What else can be said about the historic feud between these two? A historic rivalry with even more amazing high quality performances that spanned well over a decade of rematches. Widely considered possibly two of the best puroresu fighters to ever grace the sport, this particular showdown in October 31st of 1998, Halloween, holds special meaning.
Before this point, Misawa and Kenta had locked up for a total of 10 times on tape, and 1 time in the untaped Carnival of Champions. For their first 7 fights, Misawa was always able to come out on top, and had even beaten Kenta for the Triple Crown already once before. However, Kenta was able to rebound with some improvements, defeating Misawa in the Carnival of Champions, and then went to a 30 minute draw with Misawa in their next bout. Misawa caught him with another victory, but Kenta had unleashed a new surprise for Misawa in a tag team contest, where he debuted the Burning Hammer and had finally pinned Misawa clean!
Also I Should Note: This was spanned over several YEARS. They first started fighting in 1991, and fought only once or twice per year, hence why everytime they met they still had that big match atmosphere. Unlike in WWE where if someone like Dolph Ziggler were to lose to John Morrison 7 times in a row you'd just give up on him. These guys were better than that, and that's what makes bout #12 special. And P.S. these guys had the coolest entrance themes ever.
And so that brings us to this match. They would lock up for the 12th time, this time again for the title. Although Misawa knew Kenta inside and out and had far more victories than his rival, Kenta had the ace up his sleeve. He had the most devastating finisher ever invented, the Burning Hammer. He beat him in the Carnival of Champions, wrestled him to a 30 minute draw and only suffered one loss since this trend began.
Kenta is the reigning champion, Misawa is the veteran challenger. Does Kenta Kobashi still have Mitsuharu Misawas number? Or will the former Tiger Mask II somehow be able to pull out all the stops, avoid the Burning Hammer, and reclaim the Triple Crown of Japan!!!!
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Before this point, Misawa and Kenta had locked up for a total of 10 times on tape, and 1 time in the untaped Carnival of Champions. For their first 7 fights, Misawa was always able to come out on top, and had even beaten Kenta for the Triple Crown already once before. However, Kenta was able to rebound with some improvements, defeating Misawa in the Carnival of Champions, and then went to a 30 minute draw with Misawa in their next bout. Misawa caught him with another victory, but Kenta had unleashed a new surprise for Misawa in a tag team contest, where he debuted the Burning Hammer and had finally pinned Misawa clean!
Also I Should Note: This was spanned over several YEARS. They first started fighting in 1991, and fought only once or twice per year, hence why everytime they met they still had that big match atmosphere. Unlike in WWE where if someone like Dolph Ziggler were to lose to John Morrison 7 times in a row you'd just give up on him. These guys were better than that, and that's what makes bout #12 special. And P.S. these guys had the coolest entrance themes ever.
And so that brings us to this match. They would lock up for the 12th time, this time again for the title. Although Misawa knew Kenta inside and out and had far more victories than his rival, Kenta had the ace up his sleeve. He had the most devastating finisher ever invented, the Burning Hammer. He beat him in the Carnival of Champions, wrestled him to a 30 minute draw and only suffered one loss since this trend began.
Kenta is the reigning champion, Misawa is the veteran challenger. Does Kenta Kobashi still have Mitsuharu Misawas number? Or will the former Tiger Mask II somehow be able to pull out all the stops, avoid the Burning Hammer, and reclaim the Triple Crown of Japan!!!!
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