History Wrestling / ProWrestlingNOAH

* MaskedLuchador: Straight out of Wrestling/{{AAA}}, Path Finder is one of the most magnificent examples ever, golden muscle suit, draping red cape and a mask resembling the sun. El Desperado is a Japanese grown Luchador.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Maybach SUWA, Jr. to SUWA.

* StartMyOwn: Away from NJPW, though the two organizations would later "Go to war" (as in exchange talent so they could beat each other up)

* BiblicalMotif: Did you think this promotion was called NOAH for no reason? There is a reason they theme events around navigation and have a dove on their logo.

* {{Motif}}: Did you think this promotion was called NOAH for no reason? There is a reason they theme events around navigation and have a dove on their logo.

* MaskedLuchador: Straight out of Wrestling/{{AAA}}, Path Finder is one of the most magnificent examples ever, golden muscle suit, draping red cape and a mask resembling the sun.

* FashionableAsymmetry: Dual Force's mask, which supposedly represents light and shadow.
* KidAppealCharacter: Taiji Ishimori.

* DropTheHammer: Hitoshi Kumano carries a giant mallet

* {{Crossover}}: Besides New Japan and All Japan, they are also known for crossing over with Wrestling/RingOfHonor

The company would become no.2 company in Japan, challenging NJPW for the no.1 spot through the earlier [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]]. During this time, NOAH built itself with matches with a existing Junior Heavyweight Championship division with the likes of KENTA and Namoichi Marifuji, and several interpromotional matches with NJPW and later AJPW. The main event was built around the likes of Misawa, Yoshihiro Takayama, Jun Akiyama and [[{{Wrestling/KentaKobashi}} Kenta Kobashi]], putting on 5 star matches just as they had done in AJPW.

However, as the company progressed, its ageing NOAH stars were slowly starting to break down (Kobashi went out with cancer, Akiyama and Misawa were suffering from back problems), they needed to be replaced with new talent. However, every attempt to push to a new wrestler into the main event (Takeshi Rikio, Naomichi Marufuji, Takeshi Morishima) failed, and the company would soon plunge in popularity, losing their TV deal and their ability to drwa huge crowds.

With the death of Misawa, Pro Wrestling NOAH would be passed into the hands of Akira Taue. However, despite his control, the company would continue its decline, becoming a shadow of itself.

* StartMyOwn

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Maybach SUWA, Jr. to SUWA.
* TalkingToHimself: A quite odd case. Years after the feud between SUGI and RONIN, the company introduced a character named Dual Force which was described as RONIN after having trained in Mexico, but said character was played by Sugi himself and not by the guy who played RONIN.

Due to the pressures of his failing company, Misawa would contiune push himself beyond his physical capabilities. Despite suffering from several neck pains, and a knee injury that led to him becoming overweight, Misawa kept himself in the spotlight, hoping to get Go Shiozaki over, working the exact same style as the previous 25 years of his career. Sadly, on June 13th 2009, Misawa would push himself to far. During a tag match between himself & Go Shiozaki against Bison Smith & Akitoshi Saito, after a regulation backdrop from Saito, Misawa lost consciousness. Misawa was taken to the hospital, but it was too late. Misawa was pronounced dead at the hospital. The cause of death was speculated to have been a cervical spinal cord injury, which Misawa had been carrying for the 3 previous years, that caused cardiac arrest.

* {{Casualty In The Ring}} : Misawa's tragic in-ring death on June 13th, 2009.

* StartMyOwn

* LightningBruiser: KENTA; Marufuji