Kobashi vs. Akiyama: NOAH Departure 2004 | REWIND-A-WAI #172

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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.

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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