
- Real World Tag League 1994: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi won a round-robin tournament.
- Champion Carnival 1995: Mitsuharu Misawa beat Akira Taue (27:03) with a Tiger suplex hold.
- Real World Tag League 1995: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (27:04) when Kobashi used a moonsault press on Taue.
- Champion Carnival 1998: Mitsuharu Misawa beat Jun Akiyama (22:05) with a running elbow smash.
- GHC Heavyweight Title Tournament (2001): Mitsuharu Misawa beat Yoshihiro Takayama (21:12) with the Emerald Frosion.
Signature Moves:
- Elbow smash
- Elbow suicida
- Emerald Frosion
- rolling elbow
- Tiger Driver
- Tiger Driver '91
- Tiger suplex hold
- Tiger suplex '85
Profile:
Early in his career, Misawa wrestled as the second generation of Tiger Mask. On 5/17/90, during a tag match, he told his partner and future rival, Toshiaki Kawada, to unmask him, revealing his true face. Misawa then went on to dominate All Japan throughout the 1990's, with multiple Triple Crown and AJPW World Tag Team Title reigns. His rivalries with Jumbo Tsuruta, Toshiaki Kawada, and Kenta Kobashi are legendary, with many classics matches against them. Following the death of Giant Baba and disagreements with Motoko Baba, Misawa split from All Japan in mid-2000, taking all but two natives (Kawada and Masanobu Fuchi) to form Pro Wrestling NOAH with him. Now, he leads one of Japan's top promotions, and continues to wrestle a full-time schedule. An icon and legend, Misawa is one of the most decorated wrestlers of all time. Arguably the greatest wrestler to ever live, Misawa has an unmatched list of great matches. In 2004, Misawa alongside his long time partner Yoshinari Ogawa returned the GHC Tag Team belts to NOAH from the NJPW combination of Yuji Nagata & Hiroshi Tanahashi.
