4/3/2023 0 Comments I heart pro wrestling![]() ![]() Hall also had one tag team title reign alongside The Giant (Paul Wight, The Big Show), as well as two runs as WCW United States champion and one as WCW television champion.ĭuring his wrestling peak, Hall also battled drug and alcohol addiction, which were issues he would continue to fight for much of his life. In addition to their formation of the industry-changing nWo, Hall and Nash won the WCW tag titles seven times. Hall and Nash would soon be joined by Hulk Hogan to form the New World Order (nWo), one of the greatest stables in professional wrestling history. That set in motion WCW's eventual 83-week domination of WWF in the Monday night ratings war. Kiyomiya went for the Shining Wizard once more but was blasted with the Landslide and the Rainmaker Okada would refuse to take the three count and pulled Kiyomiya up for an enzuigiri, Cobra Flowsion and another Rainmaker to end the bout.Hall and Nash jumped to WCW in mid-1996, appearing as invading forces called The Outsiders looking to take over the promotion. Once again though, the Rainmaker wasn’t coming, met with a Shining Wizard and a Tiger Suplex for a heart stopping nearfall. It was Okada up first, and walking the dog on Kiyomiya with a short arm lariat. A Shining Wizard would follow, but a second attempt was met with a massive Okada dropkick, the capacity crowd cheering for both men as they lay stunned on the mat. A shotgun dropkick from Okada met a Kiyomiya running knee the classic Okada dropkick followed and after a Tombstone, Okada looked to go home, but the Rainmaker was blocked by a high knee from the Supernova.įrantic, but precise, Kiyomoiya would land repeated knees and then his own dropkick to Okada before heading upstairs with a shotgun blast to the Rainmaker arm. Okada would resist, and a flapjack saw both champions reset. ![]() A tope con giro over the railing and into Okada scored big for the NOAH standard bearer, and now it was Okada having to answer a twenty count, Kiyomiya refusing to let Okada rest and bringing him back inside.Īfter a missile dropkick, Kiyomiya delivered a stalling German suplex to Okada, before setting for a Tiger follow up. Now it was the Rainmaker spilling to the floor, and with tables turned, Okada tasted the ringside steel as the World Champion reacted with a back body drop to a charging Kiyomiya, he was rocked with a supolex over the guardrail and onto concrete. Sensing the danger he was in, Kiyomiya would rally, and blasted two heavy forearm shivers to Okada. The confident Rainmaker beckoned the GHC Champion to give his best shots, but would be quickly put to the canvas time and again Okada went for his top rope elbow and scored flush, the Rainmaker Pose shown to the fans at not five minutes into the bout. ![]() Kiyomiya got back in the ring at the referee’s 15 count, and was drilled with another DDT center ring for two. An angered Kiyomiya would fire off forearms to Okada, who repeatedly tried to throw his NOAH foe to the floor after Kiyomiya twice re-entered, he was given no choice with an ugly German suplex that was soon followed by a harsh bodyslam on the outside mats and then a DDT on the concrete floor of the Tokyo Dome. When the bell rang, a momentary pause preceded a firm lockup center ring, Kiyomiya forced back into the ropes where he did not receive a clean break at the hands of Okada. Okada made a spectacular champion’s entrance in the face of Kiyomiya, the rain of Okada bills falling in the Dome before the Rainmaker faced off against NOAH’s Supernova. One of the most hotly anticipated bouts in all of professional wrestling took place at the Tokyo Dome on February 21, GHC Heavyweight and IWGP World Heavyweight Champions colliding when Kazuchika Okada met Kaito Kiyomiya. Kazuchika Okada powers through Kaito Kiyomiya with two emphatic Rainmakers
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