Takeshi Morishima vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, from Pro Wrestling NOAH Navigate for Evolution 2006: Haruka Eigen Goodbye Tour Day 10

Little John held this match in higher esteem than the John Downey of the post-apocalyptic cyberpunk future of the present. I put a lot of stock in Morishima (best known for wrecklessly killshitting opponents) and Misawa (best known for his measured calm while dissecting his opponents) switching roles and revealing different sides of themselves, but a recent rewatch shows they abandon that arc quickly and revert to early 90s AJPW strong style. That's fine, no doubt, but I prefer the match I remember this being to what it actually is. Arguably the best match of Misawa's career after 2003, though.

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