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Ultra Peanut · 05:12 PM

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Umaga firing update

The WWE reported today that Umaga was fired for refusal to attend rehab after the failing of a drug test. The news came just one day after The Sun in the U.K. had reported that WWE had maintained its policy of announcing all drug test failures.

The WWE sent a message to The Sun earlier today explaining that the delay in announcing the drug test failure was due to the unusual nature of Umaga's termination.

That would also explain why Umaga had told wrestlers that he quit, because it was his decision not to go to rehab.

The company policy does not include listing the drug its performers would have failed for. Umaga had a 30-day suspension in late 2007 for being part of the Signature Pharmacy list of athletes who had received steroids and other drugs. In the case of Umaga, real name Edward Fatu, he had received packages of Somatropin, a Growth Hormone, during the year 2006.

They claimed they needed to review the policy in the case of someone being fired under these circumstances.

That seems to make no sense given they would have known of the test failure, which is supposed to be announced, a week ago, and he was already terminated on Monday.

Mecca · 06-11-2009, 05:19 PM

In an interesting tidbit be it true or false..

A website is reporting that Benoits supposed mistress that everyone referenced and assumed was Michelle McCool...was actually Victoria.

"The following e-mail was sent to this website concerning Chris Benoit's alleged mistress on the road in the months prior to his double murder and suicide two years ago:

"This information was told to me from someone still close to the remaining Benoit family:

It has always been well known among the locker room that Chris had a mistress on the road prior to the tragedy. Details which were previously being kept covered up by the inner circle are now just finally beginning to surface publically some two years later, as certain workers have now been let go from the company.

Let it be known that the unknown female was Lisa Marie Varon aka former WWE diva Victoria.

He chooses to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. But further states- "I don't know how she can still live with herself."

These details have been verified by 1 current WWE worker, and 2 former. All 3 of which were employed by the company between 2006-2007.

Also, the tabloids once speculated on this mistress as being Michelle McCool due to her supposed reputation of making rounds with the upper card guys at the time.

However, Michelle was never ever with Chris. That rumor was absolutely false."

This person is also saying that one of the WWE names is a creative team writer who is still employed to the company. Another one of the WWE names is a wrestler that was recently released with two "K's" in his ring name. "

Mecca · 06-13-2009, 12:50 PM

For anyone who didn't hear Mitsuharu Misawa died this morning.

PRO WRESTLING NOAH FOUNDER MITSUHARU MISAWA PASSES AWAY AFTER IN-RING MISHAP
by Mike Johnson @ 10:32 AM on 6/13/2009

I am extremely saddened to report that one of the greatest in-ring workers of the modern age and the founder of Pro Wrestling NOAH, Mitsuhau Misawa died earlier this morning (tonight in Japan) following an in-ring accident stemming from a suplex.

We will have more shortly.

jlscorpio · 06-13-2009, 03:20 PM

that really sucks. I watched some of his matches on youtube after hearing so much about him. Awesome worker. RIP.

Mecca · 06-13-2009, 04:37 PM

MISAWA PASSES AWAY AFTER BACKDROP IN HIROSHIMA MATCH

Mitsuharu Misawa, one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all-time, was declared dead at 10:10 p.m. Saturday night at a hospital in Hiroshima from an apparent heart attack after being being given a back suplex in a tag team title match.

Misawa would have turned 47 on June 18th.

Misawa, the president of Pro Wrestling NOAH, was teaming with Go Shiozaki in a match challenging Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito for the GHC tag team championship in Hiroshima. Misawa was given the move at about 8:45 p.m. and knocked unconscious. They were about 27 minutes into the match when the referee immediately stopped the match seeing what had happened.

According to eye witness reports, Saito gave Misawa a "routine" back suplex that was described as a "7" in danger on a scale of one-to-ten. He did not get up. It was chaos in the ring as they attempted to revive him using CPR and the crowd was hushed for a while, and began a "Misawa" chant. He turned purple in the ring and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.

His heart stopped beating in the ring.

The wrestlers were told on the bus that he had passed away.

While it is being reported that he passed away at the hospital, he may have actually passed away in the ring.

Misawa was the Japanese high school national wrestling champion at 187 pounds in 1980, and was recruited by Giant Baba into All Japan Pro Wrestling. He gained his first taste of stardom in 1984 when he was chosen to be the second Tiger Mask. After unmasking in 1990, he became an even bigger star after a series of singles matches with Jumbo Tsuruta.

He was Japan's biggest pro wrestling star of the 90s, and one could make a strong case for him as the top wrestler of the decade. He was the Wrestler of the Year in 1995, 1997 and 1999.

After the death of Shohei "Giant" Baba, Misawa wrestled a little over one more year for All Japan Pro Wrestling, while working as company president. After consistently butting heads with owner Motoko Baba, the widow of Shohei Baba, he and 90% of the All Japan roster quit the company to form Pro Wrestling NOAH.

The movie "The Wrestler" opened tonight in Japan. Because of the finish of the movie, this has become part of the story in some outlets in Japan.

Here's my take on it...

I do however think you'll see some questions come up like why was a 47 year old man working a 30 minute match.

It stuns me to see it happen because you think these guys are invincible he had gone for basically 25 years without a break.

He had quite obviously let himself go on staying in shape and had become overweight, which when you factor in his knees doing a cardio workout was probably a tear jerking thing to even think about.

NOAH was having some problems and he took the responsibility for them by stepping up to the main spotlight himself. Carrying the company as it's champ for a year and now as a potential tag champion trying to heighten Go Shiozaki's profile.

He was putting alot of pressure on himself and his body to do things it likely couldn't do anymore. The man was obviously a legend but I don't think he still should have been trying to work high profile 30+ minute matches. If he still wanted to work early on the card in 5 or 10 minutes to let the fans see their hero work, that would have been a great role for him.

I don't so much think it was the bump he took as it was just a buildup of everything. A man who was nearly 47 years old who had, had a very long and brutal career without any breaks. Now he puts his body which is breaking down in a position where he needs to do things alot of guys in their 20's can't do.

The thing that likely did him in, in the end is the same thing everyone loved about him. Even at 47 and breaking down the guy still had the spirit to do it.

I'll personally always remember him as the guy who personified the Kings Road style which is probably my favorite style.

BigRock · 06-13-2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Mitsuhau Misawa died earlier this morning (tonight in Japan) following an in-ring accident stemming from a suplex.

Was he wrestling Kennedy? hahahaha

Seriously, that's awful.

Mecca · 06-13-2009, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigRock

Was he wrestling Kennedy? hahahaha

Seriously, that's awful.

From everything I've read it seems as though the suplex was basic and not messed up, he had a heart attack. So I think it may be more the built up affect of all of the years of that brutal style of wrestling had on him.

Chris Hero wrote in a blog since he was there, that as Misawa was down the fans chanted his name, so it's possible he died in a wrestling ring with an arena chanting his name.

Ultra Peanut · 06-13-2009, 07:02 PM

Jesus Christ.

Apparently, it was a heart attack.

Hero's post on it:

Quote:

Misawa-San
Current mood:disbelief
Words cannot express how deeply shocked I am. We're all just in utter disbelief. Stunned sadness.

The moments at ringside felt an eternity. Never, in my life, have I wanted the fighting spirit to jump into someone's being more than I wanted tonight. The fans chanted Misawa, Misawa, Misawa. They wanted their Hero to get up so ****ing bad. Just get up. Come on! You're too tough for this. Too strong. I grabbed his boots and held onto them til they took him away.

My heart goes out to his family. His students. His peers. His friends. His fans. His opponents tonight and his partner. It was a freak accident. No one is at fault.

Rest in Peace Shacho.

Mecca · 06-14-2009, 06:46 AM

I'm sure there are some puro fans that post here but for one's that aren't I'm going to post some accolades and videos to let anyone who wants to take a look see why Misawa was so well thought of by everyone.

* Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
o 5 Star Match (1985) vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi on March 9
o 5 Star Match (1990) vs. Jumbo Tsuruta on June 8
o 5 Star Match (1990) with Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue and Masanobu Fuchi on October 19
o 5 Star Match (1991) with Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue and Masanobu Fuchi on April 20
o 5 Star Match (1992) with Kenta Kobashi and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue and Masanobu Fuchi on May 22
o 5 Star Match (1993) with Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue and Yoshinari Ogawa on July 2
o 5 Star Match (1993) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada on December 3
o 5 Star Match (1994) with Kenta Kobashi and Giant Baba vs. Masanobu Fuchi, Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue on February 13
o 5 Star Match (1994) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada on May 21
o 5 Star Match (1994) vs. Toshiaki Kawada on June 3
o 5 Star Match (1995) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada on January 21
o 5 Star Match (1995) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams and Johnny Ace on March 4
o 5 Star Match (1995) vs. Akira Taue on April 15
o 5 Star Match (1995) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada on June 9
o 5 Star Match (1995) with Kenta Kobashi and Satoru Asako vs. Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue and Tamon Honda on June 30
o 5 Star Match (1996) with Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue on May 23
o 5 Star Match (1996) with Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams and Johnny Ace on June 7
o 5 Star Match (1996) with Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue on December 6
o 5 Star Match (1997) vs. Toshiaki Kawada on June 6
o 5 Star Match (1997) with Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue on December 5
o 5 Star Match (1998) vs. Kenta Kobashi on October 31
o 5 Star Match (1999) vs. Kenta Kobashi on June 11
o 5 Star Match (1999) with Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama on October 23
o 5 Star Match (2003) vs. Kenta Kobashi on March 1
o Best Flying Wrestler (1985, 1986)
o Best Wrestling Maneuver (1985) Topé con Giro
o Feud of the Year (1990, 1991) vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
o Match of the Year (1985) vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi on June 12, Tokyo, Japan
o Match of the Year (1996) with Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams and Johnny Ace on June 7, Tokyo, Japan
o Match of the Year (1998) vs. Kenta Kobashi on October 31, Tokyo, Japan
o Match of the Year (1999) vs. Kenta Kobashi on June 11, Tokyo, Japan
o Match of the Year (2003) vs. Kenta Kobashi on March 1, Tokyo, Japan
o Most Outstanding Wrestler (1997, 1999)
o Most Underrated Wrestler (1988)
o Tag Team of the Year (1995) with Kenta Kobashi
o Tag Team of the Year (1996, 1997) with Jun Akiyama
o Wrestler of the Year (1995, 1997, 1999)
o Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

If you count up the 5 star matches, there's 24 of them, I don't believe anyone else even comes close to this number.

Mecca · 06-14-2009, 07:25 AM

I'll start with a tribute video.

Mecca · 06-14-2009, 07:38 AM

From Jim Ross' blog.

Mitsuharu Misawa was never an acquaintance of mine but I felt like I knew him from watching many of his DVD's which were usually with men that I did know. Misawa was arguably the best in ring performer in the world in his prime. First of all, Misawa knew how to wrestle and how to wrestle physically. The fundamentals had been drilled into this legend as a young man who went on to become a Japanese National Amateur Champion. Several things stood out to me about Misawa. In addition to be a physical, fundamentally sound athlete, timing and toughness were two of his greatest attributes. Great timing is a gift that largely can't be taught. It's like ring psychology. Some of it can be taught but mostly it must be a learned trait and some people are in the business for years and never learn great timing or main event level ring psychology. Toughness is another trait that can be nurtured but generally can't be taught. Misawa was naturally tough and it showed. And his fans loved him for it. They also loved his passion and the emotional ride on which he would take them. That's what pro wrestling is, selling emotion.

Another significant piece of Japanese, wrestling history died this weekend. Mitsuharu Misawa apparently died in the very spot that he gained his incredible fame and resounding respect from wrestling fans around the Globe....inside a wrestling ring.

It's a damn shame that the vast majority of American wrestling fans won't give a second thought about the untimely death of "a Japanese wrestler." I encourage all fans to find DVD's of Misawa and watch him in his prime, in the 90's especially. If one is really serious about about being a highly skilled, pro wrestler, then study the late Mitsuharu Misawa.

May he rest in peace.

Mecca · 06-14-2009, 07:44 AM

This is the match that vaults Misawa into being a top star...vs Jumbo Tsuruta, June 8th 1990.

Mecca · 06-14-2009, 07:47 AM

And here is the match that some will still consider the best match all time...Misawa/Kawada 6/3/94, everyone who enjoys wrestling should have to watch this match.

I'll post some more later, hopefully everyone will enjoy those matches as much as I did when I first saw them and still do.

Jerm · 06-14-2009, 09:50 PM

An absolute legend in every sense of the word....HUGE loss for the business, truly a sad story.

RIP.

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06-11-2009, 05:19 PM	#5012
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2667050	In an interesting tidbit be it true or false.. A website is reporting that Benoits supposed mistress that everyone referenced and assumed was Michelle McCool...was actually Victoria. "The following e-mail was sent to this website concerning Chris Benoit's alleged mistress on the road in the months prior to his double murder and suicide two years ago: "This information was told to me from someone still close to the remaining Benoit family: It has always been well known among the locker room that Chris had a mistress on the road prior to the tragedy. Details which were previously being kept covered up by the inner circle are now just finally beginning to surface publically some two years later, as certain workers have now been let go from the company. Let it be known that the unknown female was Lisa Marie Varon aka former WWE diva Victoria. He chooses to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. But further states- "I don't know how she can still live with herself." These details have been verified by 1 current WWE worker, and 2 former. All 3 of which were employed by the company between 2006-2007. Also, the tabloids once speculated on this mistress as being Michelle McCool due to her supposed reputation of making rounds with the upper card guys at the time. However, Michelle was never ever with Chris. That rumor was absolutely false." This person is also saying that one of the WWE names is a creative team writer who is still employed to the company. Another one of the WWE names is a wrestler that was recently released with two "K's" in his ring name. "
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06-13-2009, 12:50 PM	#5013
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2667050	For anyone who didn't hear Mitsuharu Misawa died this morning. PRO WRESTLING NOAH FOUNDER MITSUHARU MISAWA PASSES AWAY AFTER IN-RING MISHAP by Mike Johnson @ 10:32 AM on 6/13/2009 I am extremely saddened to report that one of the greatest in-ring workers of the modern age and the founder of Pro Wrestling NOAH, Mitsuhau Misawa died earlier this morning (tonight in Japan) following an in-ring accident stemming from a suplex. We will have more shortly.
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06-13-2009, 03:20 PM	#5014
jlscorpio Veteran Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rapid City, SD Casino cash: $10004900	that really sucks. I watched some of his matches on youtube after hearing so much about him. Awesome worker. RIP. __________________ For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who don't believe, no explanation will do.
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06-13-2009, 04:37 PM	#5015
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2667050	MISAWA PASSES AWAY AFTER BACKDROP IN HIROSHIMA MATCH Mitsuharu Misawa, one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all-time, was declared dead at 10:10 p.m. Saturday night at a hospital in Hiroshima from an apparent heart attack after being being given a back suplex in a tag team title match. Misawa would have turned 47 on June 18th. Misawa, the president of Pro Wrestling NOAH, was teaming with Go Shiozaki in a match challenging Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito for the GHC tag team championship in Hiroshima. Misawa was given the move at about 8:45 p.m. and knocked unconscious. They were about 27 minutes into the match when the referee immediately stopped the match seeing what had happened. According to eye witness reports, Saito gave Misawa a "routine" back suplex that was described as a "7" in danger on a scale of one-to-ten. He did not get up. It was chaos in the ring as they attempted to revive him using CPR and the crowd was hushed for a while, and began a "Misawa" chant. He turned purple in the ring and was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. His heart stopped beating in the ring. The wrestlers were told on the bus that he had passed away. While it is being reported that he passed away at the hospital, he may have actually passed away in the ring. Misawa was the Japanese high school national wrestling champion at 187 pounds in 1980, and was recruited by Giant Baba into All Japan Pro Wrestling. He gained his first taste of stardom in 1984 when he was chosen to be the second Tiger Mask. After unmasking in 1990, he became an even bigger star after a series of singles matches with Jumbo Tsuruta. He was Japan's biggest pro wrestling star of the 90s, and one could make a strong case for him as the top wrestler of the decade. He was the Wrestler of the Year in 1995, 1997 and 1999. After the death of Shohei "Giant" Baba, Misawa wrestled a little over one more year for All Japan Pro Wrestling, while working as company president. After consistently butting heads with owner Motoko Baba, the widow of Shohei Baba, he and 90% of the All Japan roster quit the company to form Pro Wrestling NOAH. The movie "The Wrestler" opened tonight in Japan. Because of the finish of the movie, this has become part of the story in some outlets in Japan. Here's my take on it... I do however think you'll see some questions come up like why was a 47 year old man working a 30 minute match. It stuns me to see it happen because you think these guys are invincible he had gone for basically 25 years without a break. He had quite obviously let himself go on staying in shape and had become overweight, which when you factor in his knees doing a cardio workout was probably a tear jerking thing to even think about. NOAH was having some problems and he took the responsibility for them by stepping up to the main spotlight himself. Carrying the company as it's champ for a year and now as a potential tag champion trying to heighten Go Shiozaki's profile. He was putting alot of pressure on himself and his body to do things it likely couldn't do anymore. The man was obviously a legend but I don't think he still should have been trying to work high profile 30+ minute matches. If he still wanted to work early on the card in 5 or 10 minutes to let the fans see their hero work, that would have been a great role for him. I don't so much think it was the bump he took as it was just a buildup of everything. A man who was nearly 47 years old who had, had a very long and brutal career without any breaks. Now he puts his body which is breaking down in a position where he needs to do things alot of guys in their 20's can't do. The thing that likely did him in, in the end is the same thing everyone loved about him. Even at 47 and breaking down the guy still had the spirit to do it. I'll personally always remember him as the guy who personified the Kings Road style which is probably my favorite style.
Posts: 110,768

06-14-2009, 06:46 AM	#5019
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2667050	I'm sure there are some puro fans that post here but for one's that aren't I'm going to post some accolades and videos to let anyone who wants to take a look see why Misawa was so well thought of by everyone. * Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards o 5 Star Match (1985) vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi on March 9 o 5 Star Match (1990) vs. Jumbo Tsuruta on June 8 o 5 Star Match (1990) with Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue and Masanobu Fuchi on October 19 o 5 Star Match (1991) with Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue and Masanobu Fuchi on April 20 o 5 Star Match (1992) with Kenta Kobashi and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue and Masanobu Fuchi on May 22 o 5 Star Match (1993) with Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue and Yoshinari Ogawa on July 2 o 5 Star Match (1993) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada on December 3 o 5 Star Match (1994) with Kenta Kobashi and Giant Baba vs. Masanobu Fuchi, Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue on February 13 o 5 Star Match (1994) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada on May 21 o 5 Star Match (1994) vs. Toshiaki Kawada on June 3 o 5 Star Match (1995) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada on January 21 o 5 Star Match (1995) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams and Johnny Ace on March 4 o 5 Star Match (1995) vs. Akira Taue on April 15 o 5 Star Match (1995) with Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada on June 9 o 5 Star Match (1995) with Kenta Kobashi and Satoru Asako vs. Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue and Tamon Honda on June 30 o 5 Star Match (1996) with Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue on May 23 o 5 Star Match (1996) with Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams and Johnny Ace on June 7 o 5 Star Match (1996) with Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue on December 6 o 5 Star Match (1997) vs. Toshiaki Kawada on June 6 o 5 Star Match (1997) with Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue on December 5 o 5 Star Match (1998) vs. Kenta Kobashi on October 31 o 5 Star Match (1999) vs. Kenta Kobashi on June 11 o 5 Star Match (1999) with Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama on October 23 o 5 Star Match (2003) vs. Kenta Kobashi on March 1 o Best Flying Wrestler (1985, 1986) o Best Wrestling Maneuver (1985) Topé con Giro o Feud of the Year (1990, 1991) vs. Jumbo Tsuruta o Match of the Year (1985) vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi on June 12, Tokyo, Japan o Match of the Year (1996) with Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams and Johnny Ace on June 7, Tokyo, Japan o Match of the Year (1998) vs. Kenta Kobashi on October 31, Tokyo, Japan o Match of the Year (1999) vs. Kenta Kobashi on June 11, Tokyo, Japan o Match of the Year (2003) vs. Kenta Kobashi on March 1, Tokyo, Japan o Most Outstanding Wrestler (1997, 1999) o Most Underrated Wrestler (1988) o Tag Team of the Year (1995) with Kenta Kobashi o Tag Team of the Year (1996, 1997) with Jun Akiyama o Wrestler of the Year (1995, 1997, 1999) o Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996) If you count up the 5 star matches, there's 24 of them, I don't believe anyone else even comes close to this number.
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06-14-2009, 07:25 AM	#5020
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2667050	I'll start with a tribute video.
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06-14-2009, 07:38 AM	#5021
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2667050	From Jim Ross' blog. Mitsuharu Misawa was never an acquaintance of mine but I felt like I knew him from watching many of his DVD's which were usually with men that I did know. Misawa was arguably the best in ring performer in the world in his prime. First of all, Misawa knew how to wrestle and how to wrestle physically. The fundamentals had been drilled into this legend as a young man who went on to become a Japanese National Amateur Champion. Several things stood out to me about Misawa. In addition to be a physical, fundamentally sound athlete, timing and toughness were two of his greatest attributes. Great timing is a gift that largely can't be taught. It's like ring psychology. Some of it can be taught but mostly it must be a learned trait and some people are in the business for years and never learn great timing or main event level ring psychology. Toughness is another trait that can be nurtured but generally can't be taught. Misawa was naturally tough and it showed. And his fans loved him for it. They also loved his passion and the emotional ride on which he would take them. That's what pro wrestling is, selling emotion. Another significant piece of Japanese, wrestling history died this weekend. Mitsuharu Misawa apparently died in the very spot that he gained his incredible fame and resounding respect from wrestling fans around the Globe....inside a wrestling ring. It's a damn shame that the vast majority of American wrestling fans won't give a second thought about the untimely death of "a Japanese wrestler." I encourage all fans to find DVD's of Misawa and watch him in his prime, in the 90's especially. If one is really serious about about being a highly skilled, pro wrestler, then study the late Mitsuharu Misawa. May he rest in peace.
Posts: 110,768

06-14-2009, 07:44 AM	#5022
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2667050	This is the match that vaults Misawa into being a top star...vs Jumbo Tsuruta, June 8th 1990.
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06-14-2009, 07:47 AM	#5023
Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $2667050	And here is the match that some will still consider the best match all time...Misawa/Kawada 6/3/94, everyone who enjoys wrestling should have to watch this match. I'll post some more later, hopefully everyone will enjoy those matches as much as I did when I first saw them and still do.
Posts: 110,768

06-14-2009, 09:50 PM	#5024
Jerm Mahomes > God Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Clinton, MO Casino cash: $5888996	An absolute legend in every sense of the word....HUGE loss for the business, truly a sad story. RIP.
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