NOAH - Samoa Joe vs Mitsuharu Misawa

[@whiteboy8]

Just for wrestled Kobashi & Misawa makes Joe a living wrestling legend

[@raynwolfsbane2084]

Absolutely. It's a shame we never got to see either Misawa or Kobashi face guys like Sting, Bret Hart, Undertaker or Kane.

[@Pienotto]

Samoa Joe wrestled with both Kenta Kobashi and Misawa, arguably the two greatest of all time. And he's pretty good too, a really serious wrestler and, despite his appearance, a real sportsman.

[@christianpipes2110]

“Pretty good” would be a huge understatement. He’s without question one of the goats, period.

[@randomrollingheightsballa9741]

you could make the argument that joe's build was more of an advantage than a hinderance, cause when you watch samoa joe for the first time, you'd never expect a near 300 pounder to move like a crusierweight

[@Colt2OO2]

Definitely one of Misawa's best matches from the last few years of his life. The one where he won the title from Marufuji and the one where he defended against KENTA in ROH were both also incredible imo

[@PainByFaith]

Joe must've felt good about facing a legend like Misawa

[@harshaljadhav4338]

Ofcourse

[@drianmortiz9375]

I think he really did.

[@paulobarrios3829]

He also faced Kobashi

[@tommyharrison5515]

sorry to be so offtopic but does anybody know a trick to get back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly forgot the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me

[@philiporlando616]

@Tommy Harrison Instablaster =)

[@ww387gr]

so much respect for JOE for taking that brutal elbow to the back of his head

[@gamespy1965]

R.I.P Misawa

[@user-sw6yp3yt6g]

高山さんの解説、改めて最高だな

[@ghsgophwe]

submission spectacle turned​ into vicious elbows, I love it.

[@DOKIN5182]

「スパルタンＸ」と客席からの「ミサワ・コール」で、ゴング前から格の違いがわかる。 しかし、ジョーの「日本のプロレスが好き」な情熱と努力が凄くて、彼が勝ったとしても納得できた。粗削りだけど、将来性がある。 馬場さんは、こういう外国人レスラーを気に入ってたんじゃないかなって思いました。

[@the_quake]

Compared to the work Joe was doing around this time and the few years prior in TNA, you could tell Joe was working a little soft with Misawa. It doesn’t do anything to sour the match, it’s just a bit different from how Joe was kicking the crap out Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles. I do like how Joe let Misawa stiff the hell out of his shots. They made each other look fantastic.

[@wilfred_ho]

It's hard not to draw comparisons to Joe/Kobashi, since Misawa is also one of the pillars of Puro. Sadly, Misawa at this point was carrying a lot on his shoulders when he should have been winding down; he was in no shape to carry NOAH as the GHC champion when he won the title the previous year, let alone administrate and champion the company at the same time. Maybe Marufuji needed more time, maybe it should have been Morishima's time, Shiozaki has always been a good worker; I guess we'll never know. I'm glad we were able to get this match, and I hope it can be viewed in isolation from his past glories.

[@eastxsidexswagg]

This was a decent match, but a prime Misawa vs Joe would be NUTS

[@qdracing7507]

めちゃめちゃ器用で身軽なんだけど、この体格を持ってして体重を活かす技セントーンのみてｗ

[@drianmortiz9375]

If i am not mistaken Mitsuharu Misawa was a former All Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, he won that title when he defeat, the former AJTC champ Stan Hansen. Wow after all this years, i never thought that he was still active in pro wrestling world.

[@Pienotto]

He won it two times from Hensen, two from Kobashi, and the last one from Vader, then he left AJPW.

[@uainjansun]

@@Pienotto and he also won against jumbo tsuruta one time

[@charlotte5419]

? Misawa died in 2009, unless you're talking about Hansen who is retired.

[@Yellowbird-c7j]

三沢引退してても生きていて欲しかった

[@matthewpham528]

Samoa Joe, the only WWE wrestler who can claim to have fought with both Misawa and Kobashi. Yet WWE still pushes Boreman Lames over Joe.

[@glockaveli6211]

What an autistic comment, the fact that you unironically use "Boreman Lames" just shows how much of an aspie you are. Your argument is fucking ignorant as well, facing two people doesn't automatically mean they should be pushed. Erick Rowan faced The Rock at WM, does that mean he should be pushed? Before you press your fat little fingers on your mother's iPad and say "he's better than Boreman Lames xD" you know the answer is he shouldn't.

[@matthewpham528]

The fact that Samoa Joe had highly rated matches with Kobashi and Misawa proves that Joe is one of the elite in ring workers in the world. Joe held his own against Kobashi and Misawa in entertaining matches. You can't compare that Erick Rowan's match with the Rock. Erick Rowan lost to the match against the Rock in a squash match that lasted 6 seconds. Obviously Rowan's match with the Rock wasn't meant to elevate Rowan or push him. In fact, the squash match further proved that WWE sees Rowan as an undercard jobber and harmed the credibility of the Wyatt Family. Rowan's match with the Rock was never meant to be taken seriously, while Samoa Joe's matches with Kobashi/Misawa were main event matches. Don't you have anything better to do than thinking your're a smartass? Why don't you jerk off to pictures of Roman Reigns you miserable faggot

[@Colt2OO2]

Dean Falsetto and yet you say his comment was autistic. like he said, Joe fought two of the greatest, and even thought he lost both, he elevated his status by holding his own and showed that he belongs as a main eventer. but just wondering, why bring up the rowan squash match? it's not like anyone cared about that or wanted to remember it anyway. and about roman, I'm fine with him, but he does need a heel turn. how about you stop complaining about non wwe stuff and maybe watch something else for a change?

[@arthurdsouza10]

if he would had been in wwe he wouldn't get the respect what he got now he with other indie guys fought wars and then came to the WWE which made WWE desperate to sign them and as for Roman he needs more improvement u cant say hes great and u defiantly can't compare Joe's matches With Rowans match with the Rock it was a joke....

[@B4k4_Senpai]

Hideo Itami,Ohno,and Bobby Fish can say that too

[@apocalypticrevelations7099]

Samoa Joe in his prime a few years before TNA buried him under the Hogan-Bishoff regime. Also Misawa pins Joe clean here just 2 years before his in ring death from a belly to back suplex. And Japanese fans are far more respectful than the ignorant North Americans who cheer you one week and turn on you the next for no real reason.

[@JDB02]

Lol

[@RobTheRonin]

Facts

[@pirateradio6429]

Odd. Most of the time I have ever seen fans turn on wrestlers in North America, It usually had a specific reason for it.

[@user-yakusai8931]

日本人選手の技を多用している。ジョーは本当に日本が好きなのかもしれん

[@MonoGrinded]

Such a good match

[@路地裏柴犬]

いやあ良い選手ですね、ジョーは。 素晴らしいの一言。 まさか三沢さんのエメラルド持ってくるとは想像出来なかったし、返した三沢さんもスゴイ！！

[@mindmesh7566]

To think these two met in the ring!! Misawa is and was a legend.🤘🤘✌️✌️✌️🔥🔥🔥😎

[@mksenglish]

Samoa Joe is an absolute legend.

[@wammygames7627]

My first time seeing Joe in Japan

[@damahello1354]

ジョーもTNAで長年に渡り実積重ね､日本式のスタイルを極めて今じゃアッチの裏番格

[@Rorshach1004]

Joe did a great job in carrying a clearly very broken down Misawa here.

[@propstano1]

At the end of that match knowing what we know now... Misawa wasn't selling when he was flat on his back looking hurt after winning 😢

[@SkippyMcdanglenuts]

Joe can say that he has versed Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa. What a flex

[@dan12con]

Versed isn’t a word

[@Juggalo972]

19:30 That Emerald Fusion is one of the many spots that attributed to Misawa's untimely death. You can't teach that kind of toughness in this business. Even some of the close calls I've had after working 10 years don't match up to what Misawa did.

[@Bewdabob]

Juggalo972 it’s emerald flowsion

[@fabiokoni8478]

The Emerald flowsion was one of its many innovations

[@DonnyLocomotives]

I wish NOAH still had the green mat

[@aristideseljarochoabstract8687]

Descanse en paz el Dios Mitsuharo Mizawa.

[@jasonalvis1239]

Good match ! I’m hooked on this channel !

[@jabrondestoroyah]

Really wish Misawa san retired in 2005. I mean this match is great but his body was falling apart and he kept pushing on. I would give anything to see him living today. Him and Vader are my wrestling heroes.

[@theman6705]

Good match but damn Joe literally dominated the entire thing and lost like nothing. Then again, Misawa is old here and a legend but idk much about Japan wrestlers like that. Good match thou!

[@jeffersonaugusto7280]

In late part of Misawa's career, he put a lot of young talents over. Plus NOAH was a very new company and needed him to to this kind of work.

[@curry-and-somen]

小橋戦しか知りませんでしたが、三沢とも戦っていたのですね、サモア•ジョー。 日本のプロレスとそのファンを強く意識したのであろう戦い方が、日本人の1人として見ている目には素敵に、そして嬉しく映ります。

[@iyami3]

私も小橋戦しか知りませんでした。全く同感です👏

[@user-yakusai8931]

しかもこの2日前には三沢本人からピンフォール奪っている

[@ゆうと北川]

​@@user-yakusai8931マジか？😂

[@jonathanhensley6141]

Great match 4 stars. Joe the consummate wrestler vs MM the legend. Missawa was near the end if his prime and should have retired and become head trainer of Noah. Great match

[@Pienotto]

He wanted to retire, but he couldn't because Noah was starting to have serious economical problems, and his presence in the ring attracted lot of people.

[@jonathanhensley6141]

It's sad he died way to early and wonder how Noah would be if he had lived. I am glad it didn't go under.

[@shinobi5987]

エメラルドの後に、同田貫打ち込む三沢のエグさよ。 本当に強かった。

[@Senior215]

Pretty sure Joe has admitted in an interview that the last elbow to the back of his head knocked him out cold for a shoot.

[@patale1640]

I’m surprised there aren’t many more Samoa Joe matches for Japanese promotions.

[@PranayPokhriyal567]

watch zero 1 wrestling samoa joe vs masato tanak . he was nwa intercontinental tag team champion and ghc tag team champion.

[@jcman-lp6lg]

such a shame that someone as talented and experienced as Joe was put into a developmental roster before he was put into the wwe main roster

[@dcoker9738]

j.c man he had to learn the wwe-style so I can see why also Joe wanted to go to NXT it was his choice

[@shadowfragment]

+dewitt anderson It doesn't take that long to learn the style. He was also there to help train people and grow the brand. Heels especially work well as trainers, because a heel controls the match.

[@therealfrisco3859]

He wasn't there long tho.

[@SuperFriday]

A lot of wrestlers prefer NXT over the main roster.

[@LibertarianGamer-ff5tg]

NXT needs star power that why he was sent. He was there just to help build the brand and HHH knew how to work NXT despite its developmental its almost like a third brand.

[@mjhg-c6h]

サモア・ジョーはミーハーなのか？時代を彩った様々なレスラーへのオマージュは、往時を知る古いファンとしてもありがたい。願わくば三沢さんが若くて万全な状態の時に戦ってほしかった気もするが、ジョー自身もそう思ってるかもね。 自由奔放な高山さんの解説と平川アナの堅実な実況も聞いていて安心感がある。

[@猫稲荷]

ホントにえげつないフィニッシュ。コレを三沢さんに出させたジョーもすごい

[@ryoryo9152]

サモアジョーって選手は今まで注目したことはなかったけど、あらためて見るといい選手です。

[@oyunevim020]

pro wrestling is real

[@hogan4670]

Real and scripted.

[@kanisabure]

サモア・ジョーは、強い技を詰め込んだエディットレスラーなんだよなぁｗ

[@forumcelebritypodcast]

Misawa wrestled way too long; he was a shell of his former self and its a little sad to watch this. Joe did what he does; one of the best physical workers in the business for a very long time

[@michaelcarrig627]

Jim Jax Media Misawa became a brawler, but time did not take away his pace, selling and mind. This is a great match, he knows his limits and puts joe over even in a win.

[@anonvegeta]

Jim Jax Media just thinking that. He wasn’t in the best of health at this point

[@CCSI322]

Still better than 9/10 past prime guys tho. Nothin sad about this match

[@callingdrhyde]

And then we had Undertaker vs Golberg in Saudi Arabia who brought "wrestled way too long" to the whole new level.

[@Lunacyk]

I wish Misawa kept himself up versus chainsmoking. It didn't do anything but help destroy him!

[@OBH2011]

That was a great match

[@antoninocagliostro6950]

Awesome.

[@shintayuasa6673]

数あるスープレックス技がある中でやはり三沢と言えばエルボーだが、ここではその中でもかなり私も個人的に大好きな背後からのエルボーが見られる。 スープレックスから見ると地味かもしれないが、重みと衝撃が今も脳裏に焼き付いている。 ものすごい。。。

[@FamilyChannelToSome]

Great match. Kinda funny that they have the same haircut

[@elvinoctavian9744]

This is the first time I saw Samoa Joe run out of steam.

[@CH-lg5hs]

Samoa joe vs king of elbow and king of chop

[@NecroNehru]

Watching misawa take a musle buster was hard

[@brucewhite360]

That final elbow was fucking brutal!

[@liquemascis]

I was just watching the US DVD of this show that this match couldn't be shown on due to rights. They showed photos on the DVD.

[@uainjansun]

This happened on my second birthday

[@モンキーDガープ-g9u]

本当に良い選手、サモア・ジョー。活かしきれなかったWWEは本当にクソだよなw

[@ababcaa]

三澤 出場音樂 超好聽 很有氣勢

[@champnika2711]

its a weird feeling cuase u love to see joe vs misawa and it was awsome but its sad cuz u see misawa was not in the best shape compare to other show but the man is a fkg machine so rip the greatest nest to kobashi

[@psykonauttija2012]

Magnificent match.

[@万太郎くん]

サモアジョーがず～っとNOAHに参戦していたらハンセン、ブロディ、ゴディ、ウイリアムス、ベイダー、クラスにになれた

[@との-j9z]

三沢さん体調悪そう。責任感でここまでやるのはすごい！

[@michaelcarrig627]

Joe at his peak!

[@loonlun828]

sameo joe 很幸运竟然有机会和小桥健太和misawa对战过。

[@kiki-ex6fg]

他如果可以像他們一樣耐打應該可以算1號人物～雖然招式都是學別人但學得都還蠻到位的!

[@平和台の半額王子]

この時行ったけど、けっこうがらがらで衝撃だったよ。完全に丸藤エース体制にしてもよかったな。ってすべてが起こったあとたから言える言葉だけど。そうなってれば、あんなことにもなってなかったのかな。

[@thatdude-xj4qe]

Joe would have been an awesome offensive lineman

[@djcactus]

That FUCKING tshirt takayama has on is deadly

[@ZakeriasRowlandJones]

Sadly Misawa was well past his prime

[@KornmanUNstoppable]

past his prime but still stiff as fuck

[@dmakoto6173]

高山は解説が上手い🎵

[@shuichika1068]

三沢は技が豊富。ジョーは決め技返されて途方に暮れてる感じ。

[@ゆうと北川]

どこが😂後頭部へのエルボーだぞ晩年だけど

[@yurhomi4478]

It’s funny how (seemingly) surprised they were how nimble Samoa Joe was in relation to his frame.

[@A名古屋の大魔神]

もう本調子じゃ無いのかな、この時

[@Evenni_]

三澤入場音樂真夠霸氣

[@msoi215]

#RIPMitsuharuMisawa 🇯🇵

[@bakaofthedead]

器用な良い選手だな

[@taka23takafumi32]

21:15 エグすぎるエルボー！(゜ロ゜)

[@Life-yell-c4v]

高山が解説で絶賛しとる

[@MrSakumasan]

サモアって、凄い選手ですね。 三沢さんは、この辺で負けて、後進に譲ってよかった気がする。後から思えばだけれど

[@マイキー-0314]

この頃の外国人レスラーだと全日時代ハンセン、ベイダー、エースなみの勢いがあったレスラーだったんじゃないかな。 これ当時見たけどもしかしてベルト移動か？って思ったもん。

[@user-yakusai8931]

あのまま、日本に居続ければハンセンやウィリアムス、ベイダーに続き外国人エースになってたかもしれない

[@akibhazari553]

Guys if u don’t k, this is real wrestling

[@モリオン-g1z]

解説が面白すぎる(*´艸`)

[@sehzadmemon7505]

What's year this match ????

[@KingsAARK]

I put the date of the matches on my channel in the description, this took place in 2007.

[@DonnyLocomotives]

I always wonder how they call the match when there is a language barrier, it is always very impressive

[@TanookiMan13135]

Japanese wrestlers are taught to call.matches in English.

[@DonnyLocomotives]

@@TanookiMan13135 this makes it all the more impressive!

[@LaPlaga88]

I remember this match getting a lot of hate when it happened. It's an ok match.

[@michaelwill5972]

Why did it get hate

[@黃岳斌-f3w]

川田的徒弟嗎

[@tedsteen1131]

That match was dope as fuck

[@dbsommers1]

Nice match

[@Bancho_nacho1111]

sick

[@davidepannone6021]

Joe used to be so agile. It's a shame injuries really slowed him down in recent years.

[@alfie5392]

for some reason its weird seeing this

[@myflymkultra268]

exactly. never knew joe had this honor.

[@赤マル-y9w]

晩年のブヨブヨ三沢さん… トレーニングもちゃんと出来なかったんだろな。。

[@Chizuo_matsumoto]

全日時代に無理をしすぎたのと社長業もやってましたからね…

[@verszzi]

Omg lol I love this referee 😂😂 Also amazing match

[@Peterlogan75]

Sorry folks, Misawa had lost a step or two by 2007. Really slow moving against Joe too.

[@Peterlogan75]

@mike_mcgb I agree, the Japanese are always super kayfabey even amongst the other workers. Perhaps his injuries were already life threatening at this point?

[@simplymusicNYC]

15:12 往年のジョー樋口ムーブ❣️

[@kurimu1275]

WWE解雇されたことを聞き来ました！新日に来てオスプレイとやったら面白そう

[@conchitatoxic6691]

古巣のインパクトに行くのがほぼほぼ確定してるみたいですがインパクトと新日は今提携結んでるので近い将来絡んで来るかもしれませんね

[@Kane18395]

Samoa技巧型的靈活的

[@wesdryden2086]

I love misawa and I understand your supposed to escape but does he not know how to sell a cross face

[@MonoGrinded]

Misawa was in a lot of legitimate pain at this point some parts of his game were definitely hindered

[@wammygames7627]

14:44 botch

[@Neithan02]

Always these impolite commentators interrupting the presentation...

[@raynwolfsbane2084]

I bet he wore the orange trunks to pay homage to Kobashi

[@Longlostpuss]

The leg slap in the corner at 8:45 with the running knee literally took you out of the whole experience. If you're going to leg slap, at least do it with the other leg nobody is looking at, he could have disguised is just before grabbiing the rope. Shawn Michaels was great at utilising leg slap with Sweet Chin, you really had to be looking for it to notice. Samoa Joe is great to watch, but he spoilt all his work here for me just by doing that one thing.

[@matthewlumibao7057]

if you're so worked up about a thigh slap, i don't think wrestling is for you

[@Longlostpuss]

@@matthewlumibao7057 It is for me and you don't get to tell me what is and what isn't. I'm not the only one who isn't a fan of undisguised leg slaps in wrestling and certainly won't be the last.