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    Kenta Kobashi (小橋 健太, Kobashi Kenta, ring name: 小橋 建太) (born, March 27, 1967) is a Japanese professional wrestling promoter and retired professional wrestler...
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    tournament, Kenta had an increase in his popularity, and he joined his mentor, Kenta Kobashi, in the faction Burning. March 1, 2003, saw Kenta team with...
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    show, and would team with Kenta Kobashi to take on Jun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa. The match was later changed due to Kobashi needing surgery to remove...
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    In the early 1990s, Misawa gained fame alongside Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi, and Akira Taue, who came to be nicknamed AJPW's "Four Pillars of Heaven"...
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    leaves WWE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020. "Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams". Cagematch. Retrieved September 19, 2020. Observer...
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  • Kobashi (written: 小橋 or 古橋) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Kenta Kobashi (小橋 建太, born 1967), Japanese professional wrestler...
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  • generation including Mitsuharu Misawa, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Kenta Kobashi, Gary Albright, Toshiaki Kawada, Mike Barton (Bart Gunn), Akira Taue...
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  • Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. Headlined by the retirement match of Kenta Kobashi, all in all, the event featured seven matches and wrestlers from not...
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  • Mitsu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi. During the tournament, he teamed with Steve Williams and Big Bubba against Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama...
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  • baseball player Kenta Fukasaku (深作 健太, born 1972), Japanese film director Kenta Hayashi (林 健太, born 1994), Japanese kickboxer Kenta Kobashi (小橋 建太, born...
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  • and Kenta Kobashi on October 19 5 Star Match (1991) with Jumbo Tsuruta and Masanobu Fuchi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi on April...
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    Nakanishi. Akiyama is close friends with fellow AJPW and NOAH alumni Kenta Kobashi, with whom he has a sarcastic backstage relationship. Akiyama had great...
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  • (AJPW) in August 1998 by Jun Akiyama, Kenta Kobashi, Kentaro Shiga and Yoshinobu Kanemaru. Akiyama and Kobashi dominated AJPW's tag team ranks for the...
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    fixture on the roster. In AJPW, he found a lot of success, teaming with Kenta Kobashi, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and Bart Gunn. Laurinaitis enjoyed significant...
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  • of all time. His matches against Mitsuharu Misawa, Jun Akiyama, and Kenta Kobashi in the 1990s are argued by many fans and experts in the industry as...
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  • Jericho Big Show Booker T Kenta Kobashi Eddie Guerrero Rob Van Dam 2004 Chris Benoit Eddie Guerrero Triple H Kenta Kobashi Randy Orton Toshiaki Kawada...
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  • throughout his career. All Asia Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kenta Kobashi (1) and Yoshinari Ogawa (1) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (5...
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    earning the nickname "Supernova" and facing Hall of Famers, such as Kenta Kobashi, Satoru Sayama, Jushin Thunder Liger, and Tatsumi Fujinami. He has competed...
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    Liger, Tiger Mask, Keiji Mutoh/The Great Muta, Mitsuharu Misawa, and Kenta Kobashi among others. Throughout the years, several promotions have opened and...
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    the informal nomenclature for 1990s AJPW wrestlers Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, and Akira Taue. However, matches involving these...
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    the opponent face-first down to the mat. Although not its innovator, Kenta Kobashi popularized the move throughout Japan, calling it the Burning Hammer...
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    Kawada and Kenta Kobashi on October 19 5 Star Match (1991) with Jumbo Tsuruta and Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi on April...
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  • October 20 2003 Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa Pro Wrestling Noah Navigate for Evolution Night 9 Tokyo, Japan March 1 2004 Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama...
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    Turner Sting The Great Muta The Undertaker Jim Ross Mitsuharu Misawa Kenta Kobashi Toshiaki Kawada Atsushi Onita Antonio Peña Eric Bischoff Paul Heyman...
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  • Karasawa and even Ippo's kouhai Itagaki. Kenta Kobashi (小橋 健太, Kobashi Kenta) Voiced by: Taiki Matsuno Kobashi stands as one of the lower key boxers, having...
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  • match. The show also featured participation from Pro Wrestling Noah, as Kenta Kobashi defended the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Masahiro Chono. The...
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    TV show as part of the fallout. On December 3, 2012, Noah released Kenta Kobashi from his contract, reportedly leading to Atsushi Aoki, Go Shiozaki,...
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  • time. They lost the titles a month later to the popular tag team of Kenta Kobashi and Tiger Mask II. They wrestled many makeshift tag teams and tried...
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  • Hammer may refer to: the inverted Death Valley driver when performed by Kenta Kobashi, for which he won an award in 1998 an album by Sex Machineguns in 2001...
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    Patriot gimmick. On June 2, 1993, The Patriot and the Eagle defeated Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship. The...
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