Akira Taue

December 23rd, 2000 :: Pro Wrestling Noah presents The Great Voyage. In the wake of the great Exodus from All Japan Pro Wrestling the young upstart Pro Wrestling Noah promotion embarks on one of its' inaugural shows which took place in Tokyo at the Ariake Colosseum. The show marked third event held by the Pro Wrestling Noah and was considered the biggest show up to that point. Matches include: ⦁ Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama ⦁ Mitsuhara Misawa vs. Vader ⦁ Shinya Hashimoto vs. Takao Omori ⦁ Akira Taue vs. Yoshihiro Takayama ⦁ Daisuke Ikeda & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Akitoshi Saito & Masashi Aoyagi ⦁ Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & KENTA vs. Scorpio & Kishin Kawabata ⦁ Naomichi Marufuji & Tamon Honda vs. Kodo Fuyuki & Tetsuhiro Kuroda ⦁ Kentaro Shiga, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takeshi Morishima vs. Masao Inoue, Takeshi Rikio & Takashi Sugiura ⦁ Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Makoto Hashi vs. Jun Izumida, Satoru Asako & Haruka Eigen

AJPW's Giant Series comes to a conclusion as Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi face off in a classic encounter.

AJPW's annual October Giant Series comes to a close. Mitsuharu Misawa makes his first title defense against his tag team partner Toshiaki Kawada.

Pro Wrestling NOAH's Summer Navigation tour rolls on from Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

The 1999 Super Power Series comes to a close with its 14th day of action, headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa taking on Kenta Kobashi in an instant classic.

Departure was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling Noah. The event took place on July 10, 2004 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and marked Noah's first ever show in the arena. The main event was marketed as the culmination of the long running feud between former allies and tag team partners Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, then held by Kobashi. Beginning on Noah's very first show in 2000 and having spanned over four years since then, it marked the first time Akiyama and Kobashi had faced off in singles competition since August 6, 2000 where Akiyama won by referee stoppage.

Pro Wrestling NOAH caps off a thrilling year with their final Budokan event of 2005.

All Japan Pro Wrestling's October Giant Series rolls on with an epic clash between Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi.

Destiny was a major professional wrestling event produced by Pro Wrestling NOAH. The event took place on July 18, 2005 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

NOAH concludes their first Accomplish Our First Navigation Tour., headlined by Mitsuharu Misawa defending his GCW Heavyweight Title against Jun Akiyama.

Pro Wrestling NOAH's Navigate for Evolution tour continues, headlined by a tag team match between Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa

All Japan Pro Wrestling's Summer Action Series rolls on, featuring two instant classic matches in a double main event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH's Navigation Over the Date Line tour sails on, headlined by a GHC Heavyweight Title match between champion Kenta Kobashi and Yujii Nagata

The energy, sensations, and signature colors of 1990s All Japan Pro Wrestling coalesce and explode within a vibrating, flickering, memory-like time capsule of the first ever Triple Crown victories of the Four Pillars of Heaven: Mitsuharu Misawa (green), Toshiaki Kawada (yellow), Akira Taue (red), & Kenta Kobashi (orange).