{"id":15520,"date":"2018-03-12T08:25:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T12:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=15520"},"modified":"2018-03-12T08:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T12:25:26","slug":"breaking-taiji-ishimori-leaves-pro-wrestling-noah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/03\/12\/breaking-taiji-ishimori-leaves-pro-wrestling-noah\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Taiji Ishimori Leaves Pro Wrestling NOAH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First announced on <strong>Pro Wrestling NOAH<\/strong>&#8216;s Twitter site and later followed up in a story with Tokyo Sports, Pro Wrestling NOAH star <strong>Taiji Ishimori<\/strong> has departed the company as of today. It was broken to English speaking fans by author and Japan wrestling historian <strong>Chris Charlton<\/strong> (author of <em><strong>Lion&#8217;s Pride: The Turbulent History of New Japan Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u77f3\u68ee\u592a\u4e8c\u9078\u624b \u9000\u56e3\u4f1a\u898b\u3011<br \/>\u300c\u3053\u3053\u3067\u4e00\u6b69\u3092\u8e0f\u307f\u51fa\u3055\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u4e00\u751f\u5f8c\u6094\u3059\u308b\u300d<br \/>\u203b\u4f1a\u898b\u306e\u6a21\u69d8\u306f\u5f8c\u307b\u3069YouTube\u30ce\u30a2\u516c\u5f0f\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\u306b\u3066\u516c\u958b\u81f4\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noah_ghc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#noah_ghc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EFnCvOSUsl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/EFnCvOSUsl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0\u30fb\u30ce\u30a2 \uff5cPRO WRESTLING NOAH (@noah_ghc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noah_ghc\/status\/973051990929362944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taiji Ishimori left NOAH saying if he didn\u2019t take a big step now, he\u2019ll regret it forever.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chris charlton (@reasonjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reasonjp\/status\/973057675163398144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QHNtlOQL47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/QHNtlOQL47<\/a> Ishimori \u2018lots of Japanese wrestlers are active internationally right now. I want to be among them, for Taiji Ishimori to appeal on a global scale. I\u2019m open to offers at home and abroad.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chris charlton (@reasonjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reasonjp\/status\/973096703069896704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trained by <strong>Ultimo Dragon<\/strong> with Toryumon Mexico, he worked various events for <strong>All Japan<\/strong> and <strong>NJPW<\/strong> in his early days, as well as working Mexico lucha libre, before signing with <strong>Pro Wrestling NOAH<\/strong> in 2006. Throughout his 12-year career with NOAH, Ishimori 3x GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion and 6x GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. In Mexico, he was a UWA World Welterweight Champion and AAA World Tag Team Champion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15525\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15525\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/03\/Ishimori-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"958\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Pro Wrestling NOAH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ishimori made an impression on many North American fans in the past year, as he&#8217;s been working as part of the <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong> X-Division, capturing the X-Division title from <strong>Trevor Lee<\/strong> late last year. He just lost his title last Thursday in a match against Matt Sydal.<\/p>\n<p>No word yet on his destination, but he appears interested in working more promotions internationally with the boom of the indie scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First announced on Pro Wrestling NOAH&#8216;s Twitter site and later followed up in a story with Tokyo Sports, Pro Wrestling NOAH star Taiji Ishimori has departed the company as of today. 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