Destiny (2005)

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Destiny
Pro Wrestling NOAH
DateJuly 18, 2005
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueTokyo Dome
Attendance62,000
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Destiny was the first Destiny professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on July 18, 2005 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and marked Noah's second event to take place in the arena, after 2004's Departure.

The main event was marketed as the last match between longtime rivals Toshiaki Kawada and Mitsuharu Misawa, who, once both signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), had since gone separate ways, with Kawada remaining in All Japan and Misawa leaving to form Noah.

In other major matches on the event,

Kenta. The show featured participation from other promotions, including New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), with Hiroshi Tanahashi representing the promotion to challenge Takeshi Rikio for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
.

Background

Storylines

Destiny marked the first ever appearance of Toshiaki Kawada (left) in Pro Wrestling Noah.

Throughout the 1990s

PRIDE Fighting Championships, which allowed Kawada to work for any promotion he chose to, and opened the door for an appearance in Noah. For the first time ever, Kawada appeared in Noah on April 24, 2005 and called out Misawa for their first public meeting in over five years. Kawada challenged Misawa to "one more match" in the Tokyo Dome, which Misawa accepted, and the match was set for July 18 at Destiny, Noah's biggest event to date.[1][2][3]

After ending Kenta Kobashi's 735 day-long GHC Heavyweight Championship reign on March 5, 2005, Takeshi Rikio successfully defended the title against Akitoshi Saito before New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)'s then-current IWGP U-30 Openweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi was named as his next challenger.[4][5]

Having recently left NJPW for the second time in his career, Kensuke Sasaki was once again a freelancer primarily competing in AJPW and announced his intention to compete in Noah in mid-2005. He was soon confirmed to be facing Kenta Kobashi, in what was promoted as a "dream match". It marked Sasaki's first ever appearance in the promotion.

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Masashi Aoyagi,
Kenta defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c)
Singles match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship20:31
6Minoru Suzuki and Naomichi Marufuji (c) defeated Jun Akiyama and Makoto HashiTag team match for the GHC Tag Team Championship24:55
7Takeshi Rikio (c) defeated Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the GHC Heavyweight Championship17:11
8Genichiro Tenryu defeated Yoshinari OgawaSingles match10:27
9Kenta Kobashi defeated Kensuke SasakiSingles match23:38
10Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Toshiaki KawadaSingles match27:04
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Aftermath

Destiny would be the last time Kawada and Misawa shared a ring with each other, and the last time Kawada would appear in Noah until October 2009. Misawa died after an in-ring accident in June 2009, and Kawada would return for the Misawa memorial show.[7]

3 years after his first appearance in Noah, Kensuke Sasaki announced his intentions to make it his own promotion, and began competing in both Noah and his own promotion

Kensuke Office
exclusively from 2008 onwards.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 1-59670-159-5
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  2. ISBN 1-55022-741-6
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  3. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
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  4. ^ "NOAH Navigation For Evolution 2005 - Tag 10 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. ^ "NOAH Encountering Navigation 2005 - Tag 15 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  6. ^ "NOAH Destiny 2005 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  7. ^ "NOAH Great Voyage 2009 In Osaka ~ Mitsuharu Misawa, Always In Our Hearts « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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