John Pollock and Wai Ting review Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Departure 2004 from the Tokyo Dome headlined by Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama for the GHC Championship.
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They discuss the context of NOAH’s dominance of the Japanese wrestling scene in 2004 and Kobashi’s era-defining title reign, Wai’s personal experience working on English translations of the event for Fight Network, the significance of Keiji Muto and Mitsuharu Misawa’s first in-ring meeting, and how the classic 5-star bout between Kobashi and Akiyama holds up 20 years later.
This subject was chosen by Espresso Executive Producer, Jack Stephens.
- Watch this event: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh-thvHpd0tWmy5p2NqKENbYNwD6i5kYj&feature=shared
- Extra Match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cAasRoHCUY
- Kobashi vs. Akiyama (English commentary with Mauro Ranallo & Dan “The Mouth” Loranski): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzOXMjmq-68
NOAH Departure 2004
July 10, 2004
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo, Japan
(We’ll be discussing the 5 title matches on this show)
- GHC Heavyweight Title: Kenta Kobashi (c) vs. Jun Akiyama
- GHC Tag Team Titles: Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs. Keiji Muto & Taiyo Kea
- IWGP Tag Team Titles: Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama (c) vs. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio
- GHC Junior Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (c) vs. Kendo Kashin & Takashi Sugiura
- Daisuke Ikeda & Mohammed Yone vs. Akira Taue & Takuma Sano
- Akitoshi Saito & Makoto Hashi vs. KAOS (Richard Slinger & Scorpio)
- Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin vs. Team KAOS (Donovan Morgan & Michael Modest)
- Jun Izumida, Tamon Honda & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Kishin Kawabata, Masao Inoue & Masashi Aoyagi
- Haruka Eigen vs. Mitsuo Momota
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