Takeshi Morishima
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| Ring name(s) | Takeshi Morishima |
| Billed height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Billed weight | 140 kg (308 lb) |
| Born | October 15, 1978 (age 28) Edogawa, Tokyo |
| Trained by | AJPW dojo |
| Debut | March 22, 1998 against Kentaro Shiga |
Takeshi Morishima (森嶋 猛 Morishima Takeshi?) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently performing for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan and for Ring of Honor in the United States, and is the current ROH World Champion.
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Professional wrestling career
Morishima regularly performs for Pro Wrestling NOAH. He frequently teams with Takeshi Rikio as Wild II[1], and the duo have previously held the GHC Tag Team Championship [2].
Morshima has also wrestled in the United States and United Kingdom. He competed in Harley Race's World League Wrestling promotion in 2003, defending the WLW Heavyweight Championship, which he had won from Ron Harris while Harris toured Japan. [3]
Morishima returned to the United States in February 2007, wrestling four matches with Ring of Honor. He lost to Samoa Joe on February 16, 2007 before defeating Homicide for the ROH World Championship on the subsequent evening, thus becoming the first non-American to hold the title [4]. On February 23, 2007, Morishima defeated B.J. Whitmer in his first title defense. On March 4, 2007, he successfully defended the ROH World Championship in Japan, defeating KENTA in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. [5]
Finishing and signature moves
- Was his finishing move before switching to the Saito suplex. After that a signature move.
- Scrap Buster (Spinning side slam)
- Cartwheel into a stinger splash or a hip attack to an opponent in the ring corner
- Electric chair facebuster
- Forearm club
- Front missile dropkick
- German suplex
- Lariat
- Lou Thesz press
- Running hip attack
- Ura-nage
- Since mid-2005.
Championships and accomplishments
- 3 Count Wrestling
- 3CW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling NOAH
- GHC Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Takeshi Rikio (1) & Mohammed Yone (2)
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Championship (1 time, current)
- World League Wrestling
- WLW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
References
- ^ NOAH roster.
- ^ NOAH official website title lineages.
- ^ Takeshi Morishima - New WLW World Champion. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
- ^ RoH official website title lineage.
- ^ Farrell, E. (February 18, 2007). Takeshi Morishima Captures The Ring of Honor Championship. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
