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Pro Wrestling Noah
Japanese professional wrestling promotion / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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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) |
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]