Takeshi Morishima was born on October 15,1978 and is a Japanese former professional wrestler.
23 Facts About Takeshi Morishima
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Takeshi Morishima has performed for Ring of Honor in the United States in the past where he was a one-time ROH World Champion.
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Takeshi Morishima attended Urayasu High School where he took part in judo.
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Takeshi Morishima debuted for All Japan in 1998, but left in 2000 to join the newly formed Pro Wrestling Noah, where he became a mainstay.
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On March 2,2008, Takeshi Morishima defeated Mitsuharu Misawa at the Budokan Hall Event of Pro Wrestling Noah's Second Navigation Tour to become the 12th GHC Heavyweight Champion.
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On June 14,2008, Takeshi Morishima made his very first defense of the GHC Heavyweight Title against Takashi Sugiura.
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On September 6,2008 at the Tokyo Nippon Budokan, Takeshi Morishima lost to Kensuke Sasaki, who gained a pin at the 22-minute mark with the Northern Lights Bomb.
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On December 7,2008, Takeshi Morishima faced Jun Akiyama for the number one contender's spot for the GHC Heavyweight Championship; which he lost to Akiyama.
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Takeshi Morishima appeared on the TV Drama in Japan, "Hesitation I Come" during his time off due to a foot injury.
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On January 22,2012, Takeshi Morishima defeated Go Shiozaki to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the second time.
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On January 5,2014, Takeshi Morishima defeated Kenta to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the third time.
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Takeshi Morishima 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.
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Takeshi Morishima returned to the United States in February 2007, wrestling four matches with Ring of Honor.
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Takeshi Morishima lost to Samoa Joe on February 16,2007 before defeating Homicide in a match for the ROH World Championship on the subsequent evening, thus becoming the first non-American to hold the title.
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Back in ROH, Takeshi Morishima went on a string of successful title defenses, defeating the likes of Austin Aries, Shingo, Jay Briscoe, and Roderick Strong.
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At the second pay-per-view, Driven, Takeshi Morishima again competed twice, retaining the title against Jimmy Rave and later Adam Pearce.
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On July 16,2007, Takeshi Morishima wrestled in the main event of Ring of Honor's debut show in Japan and defeated Nigel McGuinness to retain the ROH Championship.
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Takeshi Morishima then beat Jamie Noble the following night in another dark match, this time for SmackDown.
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Later, Takeshi Morishima recognized the diabetes wasn't the reason of his retirement, but a bad physical and mental state.
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On July 10,2018, it was announced that Takeshi Morishima was set to make his in-ring return in late 2018 at a show produced by Riki Choshu.
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On November 4,2018, Takeshi Morishima was arrested at 11:30pm local time in Kabukicho, Tokyo after assaulting a taxi driver.
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Takeshi Morishima allegedly refused to pay the 18,000 Yen the driver asked for and then punched him in the face, breaking both of his cheekbones.
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Takeshi Morishima accepted the charges, saying "there is no doubt there was an argument".