Takeshi Morishima
| Takeshi Morishima | |
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| Born |
October 15, 1978 Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Takeshi Morishima |
| Billed height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Billed weight | 130 kg (290 lb) |
| Trained by |
Akira Taue All Japan Pro Wrestling Mitsuharu Misawa |
| Debut | March 22, 1998 |
| Retired | April 21, 2015 |
Takeshi Morishima (森嶋 猛 Morishima Takeshi?) (October 15, 1978) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler.
Morishima is best known for his work with Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) in Japan and has also performed for Ring of Honor (ROH) in the United States in the past. He is a former three-time GHC Heavyweight Champion and one-time ROH World Champion. Morishima currently holds a position on Noah's board of directors.
Morishima debuted in All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1998, but left in 2000 to form Pro Wrestling Noah, where he became a mainstay. He frequently teamed with Takeshi Rikio as Wild II, and the duo have previously held the GHC Tag Team Championship. Morishima 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. 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 in a match for the ROH World Championship on the subsequent evening, thus becoming the first non-American to hold the title. On February 23, 2007, Morishima defeated B.J. Whitmer in his first title defense, and on the next night he and Nigel McGuinness defeated Samoa Joe and Homicide. On March 4, 2007, he successfully defended the ROH Championship in Japan, defeating Kenta in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Morishima could not return to the United States until almost a month and a half later when he and Chris Hero took on Nigel McGuinness and Doug Williams, and the next night when he successfully defended the belt against McGuinness for the first time.
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