Mitsuharu Misawa Dies In The Ring

Mitsuharu Misawa, Japan’s greatest modern-day wrestler, has died in the ring aged 46.

Misawa was tagging with youngster Go Shiozaki at a show in Hiroshima this past Saturday (May 14) in a title match against Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith for the GHC World Tag Team titles.

During the bout he failed to get up from a moderately dangerous looking back suplex, a staple of NOAH matches.

Misawa would have taken the move thousands of times before but this time he stayed motionless.

A hushed crowd watched efforts to resuscitate him, before he was taken out of the ring, still unconscious, on a stretcher.

He was declared dead in hospital at 10:10pm local time on Saturday.

Posted on June 15, 2009 | Filed Under Sport

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