Misawa in USA?

[kkeller]

Is it true that Misawa and Ogawa were the "mystery men" at Pro Wrestling Iron last night?

[Luds]

Yep, Misawa Omori, Ogawa, Modest, Morgan were all there.

[OldSchoolFan]

I should hope modest and morgan where there, the do run that promotion :P

[kkeller]

That's the first time in years that the "mystery man" actually turned out to be a pleasant surprise. I hope it's a beginning of a new trend in wrestling.

[Mutoh-Mania]

Originally posted by Luds
Yep, Misawa Omori, Ogawa, Modest, Morgan were all there.

Maybe Misawa saw your posts and was thinking of paying you a visit...

[Hijo de Carlos]

If he was aiming for Quebec, I think he missed....

Was this Misawa's US debut?

[Mutoh-Mania]

he took that wrong turn at Albuquerque...

[Ganso]

No, Misawa wrestled as Tiger Mask in one of the Crockett Tag Team tournaments with Giant Baba.

[kkeller]

There is an eyewitness report of this show posted at www.puroresupower.com/ if you care to read it. He says Nippon-tv and Samurai-tv had crews at the show. I hope it makes it to the air I'd like to see it.

[JustS2pendous]

Hmmm, with Omori showing up on NWA:TNA the other week and Misawa in the States, could he be trying to link up with NWA?

[BurningHammer]

From what I understand, Misawa has always been against branching out into the US... but that's just hearsay. I read the puroresupower report on the PWI show, and, according to Arnold, Misawa was so genuinely touched by the reaction to his appearance that he hopes to do more business in the States in the future.

As for TNA, who knows? I just saw the Omori/Shamrock match on tape, and was primarily surprised by the way it was given practically no push at all. If it's true that NOAH didn't want Omori jobbed out, then the near-complete lack of promotion is probably an indicator that TNA just wanted to cut their losses and get it over with. (In fact, I don't think Omori's home promotion was mentioned once... Tenay's comments had that old-school ring to them: "from the Orient" and such.)

IMHO, Misawa and PWI will be doing much more cross-promotional work. Misawa already has a relationship with Modest and Morgan, which is a plus, as is PWI's location in California. (Slightly easier on the travel costs than Tennessee.)

[JustS2pendous]

If Misawa is genuine in his interest to "ameicanise" NOAH, then appearing on such cards will certainly help. I think as well, the lack of new japanese main eventers of recent years could be partly attributed to the discontinuation of sending the youngsters off for seaoning. The lies of Muto, Chono and Sasaki to Kojima, Ka Shin and Tenzan have all had seaoning in the U.S, Canada or Europe, this doesn't seem to happen as much now

[BurningHammer]

Well, this is just me talking here, but I think the idea is to NOAH-ize America, not the other way around.

If Misawa has even the slightest bit of brain (and, unfortunately, we have little reason to think he does), he'll understand that Mutoh's All Japan is already in the process of destroying itself through Americanization. With Inoki apparently doing everything in his power to slaughter his own company, Misawa should be even more vigilant to maintain an old-school puroresu feel. After Mutoh and Inoki have destroyed the last vestiges of the puroresu style, Misawa may be the last man standing.

By working in the States, Misawa can prepare young and promising stars in the best of both worlds. Hell, I live in Florida, and it would **** near be worth it if i had to drive 3,000 miles to California to catch Yoshinobu Kanemaru work a show! Or Omori! Or Ikeda, or Suguira, or Marifuji!

[RoadWarrior Yajuta]

Misawa also wrestled at Wrestlerock defeating Rock and Roll Buck Zumhofe. He teamed with Baba at the first Crocett Cup where they lost to Ronnie Garvin and Magnum TA in the semi finals. He also appeared at the International Bash card beating Tommy Sharpe. All appearnces were him as Tigermask.

[Infinit]

I remember watching a tape of Wrestlerock back in the day....and I'm all for Misawa sending young talent over...guys like Suguira, KENTA, Kanemaru, etc. At the same time, an overall "Americanization" of the product would be a wrong move.

Infinit