WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Akira Taue Real Name: Birthday: May 8, 1961 Hometown: Chichibu City, Saitama, Japan Marital Status: Height & Weight: 6'3 - 265lbs Trained by: Debut: January 2nd, 1988 Previous Gimmicks: Finishing Move: Dynamic Bomb (Sit Down Powerbomb) Favorite Moves: I Am The Taue/Ruby Erosion Nodowa Otoshi (Chokeslam) Super Nodowa Otoshi (Super Chokeslam) Nodowa Otoshi off Apron Dynamic Kick (Jumping Big Boot) Dynamic Suplex Notable Feuds:
AJPW All Asia Tag Team titles w/Shinichi Nakano defeating Johnny & Davey Boy Smith for vacant titles (June 5, 1990); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Jumbo Tsuruta defeating Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (March 4, 1992); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Toshiaki Kawada defeating Steve Williams & Terry Gordy (May 20, 1993); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Toshiaki Kawada defeating Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (June 9, 1995); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Toshiaki Kawada defeating Gary Albright & Stan Hanson (February 20, 1996); AJPW (All Japan) Unified Triple Crown Heavyweight title defeating Mitsuharu Misawa (May 24, 1996); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Toshiaki Kawada defeating Johnny Ace & Steve Williams (January 17, 1997); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Toshiaki Kawada defeating Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi (January 25, 1998); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Toshiaki Kawada defeating Yoshihiro Takayama & Takao Ohmori (June 9, 2000); NOAH Global Honored Crowned Heavyweight title defeating Takeshi Rikioh (November 5, 2005);
Akira Taue is a former Sumo Wrestler turned Professional Wrestler.. January 2nd, 1988: Akira Taue teamed with the legendary Giant Baba in his first match.. Akira Taue formed one of the greatest and most successful tag teams with Toshiaki Kawada.. Akira Taue joined Mitsuharu Misawa's NOAH promotion, while Toshiaki Kawada remained in All Japan.. May 29, 2005--NOAH: Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith & Takashi Sugiura beat Akira Taue & Takuma Sano & Jun Izumida.. May 31, 2005--NOAH: Takuma Sano & Akira Taue defeated Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan.. November 5, 2005--NOAH: Akira Taue defeated Takeshi Rikio to win the GHC Heavyweight title at Budokan Hall.. November 18 2005--NOAH: Akira Taue & Takashi Sugiura defeated Bison Smith & Low Ki.. November 20, 2005--NOAH: Akira Taue defeated Nigel McGuinness.. November 21, 2005--NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Akira Taue defeated Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi .. November 22, 2005--NOAH: Jun Akiyama & Genichiro Tenryu defeated Akira Taue & Takuma Sano.. November 23, 2005--NOAH: Akira Taue & Junji Izumida defeated Akitoshi Saito & Kishin Kawabata.. November 24, 2005--NOAH: Bison Smith/Nigel McGuinness/Ricky Marvin beat Akira Taue/Junji Izumida/Takashi Sugiura November 26, 2005--NOAH: Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima defeated Akira Taue & KENTA.. November 27, 2005--NOAH: Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa/Akira Taue beat KENTA/Naomichi Marufuji/Mushiking Terry .. November 29, 2005--NOAH: Takeshi Rikio/Takeshi Morishima/Naomichi Marufuji beat Akira Taue/Takuma Sano/Ricky Marvin.. December 4, 2005--NOAH: Akira Taue defeated Takeshi Morishima to retain the GHC Heavyweight title! January 22 2006--NOAH: Jun Akiyama defeated Akira Taue to win the GHC Heavyweight Title!!