Post by spawnsyxx9 on Aug 18, 2008 23:48:37 GMT -5
- Pro Wrestling NOAH Global Honored Crown champ (and former ROH champ) Takeshi Morishima defeated Charlie Haas in a dark match priot to RAW. Morishima was accompanied to ringside by a Pro Wrestling NOAH representative as well as Harley Race.
- William Regal defeated local wrestler Jake Hager
reported by LOP
Um.. wow I knew Morishima was going to be at a WLW gig.. but wow.. a dark match. Nice.
[glow=red,2,300]UPDATE[/glow]
WWE is in talks with Pro Wrestling NOAH so that the company can sign former ROH Champion Takeshi Morishima. The latest details from discussions are that WWE is getting cold feet.
Morishima faced and won his matches against Charlie Hass in a RAW dark match and Jamie Noble in an ECW dark match this week. During the Smackdown tapings, ECW's Tony Atlas was with Morishima at ringside. WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race accompanied Morishima and represented him.
NOAH allowed Morishima to work with WWE as long as he does not appear on TV and could not do a job. If he signs with WWE, he will have to drop the Global Honored Crown Heavyweight Championship and it's believed that NOAH will receive a payment from WWE.
Credit: Wrestling Observer Radio
[glow=red,2,300]JR had this to say[/glow]
On Takeshi Morishima: Takeshi Morishima had a non televised match that I witnessed on Tuesday night before we taped Friday Night Smackdown. Morishima wrestles for the Ring of Honor organization which does a really nice job with their promotion for the record. When I saw Morishima in his wrestling attire I thought that the late Terry Gordy, who toured Japan many, many times back in the day, had fathered a "love child". Morishima's physique reminded me of the late Freebird in an crazy sort of way. If the young Japanese athlete can get to Gordy's level in the ring then Takeshi will have done something special because Gordy was extraordinarly special. I hope that WWE 24/7 highlights the tag team bouts that Gordy and Dr. Death had with the Steiner Brothers many years ago in WCW. These four gave the term Slobber-Knocker new meaning.
- William Regal defeated local wrestler Jake Hager
reported by LOP
Um.. wow I knew Morishima was going to be at a WLW gig.. but wow.. a dark match. Nice.
[glow=red,2,300]UPDATE[/glow]
WWE is in talks with Pro Wrestling NOAH so that the company can sign former ROH Champion Takeshi Morishima. The latest details from discussions are that WWE is getting cold feet.
Morishima faced and won his matches against Charlie Hass in a RAW dark match and Jamie Noble in an ECW dark match this week. During the Smackdown tapings, ECW's Tony Atlas was with Morishima at ringside. WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race accompanied Morishima and represented him.
NOAH allowed Morishima to work with WWE as long as he does not appear on TV and could not do a job. If he signs with WWE, he will have to drop the Global Honored Crown Heavyweight Championship and it's believed that NOAH will receive a payment from WWE.
Credit: Wrestling Observer Radio
[glow=red,2,300]JR had this to say[/glow]
On Takeshi Morishima: Takeshi Morishima had a non televised match that I witnessed on Tuesday night before we taped Friday Night Smackdown. Morishima wrestles for the Ring of Honor organization which does a really nice job with their promotion for the record. When I saw Morishima in his wrestling attire I thought that the late Terry Gordy, who toured Japan many, many times back in the day, had fathered a "love child". Morishima's physique reminded me of the late Freebird in an crazy sort of way. If the young Japanese athlete can get to Gordy's level in the ring then Takeshi will have done something special because Gordy was extraordinarly special. I hope that WWE 24/7 highlights the tag team bouts that Gordy and Dr. Death had with the Steiner Brothers many years ago in WCW. These four gave the term Slobber-Knocker new meaning.