The History of Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
(1 tapes - 8h)
From their first Triple Crown match in 1992 to their final match in 2000 before the NOAH split!
The History of Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
(1 tapes - 8h)
From their first Triple Crown match in 1992 to their final match in 2000 before the NOAH split!
| Index | Date | Championship | Reign / Title | Match Description | Length | Event | Notes |
| 1 | 10/21/92 | Triple Crown | 1 / 1 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 29:52 | ? | Misawa & Kawada were 1 time Tag champs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue were champs at the time of the match and Misawa & Kawada would defeat them on 12/04/92 for their 2nd reign |
| 2 | 07/29/93 | Triple Crown | 1 / 4 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 25:53 | ? | After losing the Tag titles for the 2nd time (both to Steve Williams & Terry Gordy) Misawa & Kawada split. Kawada won the Tag titles with Akira Taue on 05/20/93 forming a fantastic team! As for Misawa, he had defended his TC against Taue and Stan Hansen |
| 3 | 12/03/93 | AJPW United Tag Team | Vacant | Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue | ? | 1993 Real World Tag League | Since the last match, Misawa had defended his TC against Steve Williams and Hansen again for a total of 6 defenses. Kawada & Taue had lost the Tag Titles to Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase. They vavated the titles to enter the 1993 RWTL. This match was the Final. Both Misawa & Kobashi and Kawada & Taue had 10pts, and Hansen & Giant Baba had 11pts. The winner of the match would get 2 for a total of 12 and the Tag Titles |
| 4 | 05/21/94 | AJPW United Tag Team | 1 / 1 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue | 40:25 | ? | First title defense for Misawa & Kobashi. Note that Kawada had won the 1994 Championship Carnival over Steve Williams for a shot at Misawa's TC which he haden't defended since 10/23/93 (against Hansen) |
| 5 | 06/03/94 | Triple Crown | 1 / 7 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 35:50 | ? | First Triple Crown defense for Misawa in 8 months, the fans were on fire! No tag defenses either since the previous match |
| 6 | 06/09/95 | AJPW United Tag Team | 2 / 3 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue | 42:37 | ? | Misawa & Kobashi defeated Williams & Johnny Ace to keep the Tag titles (their 2nd defense) on 07/22/94. However, Misawa lost the TC to Williams on 7/28/94. Williams defeated Kobashi on 09/03/94 but lost to Kawada on 10/22/94. In December, Misawa & Kobashi vacated & won the Tag titles in the 1994 RWTL and defended against Kawada & Taue in a 60 min draw in January. Kawada had his revenge when defending the TC against Kobashi on 01/19/95 but lost it to Hansen on 03/04/95 who dropped it back to Misawa on 05/26/95. Like nothing ever happened, Misawa TC champ & Tag champ with Kobashi!!! |
| 7 | 07/25/95 | Triple Crown | 2 / 1 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 24:16 | ? | Kawada had his first ever pinfall win over Misawa in the previous match making him fan favourite in this contest! |
| 8 | 12/06/96 | n/a | n/a | Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue | ? | 1996 Real World Tag League | Many Tag changes since the last match (Kawada & Taue > to Hansen & Gary Albright > Kawada & Taue > Misawa & Akiyama > Williams & Ace) Also, after defending his TC over Taue, Kobashi & Albright, Misawa lost to Taue! Taue beat his friend Kawada but lost the TC to Kobashi on 07/24/96 who was no longer teaming up with Misawa. This was the 1996 RWTL Final to determine William & Ace's next challengers |
| 9 | 06/06/97 | Triple Crown | 3 / 2 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 31:22 | ? | After defending against Hansen & Kawada, Kobashi lost the TC to his former partner Misawa on 01/20/97. Misawa defeated Williams and was set for his 5th challenge from Kawada for the TC |
| 10 | 05/01/98 | Triple Crown | 3 / 9 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 28:05 | ? | After 8 defenses of the TC (since his win over Kawada: Taue, Akiyama, Williams, Kobashi, Akiyama, Ace) Misawa meets Kawada in a sold out Tokyo Dome (6th defense against Kawada. Misawa was 5 - 0) |
| 11 | 01/22/99 | Triple Crown | 4 / 1 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 24:15 | ? | Kawada didn't defend once, he lost the TC to Kobashi on 06/12/98. Kobashi defended over Taue & Akiyama but lost to Misawa on 10/31/98. This of course sets up Misawa vs. Kawada for the TC (#7! Also in a sold out Tokyo Dome) |
| 12 | 07/23/99 | Triple Crown | 5 / 2 | (C) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 21:58 | ? | Kawada breaking his arm in the last match on 01/22/99, he vacated the title right after the match. Vader defeated Akira Taue for the title on 03/06/99 and dropped it to Misawa on 05/02/99. Misawa defended against Kobashi and had to defend against Kawada again. Could Kawada make it 3 in a row against the man who defeated him 5 strait for the TC? |
| 13 | 03/31/00 | n/a | n/a | Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada | 15:35 | 2000 Championship Carnival | Their very final match against each other. This match was in the 1st round of the 2000 Championship Carnival (dumb booking!) Misawa had dropped the TC to Vader on 10/30/99 who beat Akiyama, but lost it to Kobashi on 02/27/00. In 06/00, Every single Japanese wrestler (except for Kawada and Masanobu Fuchi) and foreigners such as Vader & Scorpio left All Japan and formed Pro Wrestling NOAH. Other foreigners such as Steve Williams stay with All Japan |