A reputation from wrestling’s previous discovered its manner again into the general public eye in latest weeks because the WWE Vault YouTube channel dug deep into their archives and launched official footage of former ROH World Champion Takeshi Morishima’s tryout matches in 2008. The Japanese star, flanked by Tony Atlas of all individuals, gained two convincing bouts over Charlie Haas and Jamie Noble respectively, however was by no means employed by the corporate and as a substitute completed up his time with ROH later that very same 12 months, earlier than ending the remainder of his profession primarily in Japan.
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Morishima was seen as a megastar on the unbiased scene within the 2000s, in addition to a man who might carry the Professional Wrestling NOAH promotion to the following stage as soon as the older wrestlers determined to retire, so if that is what everybody on the time thought that about him, why did not WWE rent him? Throughout a latest episode of “Wrestling Observer Radio,” Dave Meltzer recalled a dialog he had with a WWE higher-up the day after Morishima’s tryouts, and Vince McMahon was not impressed in any respect.
“Vince took one have a look at him, and he thought that it was so disrespectful that the man confirmed up and his physique regarded the best way it did, regardless that that is how his physique regarded. He was an superior employee in these days, he was an awesome working large man, like Terry Gordy-ish, however Vince noticed that physique and it wasn’t even like ‘oh no matter,’ it was like an adament ‘this man was so disrespectful making an attempt out for our firm wanting like that. With out even getting form.'” Morishima would retire in 2015 as a consequence of being in poor bodily well being, in addition to citing psychological well being points, and hasn’t wrestled since.
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